The latest foray into the land of cooking took us to soups. My child now has a thing for soups. It started with chicken noodle and quickly progressed to clam chowder and lobster bisque. One of the favorites turns out to be broccoli and cheddar soup. A famous bakery chain restaurant with a lot of soups carries it, but like most of their soups it has wheat in it. We should not eat wheat, even the amount they use to thicken the broth. So we made our own.
This version uses gluten free flour as part of the roux that thickens is. The base is partially milk. Lactose free milk was used for that. The hardest part would be to find a lactose free cheddar cheese. That was impossible in a super market. We actually did use standard cheeses and just took a lactaid pill, just in case.
It turned out very good. Now for those of you worried that broccoli is dangerous to those with sensitive digestion, certain foods like broccoli are to be avoided as they may physically irritate the colon due to their shape or roughage, what we used was chopped very fine. It still had a texture to it but was not the large brush-like shapes that can irritate.
This is a quick, easy dish most any kid can do. It does have some risk if you are very sensitive thanks to the cheese and broccoli. But if you are able to tolerate those then this is worth trying.
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