Cream of celery soup

Yesterday I was cleaning the fridge and found some celery from a party we had a few weeks ago... and I didnt want to throw it away but knew we wouldnt eat it all... (We have a massive bag of carrots...Costco... I still don't know what to do with)

SO....

Ingredients
2 cups chopped celery, divided (I used about twice the amount called for here)
2 cups chopped carrots, divided
4 tablespoons butter
2 cups onions, diced
3 tablespoons flour
6 cups hot vegetable broth, divided
Salt and pepper to taste
1 cup heavy cream

Directions
In a small saucepan add 1 cup celery, 1 cup carrots, 1 cup vegetable broth. Bring to a boil and cook until tender, about 4 minutes. Drain and reserve cooked vegetables. In a large saucepan, over medium high heat, melt butter. Add onions and saute until clear. Whisking, add flour, cook 2 minutes making sure flour does not brown. Add 5 cups vegetable broth and continue to whisk until mixture boils, making sure to reach the bottom of the pan. Add uncooked 1 cup celery and 1 cup carrots. Bring mixture to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer about 30 minutes(I added at least another 2 cups of water..gradually as I watch it simmer). When cooked strain soup through a fine sieve into a clean pot reserving vegetables. In a blender puree vegetables with 1 1/2 cups of liquid. Stir puree into pot with liquid. Stir in cream, reserved vegetables (I actually pureed ALL the vegetables... I don't like chunks of veggies in my cream soups). Heat and serve.

Was nummy... We'll be taking some for lunch today.

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