Potato Broccoli Soup

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups sliced onions (2 medium)
• 1 stalk of celery (sliced)
• 1 clove of chopped garlic
• 1/4 cup butter or margarine or 4 tbsp. olive oil
• 2 cups peeled and chopped potatoes (2 medium size potatoes)
• 1 (14oz.) can chicken broth
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 cup broccoli flowerets
• 2 cups milk
• 1/8 tsp. white pepper
• 2 tsp. fresh oregano
• 1 tbsp. pesto sauce
• 3 tbsp. pine nuts (toasted)
• parsley

1. Saute onions, garlic and celery in margarine until onion is completely transparent.
   
2. Place them with potatoes in a sauce pan with chicken broth ,salt and oregano. Cook until potatoes are tender.
   
3. Place the soup , half at a time, in blender and blend on high speed for 30 seconds.
   
4. Add milk and pepper.
5. Saute pine nuts till brown with olive oil and pesto sauce. Add broccoli and mix well.
   
    
   
6. Fold the broccoli mixture into the soup.
7. Reheat over boiling water, or reheat but do not boil.

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