Dinner Divine

What do you do when you find a Costco size bag of broccoli in your refrigerator that you have forgotten about for a week? You make Cheesy Broccoli Potato soup, of course!
My husband, who seldom uses a recipe, definitely has a way with food. I could never make a meal without using a recipe and following it perfectly. However he feels a recipe is only good for giving you a general idea of what to put into a dish, but is not something to follow. He always makes his own recipes up and they are wonderful 98-99% of the time. Whether it's baking or cooking, my hubby's got a knack for it. Here is the recipe he threw together for our dinner tonight and I must say it was divine.

Dice 3 onions and 5 cloves of garlic, then saute in a stick of butter. He also added 2 bell peppers from our garden that were getting kind of wilty. While that is cooking, lightly steam 2 pounds of broccoli. Cut 5 pounds of potatoes into cubes and add to the onion mixture. Add 2 cans of chicken broth, about 2 cups of cream and some milk until it looks right. Like I said, no recipes in this house.
He also added pepper and salt to taste and about 6 cups of shredded cheddar cheese. Once every thing has cooked for a while and the potatoes are softened, he took about half of the big chunks out of the pot and pureed them in a blender then added them back to the pot. He said this would help thicken up the stock. When he was done, we had a small bowl and it was wonderful, however we thought it needed more broccoli chunks. So he steamed some more broccoli until it was slightly tender and threw it into the pot. He let it sit over night and we had it for dinner this evening.
There ended up being 10 quarts of soup. We thought about canning it but read in several places you shouldn't can things with dairy in them. Something about the texture and separation. So we put some in quart jars and froze it. An easy meal to defrost this winter when we are craving soup to warm us up.