In preparation for our Superbowl gathering, one of the details I am after is food that fits my theme (Green Bay Packers!). I also want some things that can be made earlier that day, leaving little to no work during the party. This fits both of those, and tastes great too!
Also? It’s cheese.
I made mini spinach pancakes as garnish.
cheddar ale soup
1/4 cup butter (earth balance)
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 onion, diced
5 stalks celery, diced
1/4 cup flour (Bob’s Red Mill gluten free ap)
1 cup almond milk
1 cup Youngs Double Chocolate Stout
2 cups vegetable broth
10 oz block Wisconsin cheddar, grated
In large pot at medium heat, melt butter, sauté garlic, onion and celery until softened. Add flour, stir until incorporated – this will start to thicken. Add almond milk, ale and vegetable broth, combine. Add cheese, combine.
At this point I poured the soup into my slow cooker and let it simmer on the low / warm setting for a couple hours.
Are you watching the Superbowl or attending a Superbowl event?
Go Packers!
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I love all the miniature items. Including BASIL!
Graet recipe, LOVE the colors!
I will eat anything that involved chocolate stout and Wisconsin cheddar.
ha! me too, Anna… me too…
Oh wow. Can you believe I’ve never had a cheese soup????
this was my first time making it!! It usually sounds too rich / decadent to me, but after the photos I loaded up the bowl with broccoli, so it was GOOD !!
Your photos have been especially beautiful lately! Love it!
Thank You SO MUCH, Camille!! I’ve been working on them… and even though I am SO behind in my 365 project, I actually AM still taking photos each day, and I have a list of which photos go to which date.
Still trying to figure out 365 page after the big move… *sigh*
I love how there are things swimming
hee! I first tried to get them to kinda stand up…
Did you just say Go Packers? YES!
Also, those green pancakes are SO pretty! I want to make them just to take photos of them. lol
YES – Go Pack!!
I know – I LOVE how green they always turn out!! 
Thanks, Kelly! hope your Wednesday is awesome!!
Cheddar soup sounds so delicious to me right now. YUM!
it was pretty darn good! my first time making it… kinda making it up as I went along… and totally forgot I was going to add rice to it! next time!!
With double chocolate stout?! Awwwwwwwwwwesome!!
oh yes. YUM.
I’m in! I’ll definitely make that soup—it looks and sounds amazing!
No superbowl plans for me. I’m kinda looking at it as a day when everyone will be busy so I can get work done—and I’m pretty excited about that (did I just admit that?!).
oh YAY! definitely let me know how you like it… it was pretty yum! also, I just remembered, I was going to add brown rice to it… the downside of making up a recipe as you go…
that sounds great – a nice big chunk of a Sunday to catch up and get stuff done!! ENJOY !!
Love the mini’s-this is a perfect superbowl (“healthy”) dish!
it’s not too bad… I have other things up my sleeve… stay tuned!
and yes, the minis are fun! I can’t get enough of these pancakes, hope y’all don’t get tired of seeing them!!
Oh YUM! I make a pretty mean baked potato/cheddar soup, but that looks great!
gaah!! you JUST reminded me, I was going to add RICE to this!! that is crazy I forgot!!
next time… how are you, Brittney? hope all is well, give Clyde pets from me and bark bark wag from Basil 
I’m not sure yet where we’ll watch the game, but we’ll definitely be watching! My vote is always to watch it at home and have some friends over. I love the comfort of being at my own home. Or your home. I’d come there.
aw, this just made me smile. <3
I too love the comfort of my own home!! good thing I also love to fill it with loved ones and feed them!!
We are definitely watching the Superbowl and I’m also rooting for the Packers.
Everyone is making soup lately! Yours looks super good, although I think I’d need to steam that broccoli for mine.
By the way, I typed in spaghetti.com this morning. It didn’t bring me to your blog.
haa!! spaghetti… you have no idea how many people come here from that search, or think it’s behind the meaning of the name!
Go Packers!! <3 hope all is fab with you two!
Love it… Thanks David for pointing your readers here! I always need inspiration!
Welcome!! thanks for reading and saying hello! -Kristina, aka spabettie
very cool! is ale like a beer? (i’m non alcoholic
) I’ve had cheddar and beer soup once. It’s fabulous. And your’s looks wonderful. Especially with that nice spinach accent.
yes, ale is a beer. I rarely drink it, but cooking with it is sometimes fun!
thanks, it WAS pretty tasty!
That soup looks DELICIOUS!
My husband and I aren’t football fans, so we have a tradition of going out to eat on Superbowl Sunday because restaurants are typically empty and it’s fun! lol
that’s a GREAT idea!! maybe after our party we can find a table at our favorite place…
ENJOY !!
Looks delicious! Different ingredients for sure!
Hi Dad!! it was really good !!
I swear I read this recipe 3 times before I found the ale—my eye kept getting stuck on “chocolate”, as if there could be any other words grouped with it!
Beer soup, eh? Hmmmmmm!
yes. it is my first time making it. um, my original thought was to include some brown rice to bulk it up… totally forgot. good thing I had a salad and the spinach pancakes to go with…
Oh such a great idea to make the mini spinach pancakes for the soup!!! I love it!
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