Leek and Broccoli Soup

I have recently discovered Leeks.  I had never cooked with them before, but now I'm obsessed using them in almost every soup I make.  This week I bought 7 leeks to use in different meals.  This picture is of the broccoli soup I made yesterday.  I wanted to show you the ball jar because I filled about 5 of these jars with soup and they are going to go into the freezer to use as single servings, maybe for Atzin's lunch, or for us to have with another meal when I'm too busy to prepare something.  I have been using ball jars a lot lately for storing and freezing food - trying to use more glass and less plastic.  So, just another tip so you see that I am not cooking all the time.  This week in fact, was the first week I had to cook again.  Last week, I used a variation of leftovers every day and only had to make breakfast.

So anyway, here is the recipe....

Ingredients:
1 1/2 pounds of broccoli
3-4 leeks (I used 3 this time around because they seemed really large - the last time, I used 4 because they were much smaller leeks).
1 medium onion
3 medium shallots
1/2 medium apple (I used fuji)
2 TBS coconut oil
4 cups vegetable or chicken stock
1 TBS curry powder
1/2 tsp New Mexico green chili powder (optional - but I recently was re-supplied and put it in everything I can!)
Sea salt and pepper to taste
1 can coconut milk (I used the lite version this time around, but you can certainly use full fat if you want).

Directions:
1.  Prepare veggies: Chop broccoli, onions, leeks, and apple.  Thinly slice leeks.
2. Melt the coconut oil in a large stock pot you will use for the soup.
3. Add leeks, onion, shallots and curry powder and chili.  Sauté until softened.
4.  Throw in broccoli and apple.
5.  Add chicken broth and coconut milk, top off with more broth or water until vegetables are fully covered in liquid
6. Bring the soup to a boil
7.  Add more curry powder if you want it spicier, add salt and pepper to taste. (I probably added about 1/2 tsp more curry powder and about 1 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper).
8. Use your immersion blender once the broccoli is softened.
9. Serve!