Cream of Mushroom Soup recipe

Let's post some recipes. I love sharing recipes and one of my favorites, though probably not really considered a 'summertime' one is Cream of Mushroom soup. I love this soup when I'm not feeling well....if I had some mushrooms, I'd probably make it for my mom, but alas, I have no fresh mushrooms.....

So here's the recipe and I hope some of you will share one of your favorites, too.

Cream of Mushroom Soup

8 oz sliced Fresh Mushrooms
½ tsp celery seed
4 cups chicken broth
¼ cup butter, divided
2 Tbsp butter
1/3 cup flour
1/8 cup minced onion
4 cups milk
1 tsp salt
¼ tsp pepper

In a medium sauce pan simmer mushrooms, 2 Tbsp butter, onion and celery seeds, covered for 5 minutes. Add chicken broth and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes. (It takes forever to bring this to a boil, so turn up heat and cover until it begins to boil, then uncover).

In a soup pot, melt 1/4 cup butter, add flour and stir with whisk until smooth. Add milk, salt and pepper. Cook, stirring with whisk until thickened. Add mushroom mixture, heat to boiling, but don’t boil.