Cozy Up with Comfort Food Classics: Cream of Cauliflower Soup Recipe
This fall, cozy up to the table with this delicious and healthy cream of cauliflower soup, a true comfort food classic. This soup is the perfect healthy choice for lunch, and the best part is that no cream is added.
Cozy Up with Comfort Food Classics: Cream of Cauliflower Soup Recipe
Healthy Cream of Cauliflower Soup Recipe
There is no cream in this soup, making it a bit healthier than other creamy soup options. So what gives it the creamy texture? Simply blend the cauliflower in a blender or with an immersion blender to make the soup thicker and creamier!
Better for You Cream of Cauliflower Soup
Have a look at this quick video—it’s so easy to make this comfort food classic!
Better for You Cream of Cauliflower Soup
Have a look at this quick video- so easy to make this soup!
Ingredients
2 TBSP butter, oil
1 clove garlic, peeled
1/2 onion, chopped
2 stalks of celery, chopped
2 carrots, chopped
1 head cauliflower, roughly chopped
4 cups chicken broth, you can use vegetable as well
1 bay leaf
1/4 cup flour
salt, pepper to taste
Directions
In a medium sauce pan add the butter, carrots, onions and celery. Saute until onions are translucent.
Add cauliflower and bay leaf and cook for 5-7 minutes until cauliflower softens.
Sprinkle the flour over the top of the vegetables.
Cook the flour for about 3 minutes.
Add the broth and lower the heat to low.
Simmer for 15-20 minutes.
Remove bay leaf.
Add 3/4 of the soup to a blender and pulse.
Salt and Pepper to taste.
Add the blender contents back to the soup pot and stir well.
*This is where you will see the consistency change. Blend as much as you like for the desired consistency.
This easy recipe is perfect for those looking to enjoy a healthier version of a comfort food classic. If you have an immersion blender, you can blend directly in the pot and skip the blender step.
We love to have soup for lunch, and having a healthier alternative seems like a good idea. This soup has a wonderful creamy consistency even though there is no dairy in it. If the soup gets too thick, add a little more broth to loosen things up.
Happy Cooking and enjoy your comfort food classics!
Happy Cooking!
Healthy Cream of Cauliflower Soup Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 TBSP butter oil
- 1 clove garlic peeled
- 1/2 onion chopped
- 2 stalks of celery chopped
- 2 carrots chopped
- 1 head cauliflower roughly chopped
- 4 cups chicken broth you can use vegetable as well
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/4 cup flour
- salt pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a medium sauce pan ad the butter, carrots, onions and celery. Saute until onions are translucent.
- Add cauliflower and bay leaf and cook for 5-7 minutes until cauliflower softens.
- Sprinkle the flour over the top of the vegetables.
- Cook the flour for about 3 minutes.
- Add the broth and lower the heat to low.
- Simmer for 15-20 minutes.
- Remove bay leaf.
- Add 3/4 of the soup to a blender and pulse.
- Salt and Pepper to taste.
- Add the blender contents back to the soup pot and stir well.
Notes