Creamy Mushroom Soup Recipe

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: coconut milk

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Coconut milk adds creaminess with fewer calories.

vegetable broth

🥗Healthier: homemade vegetable stock

💰Cheaper: water + seasoning

Homemade stock enhances flavor without added cost.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil provides healthy fats and is often more affordable.

mushrooms

🥗Healthier: shiitake mushrooms

💰Cheaper: button mushrooms

Button mushrooms are widely available and less expensive.

Start by sweating onion and celery on very low heat until soft and translucent.

Cut the celery and onion, using a paring knife to peel the onion and slice it.

Brush dirt off the mushrooms instead of washing them, and prepare them by cutting them in half and slicing them.

Cut some mushrooms into wedges for presentation later.

Sweat the onions and celery, then remove them from heat and let them rest.

Heat another pan until it starts smoking, then add the mushrooms to dry roast them without oil or butter.

Once the mushrooms start sweating, add garlic and shallots to the pan.

Pull thyme leaves from the stems and prepare to add them to the soup.

Add the entire quantity of mushrooms to the hot pan and let them cook, shaking them around occasionally.

Chop parsley leaves for garnish, using the stems in the soup for added flavor.

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