Celery Cream Soup

“This was really really good.I made Celery soup before and was not impessed. I did add 2 carrots(cleaning out my crisper.).I’m so happy I found your recipe.Loved it and will make it again;I added some Old Bay seasoning.Thanks for posting.Rita”

“Lovely recipe!I’ve made it twice and everyone’s loved it, even the non-celery lovers. The second time I made it, the brand-new carton of cream I bought was lumpy (dontcha hate that!) so I used an 8 oz. package of cream cheese (cubed)and just made sure it was all melted before I served. OMG! It was fabulous!!”

“Really good.I’ve made this several times now as a way to use up my celery before it wilts.I’ve “bent” the recipe a bit because the butter cream were a bit too heavy, so I use instead olive oil and plain yoghurt.”

“WOW!This is a great soup.I followed closely.Substituted where I needed to.I did not have 2 onions so I made up for it with more garlic.I happened to have had homemade chicken stalk, so that was a bonus.Another change I made to keepmy low calorie low fat diet was to use no cream, but to add 1/2 cup fat free milk and then in the simmering stage I slowly stirred in 1/2 nonfat sour cream.I’m telling you’all this was the creamest dish I have allowed myself to have as much as I wanted.It turned out to be a go to vegetable for several days.I have a handheld blender thing that I used toblend in the pot, and mine looks just like the picture “Parsley” posted.Thank you.My Best Friends like it as well.”

“Very nice. I will use this recipe when I have a bunch of celery on hand. You wouldn’t believe how much celery goes bad at our house. Now I have the perfect fix for that. We ate about half of this recipe and I froze 3 small containers for lunch or dinner later in the month. Next time, I would add some red pepper flakes because we like it hot. Thanks again, Lorac.”

“Wow!This is a tasty and fresh-tasting soup!I used 1 1/2 lbs of celery and included some leaves right in the soup.The addition of the lemon juice at the end makes the flavor really pop!I’ll certainly make this again.Thanx!”

“This was delightfully warm and yummy on a cold winter’s night.Very easy to prepare, and tasted wonderful even before we added the cream!”

“Really not impressed. Considering the rating other people gave it, I was expecting a lot more. I did it twice, and the first time I assumed I made a mistake. So I redid it while following the recipe to the letter. Nope, still the same problem, it’s a celery soup that tastes like chicken. Six cup of chicken broth? It would make anything taste like chicken. I guess that if you like your vegetables to taste like chicken, it’s the recipe for you. As for me, I like my vegetable to taste like vegetable. I can understand how someone who doesn’t like celery would like this soup, no one could guess there’s celery in there. Even by adding a ton of pepper… nope; chicken. It’s not a “bad” soup, only if a restaurant served me that, I wouldn’t go there again.”

“I made half portion today. Also added 2 carrots. For me personally, the soup would be better with milk instead of cream and then with grated strong cheddar on top. I use Scottish seriously mature white cheddar cheese. If you want to make it light, then- milk (maybe even skimmed) and no cheese. Thanks for the recipe, I was looking for a way to eat more celery.”

“Amazing recipe! We loved Campbell’s cream of celery soup but topped eating it because of how unhealthy it us. This recipe is even better!”

“This was excellent!I did change it a bit though.I didn’t want all the fat from the cream, so I used a can of fat free condensed milk (undiluted).Also sub’d the bay leaf for a half bunch of fresh chopped dill (goes so nice with lemon & celery).Also, no hot sauce & added some cubed celery before simmering for last 5 mins.Even the kids loved it, so it’s a keeper!!”

“This is a surprisingly delicious soup! The hot sauce gives it the little extra zip that it needs. I didn’t have chicken broth so I used vegetable broth, and I only put 4 cups in. It still gave a great taste and perfect consistency (not too thick or thin). I will be making this again! Thanks!”

“I really liked the soup I made like you said but I think next time I will strain the soup before adding the cream and lemon juice. It was a great flavor but a little to stringy.”

“Really tasty, easy to make soup!”

“Yummy!”

“This is an excellent…restaurant quality…soup.I added horseradish instead of garlic and I also added chopped carrot and dried parsley.Delicious!Thank you…for contributing to my collection of fabulous recipes.Sincerely, Sherry Belle”

“I thought I had already rated this soup – my mistake!I guess I was in a trance after having this for supper.This soup is excellent.I love the fact that if you want to spice it up a little you can.I like it just as it is – thank you for the recipe,Lorac”

“I’m afraid I didn’t love this as much as other reviewers.I found it quite bland.I wish I knew how I could have made it more flavorful.I’m not yet an experienced enough cook to know what herbs or spices could have been added.”

“Fabulous, tasty and really easy! I didnt use the cream and it was still sooooooooo good. Thanks Lorac”

“A nice easy soup to make.I used homemade turkey stock and it was great.The overall dish though was just a bit too bland for meeven though I did add a lot more hot sauce.More herbs will be added next time too.Glad you posted this Lorac”