Cheesy Vegetable Soup

This is my all time favorite soup that my mom makes! I love it! I hope you do to. I don't know if this is exactly her recipe, but I made it Halloween night and it was a very nostalgic meal for me. So I must be close!
(Potatoes are good in this too!)


Cheesy Vegetable Soup

1 large onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, chopped
5 carrots, cut on a bias
2 heads broccoli, chopped
1 head cauliflower, chopped
4 teaspoons chicken boullion
4 cups water
1 stick butter/margarine
1/2 cup flour
3 cans evaporated milk
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1 teaspoon nutmeg
salt and pepper
2 cups cheddar cheese

Saute the garlic and onion in a large stock pot with a couple of tablespoons of oil until tender. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Add the carrots, broccoli and cauliflower. Stir to coat. Next add water and boullion and let vegetables cook until tender.
In another pot you will make a rue. Melt the butter and add flour. Stir for a minute so the flour taste can cook out. Pour in the milk and add the garlic salt, nutmeg and pepper. When the mixture has thickened pour into vegetable soup and let simmer until desired consistency. Stir in cheese and serve!

You can try and do the rue with the onion and garlic, but I've found it never thickens as much as I like. But go ahead and try if you don't want to wash another pot!!! ;)