Dreamy, creamy cauliflower soup. Forget the spoon. Just pick up the bowl and drink! OH – and PS….it’s only 190 calories for an enormous bowl! This is unintentional diet food at its best!
Cauliflower Soup
I am very aware that there is a serious lack of vegetables / salads / meat free / cheese free / carb free food on my blog. I always have good intentions of blogging more vegetable focussed things but I tend to get distracted by…well…you know. Anything but salads.
So I always feel like giving myself a pat on the back when I post a meat-free-almost-dairy-free-cheese-free dish!
I love this soup. There are wild storms hitting Sydney as I write up this post and I can’t think of a better soup to come home to.
Plus, it’s effortless. No fine chopping and dicing. Just break off the florets of a cauliflower, roughly chop up the stalk along with a potato, onion and a few garlic cloves. Toss them into a pot with milk and stock/broth, then once tender, whizz with a handheld blender.
It’s that easy! And LOOK how thick and creamy it is!
This recipe is practically a “formula”. It works with loads of vegetables – broccoli, carrots, parsnip, potato, beetroot (ever tried RED soup??!), peas, fennel, zucchini. Anything vegetable that softens when boiled so it can be whizzed to become a soup.
I wasn’t really thinking about calories when I decided to post this. But when I ran the nutritional analysis, I was more than pleasantly surprised to find that it is a mere 190 calories per serving. I double checked it a few times to make sure it was right – and it is!
So really, if you want to treat yourself, stir through a dollop or two of cream without guilt. 🙂
Hmmm…..so if I have this for dinner, it means I can have a brownie for dessert, right? Same logic behind having a Mars Bar with a Diet Coke….. – Nagi
PS Aren’t my attempts at fancy restaurant swirls of cream and olive oil atrocious? 🙂
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Creamy Dreamy Cauliflower Soup
Ingredients
Soup
- 3 garlic cloves , roughly chopped
- 1 kg / 2 lb (1 medium head) cauliflower , florets broken off and stalk roughly chopped
- 8 oz / 250 g (1 large, 2 small) potatoes , peeled and roughly diced
- 1 large onion , peeled and roughly chopped
- 2 cups milk (any - dairy, non dairy, full fat or low fat)
- 2 cups chicken broth / stock
- Salt and pepper to taste
To garnish (optional)
- Thyme (highly recommended!)
- Cream and/or olive oil , to drizzle
Instructions
- Place all Soup ingredients (except salt and pepper) in a large pot over high heat and bring to boil, then turn down to medium and let it simmer for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the cauliflower is very soft.
- Use a hand held blender and blend until smooth (Note 1), then add salt and pepper to taste.
- If the soup is too thick for your taste, add more milk, water or stock (and more salt if needed). If you want it even thicker, let it simmer on the stove for a while longer to reduce down and thicken (be careful not to reduce it so much that it is too salty).
- Serve, garnished with fresh thyme leaves and drizzled with cream and/or olive oil, if desired.
Recipe Notes:
Nutrition Information:
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One of my favourite soups. The weather is *just* starting to cool in QLD so I’m declaring soup season! Thanks for a fab recipe Nagi
Fabulous as all your recipes are !
Hey Naji! Thanks for this amazing recipe. A question… so i need to bring to boil while the milk is already in… ? Or first i boil and then put milk while simmering?
Thanks
Best cauliflower soup recipe I’ve made. Very simple and tasty. Love the thyme ( from my garden ) on top
So easy, simple and satisfying. And healthy and economical too. Thanks for reminding us that good food doesn’t need to be complicated!
Delicious soup!
I gave it a twirl of light sour cream, 😋
Next time I may sprinkle with fried bacon pieces…
2nd time I have made this and love it. Freezes well. Great for our unprediictable autumn weather here in New Zealand. Cauliflowers are easy to grow. Thank you for the recipe. Oh this time I lightly sauted the onion and garlic in a bit of olive oil.
Wow! Added crispy bacon and spring onions on top with a sprinkling of Parmesan. So good!
First time ever making cauliflower soup and this was a standout. Thanks Nagi.
Suggestions from readers also of value and I will incorporate ideas and different flavours to try.
Creamy Dreamy Cauliflower Soup is absolutely fantastic. so easy to make and soooooo delicious.
Thanks Nagi
Another winter warmer. I’ve always been sceptical of the humble “cauli” but this soup won me over. I also roasted the florets with EVO and dried thyme before adding to the pot. Added a squeeze of lemon juice at the end to give it that zing and some extra cream! The soup was sublime. Thank you Nagi
This soup is simply delicious as is! I did soften the onion & garlic while prepping the other veg the first time, but next time in a hurry so all in together. Again terrific! Blue cheese added on serving good too. Will try other cheeses as well.
Creamy/floury spuds – ‘Agria’ in NZ are part of the success. Thanks Nagi
This is now my go to for a great soup in winter. So simple, easy to make and utterly delicious.
A great healthy option and I used oat milk which is fine.
I love that Nagi encourages creativity ❤️
I made this soup tonight. I coated the cauliflower in a little smoked paprika and Moroccan spice mix, olive oil and roasted in the oven first before adding to the pot. Garnished our soup with a bit of grated sharp cheddar. OMG this soup is now my favourite soup!!! My dad said it’s the best he’s ever had.
Quick question….. would boiling the milk with the stock make it curdle?
Had half a Cauliflower. Used all the same amounts in your recipe Nagi and added Turmeric, and Oyster Sauce along with a small Birdseye Chili. I can’t get hubby to eat Cauliflower but he loved this. Served with chopped Spring Onions and Olive Oil.
The best-ever cauliflower soup. Thanks for this Nagi.
Delicious soup! Added a tiny bit of celery and courgette. Got 6 generous bowls out of it. Had no stock, so just used water and it was yum! Think this would be good basis for cauli mac and cheese- with a bit of cashel blue- will try soon!.
Right up my alley. Wonderful. 1 question: we never put a lid on the pot ?
I made this for my lunch today using skim milk and it was delicious. It was beautifully creamy and I topped it with a sprinkle of grated Parmesan cheese. Thank you for such a nice healthy soup recipe. I’m going to try this with other veggies.