Homemade Cream of Celery Soup - Don't Waste the Crumbs (2024)

By Tiffany Published March 17, 2023 • Last Updated May 30, 2023 57 Comments

This cream of celery soup recipe is so much healthier than canned condensed soup. The perfect quick & easy recipe for all of your casseroles! Or enjoy it alone as a light lunch with a fresh slice of homemade bread or crostini.

Growing up my family attended many potluck dinners typically held at our church after Sunday services. I loved to socialize with all my friends and of course sample each of the many desserts – after all, I was a kid and was NOT thinking about my waistline or healthy real food choices!

I think I would still enjoy a church potluck… it would just have to be minus the food! And not because I am worried about my waistline, but thinking back to those potlucks, nearly every dish was a casserole.

What is so wrong with a casserole?

NOTHING.I love creamy dishes and layered bakes! But let’s be honest. The casseroles most people are serving start with canned cream of soups – Yikes!!

On our journey to eating a diet of real food, canned cream of soup had to go away PERMANENTLY! And so many people think when you toss these cans that are full of preservatives and chemicals, you have to say goodbye to so many casseroles.

You can make homemade cream soups! This recipe for cream of celery soup is a perfect replacement for canned condensed cream of celery soup (I also have a homemade cream of chicken soup and a homemade cream of mushroom soup!).

You can not only have any casserole you desire, but it will taste a million times better. And not only that, it will only take a few extra minutes, I promise!

Cream of Celery Soup

Not only is this great recipe a perfect base for all of your casserole favorites, it’s also:

• Quick. This recipe comes together in minutes.
• Easy. Using simple real food ingredients, it doesn’t get any easier.
• Versatile. Use it as a substitute for most other cream soups.
• Healthy. It’s SO much healthier than the canned version.
• Vegan-friendly. Sub out the butter and milk for dairy-free options, like homemade almond milk, and use vegetable stock for a vegan option with the dairy substitutes.

Ingredients for Homemade Cream of Celery Soup

• Butter
• Celery, diced into the size of rice grains (you can use a grating disc in your food processor for this)
• Flour (all-purpose or gluten-free)
• Salt
• Pepper
• Celery salt
• Milk
• Stock (vegetable or chicken)

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How to Make Creamy Celery Soup

Step 1. Melt butter in a heavy-bottomed stock pan over medium heat. Add celery, salt, celery salt, and pepper and saute until celery is beginning to soften–about 5 to 7 minutes.

Step 2. Add flour to the pan and stir to coat. Allow cooking for 1 additional minute.

Step 3. Add milk and broth, whisking to incorporate the flour into the liquid. Bring to a boil and whisk well until the mixture is quite thick–anywhere from 2 to 5 minutes. Remove soup from heat and enjoy as is, or use it in your favorite recipe!

Note: Place in an airtight container in the refrigerator for three to four days. You can also put this soup in the freezer for up to three months. I like to use these bags.

FAQs for Cream of Celery Soup

What can I do with Homemade Cream of Celery Soup?

You can use it as a base in all of your favorite recipes. Plus, it would be delicious served alone for lunch with a slice of homemade bread for dipping! Use it for the following suggestions and more!

• Soups & Stews
• Gravies and Cream Sauces
• Casseroles like my Easy Green Bean Casserole, or a tuna casserole.
• Pasta Bakes like my Vegetable Pasta Primavera, or my Creamy Butternut Squash Pasta Bake.
• Pot Pies or Shepherd’s Pies would be great options as well!

More Homemade Soup Recipes

• Cream of Chicken Soup
• Red Lentil Vegetable Soup
• Homemade Cream of Mushroom Soup
• Homemade Tortilla Soup
• Northern Beans and Ham Soup
• Instant Pot White Bean and Sausage Soup

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Homemade Cream of Celery Soup

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This cream of celery soup recipe is so much healthier than canned condensed soup. The perfect quick & easy recipe for all of your casseroles! Or enjoy it alone as a light lunch with a fresh slice of homemade bread or crostini.

• Author: Tiffany
• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Cook Time: 10 minutes
• Total Time: 20 minutes
• Yield: 1 “can” 1x
• Category: Soup & Salad
• Method: Stovetop / whisk
• Cuisine: American

Ingredients

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• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup stock (vegetable or chicken)
• 1/4 cup celery, diced into size of rice grains (you can use a grating disc in your food processor for this)
• 1/4 cup flour (all purpose or gluten free)
• 1/2tsp salt
• 1/4–1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1/4 tsp celery salt

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Instructions

1. Melt 1/4 cup butter in a heavy bottomed stock pan over medium heat. Add 1/4 cup chopped celery + 1/4 tsp celery salt + 1/2 tsp sea salt + 1/4-1/2 tsp pepper and saute until celery is beginning to soften, stirring occasionally — about 5 to 7 minutes.
2. Add 1/4 cup flour to pan and stir to coat. Allow to cook for 1 additional minute.
3. Add 1/2 cup milk and 1/2 cup broth, whisking to incorporate flour and liquid. Bring to a boil and whisk well until mixture is quite thick–anywhere from 2 to 5 minutes. Remove soup from heat and enjoy as is, or use in your favorite recipe!

Notes

• Place in an airtight container in the refrigerator for three to four days.
• You can put this soup in the freezer for up to three months. I like to use these bags.

Nutrition

• Calories: 54

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