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Zucchini Cheese Soup (A.k.a. Vache Qui Rit Soup)
"This is a children's favourite in France and has quickly become my children's favourite, here in Canada. I saw Laura Calder's "French Food at Home" show on Food Network Canada (foodtv.ca) where she prepared this quick and delicious recipe. You can substitute or add any vegetable you wish. I have found it is great made with broccoli or cauliflower and I sometimes add a couple of julienned carrots just to switch it up a bit. A fairly healthy soup because it is not loaded with cream, flour, butter or highly processed cheeses."
photo by Andrea E.
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
directions
- Put the zucchini and onion in a medium saucepan and add chicken stock. (The stock will not cover the vegetables.) Add salt and pepper, to taste, and cumin, if using.
- Bring to a boil then lower heat and simmer until vegetables are tender, approximately 10 to 15 minutes.
- Remove from heat, add cheese and puree. (An immersion blender works well and keeps dishes to a minimum.).
- Gently reheat to serve.
- NOTE: A herbed cream cheese, such as Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese with Garlic and Herbs, makes this soup really delicious!
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Reviews
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We loved this soup1 I have so much zuccini I decided to increase the recipe 4 times. I used 3 onions, 8 lbs [approx] of zuccini, 8 cups of chicken stock, 1 Tbls of cumin [we like cumin] 1 Tbls of Herbes de Provence [salt and pepper to taste-it can use a lot of salt]- and 24 ounces--3--8 oz pkgs-of neuchafel -low fat cream cheese. It is a very light, creamy, filling soup, I froze 5 portions and we ate diner, from this batch. -
Keeper, keeper, keeper. I love this soup for the simplicity of it's flavor and the texture was like comfort food to me, I added a little white pepper, a small pinch of cumin, a tiny bit of kosher salt. I didn't think there would be enough liquid to make it soup like, but after running through the food processor, it was perfect. Simple, healthy and delicious, doesn't get better than that. I love soup and will be making this often. Thanks for posting the recipe! -
Just made this, using fresh courgettes from our garden and garlic/herb cream cheese and homemade chicken stock. It is a bit bland - can't really taste the cheese, but after adjusting the seasoning, it's a pretty good soup. Don't know how I'd change it, other than to use a strong cheese as opposed to cream cheese/laughing cow one. -
I absolutely LOVED this recipe! It is SO easy, fast and healthy!! It is my new favorite zucchini recipe! I followed the recipe exactly, except for the cumin (because I didn't have any). It is a delicious and creamy soup that my whole family enjoyed. My son finished his entire bowl! I also served biscuits with it and I did add some chopped up ham to it for some protein. I used lunchmeat because that's all I had that wasn't frozen (I didn't think of it until the last minute), and it was a little rubbery. I will use 'real' ham next time, but it really doesn't need it unless you are trying to get some protein in the meal. Thank you so much for this recipe! -
This is creamy and comforting, and my immersion blender helped to bring it together in no time. I used a combination of zucchini and broccoli. I also used the plain Swiss flavor of Laughing Cow cheese so I found the soup a little bland at first, but it perked right up with an extra dash of salt and some garlic powder. I'm looking forward to trying this again with the flavored cheeses. Thank you so much for posting!
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