Please start posting some healthy versions of dishes you post.

Naix, any cook worth their salt knows how to replace less-healthy foods with more-healthy alternatives, and as it stands this soup is pretty healthy. Sure, it has a little cheese and cream in it, but it also has a healthy dose of vegetables and the like.

Wait, healthy versions? Why would you want that? Besides, a bread-bowl soup isn't meant to be good for you. If you want a healthier version, try making one up yourself. Sub out some ingredients for whatever you would deem as "healthier".

Alright, how to make a healthy version. Use three cups of skim milk instead of two cups milk plus cream, and add corn starch to the desired thickness. Boom, done.

I actually made this for the iron in the potatoes and broccoli. My doctor told me last week that I'm pretty badly anemic, and so it's been broccoli du jour since then. I do use skim milk, and light cream is always an option. You can use lowfat or fat free cheeses, but they don't tend to melt well in recipes.

Just in the heavy whipping cream alone you have 89.6 calories with a whopping 56 grams of fat. That is DOUBLE what your daily fat intake should be.

http://www.howmanycaloriesin.com/Calorie_Finder.aspx?FoodID=1053
16 tbsp in a cup = 89.6

So with the potato starch, milk, cheese. This meal your looking at over 80 grams of fat and about 800+ calories.

And you wonder why your jeans don't fit anymore and you have a shooting pain down your left arm.

@Naix: You need to divide by six servings. So really it's only 1/3 of your daily fat intake, right? Which if I'm not mistaken is ok for your main meal of the day.

Sounds yummy to me!!!!

Not to mention the fact that you skipped right over the healthier alternative I posted.

People are far too uptight about their health these days. You ask me, the number one cause of people being unhealthy is them not cooking their own food from scratch, something that recipes like this can remedy. All you need to do is keep an eye on your portions, and keep up with a good, solid amount of irregular exercise, such as working with wood, digging fence posts, or felling trees for a wood stove, which also cuts down on your energy bills (surprise surprise!) and, when done right, is healthier for the forest.

Don't eat "healthy," eat wholesome, and live the same. You'll feel great about yourself.

{All you need to do is keep an eye on your portions, and keep up with a good, solid amount of irregular exercise, such as working with wood, digging fence posts, or felling trees for a wood stove, which also cuts down on your energy bills (surprise surprise!) and, when done right, is healthier for the forest.}

Yeah I was all over those sorts of activities when I was living in Brooklyn, downtown San Diego, downtown Seattle.... :)

Well, you have to admit, it's damn hard to be healthy when the surrounding air is so toxin-rich. Fighting a losing battle there, yessir.

Bah, that was supposed to be a reply to "Darkwarder" ... sorry. I get an "F" for the day. :-(

Wow, way to get up in arms over a recipe. You don't have to make it or eat it "as is". As already suggested, just sub the ingredients whatever 'healthier ones' you see fit, Naix. Not everyone is going to get fat from eating some broccoli and potato soup. It's called getting up from your computer desk and getting some exercise.

Anyway, thanks for the recipe, Amanda. Sounds awesome! Can't wait to try it.

World of Warcraft cookbook FTW!

Besides which, this soup is going to be a heck of a lot healthier than fast food of any sort. See the rest of my rant above.