{"id":19561,"date":"2014-12-07T15:21:05","date_gmt":"2014-12-07T20:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/?p=19561"},"modified":"2014-12-07T15:21:05","modified_gmt":"2014-12-07T20:21:05","slug":"easy-broccoli-pesto-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/easy-broccoli-pesto-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy Broccoli Pesto Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19562\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/broccoli-pesto-soup.jpg\" alt=\"broccoli pesto soup\" width=\"475\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/broccoli-pesto-soup.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/broccoli-pesto-soup-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Broccoli pesto soup; Pesto made this soup taste delish&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Those who follow my blog might know by now that I&#8217;m a true pesto freak. I can literally have it everyday, the aroma and the flavor of basil pesto is such a delight. I spread my pizza dough with pesto, combine pasta with it, stir fry chicken in pesto, I&#8217;ve done so many things with it. However, this was the first time I&#8217;d added pesto to my soup.\u00a0I should have done this long before, pesto made this broccoli soup taste so much better.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/category\/recipes\/by-ingredient\/broccoli\/\" target=\"_blank\">For more Broccoli Recipes, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19563\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/broccoli-pesto-soup1.jpg\" alt=\"broccoli-pesto soup\" width=\"475\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/broccoli-pesto-soup1.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/broccoli-pesto-soup1-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/how-to-make-easy-basil-pesto-basil-pesto-recipe\/\" target=\"_blank\">Recipe for making Basil Pesto<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"easyrecipe\" data-rating=\"0\">\t<link itemprop=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/broccoli-pesto-soup.jpg\" \/>\n<div class=\"item ERName\">Broccoli Pesto Soup<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERClear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\"><span class=\"xlate\">Recipe Type<\/span>: <span class=\"type\">Soup<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Author: <span class=\"author\">Thasneen<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Prep time: <time itemprop=\"prepTime\" datetime=\"PT5M\">5 mins<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Cook time: <time itemprop=\"cookTime\" datetime=\"PT20M\">20 mins<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Total time: <time itemprop=\"totalTime\" datetime=\"PT25M\">25 mins<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Serves: <span class=\"yield\">4 bowls<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERIngredients\">\n<div class=\"ERIngredientsHeader\">Ingredients<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ingredients\">\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Oil- 1 tbsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Onion, chopped- 2<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Broccoli, florets- 1 small broccoli<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Chicken stock, low-sodium- 3 1\/2 cups<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Basil Pesto- 3 tbsp (homemade or store bought)<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Ground pepper- 3\/4 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Salt- to taste<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Paprika- to sprinkle over the soup<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERInstructions\">\n<div class=\"ERInstructionsHeader\">Instructions<\/div>\n<div class=\"instructions\">\n<ol>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Place a soup pot over medium heat, add oil.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add onion, saute till translucent.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add broccoli florets, season with ground pepper and salt.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add chicken stock, cover and cook till broccoli turns tender.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add basil pesto, combine well and cook for a few minutes.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">You could puree the mixture in a blender or using a hand blender.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Puree till the mixture turns smooth.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Heat the pureed mixture for a minute.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Taste and add more salt or ground pepper if needed.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Pour into soup bowls, sprinkle paprika over the soup and serve warm.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERNutrition\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"endeasyrecipe\" style=\"display: none;\">3.2.2885<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Broccoli pesto soup; Pesto made this soup taste delish&#8230; Those who follow my blog might know by now that I&#8217;m a true pesto freak. I can literally have it everyday, the aroma and the flavor of basil pesto is such a delight. I spread my pizza dough with pesto, combine pasta with it, stir fry &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444,652,14],"tags":[1032,653],"class_list":["post-19561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broccoli","category-pesto","category-soup","tag-broccoli","tag-pesto-2","course-soup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}