Roasted Cauliflower Garlic Soup
Gluten Free Living – 2017
Roasted Cauliflower Garlic Soup is incredibly delicious comfort food especially if you enjoy eating soups. If you’ve not had roasted cauliflower before it’s quite delicious. Roasted cauliflowers works so wonderfully in soups, too, especially when it’s seasoned to perfection like this soup is. I roasted leeks, onions and a whole bulb of garlic and added it to the soup along with thyme, oregano, Italian seasoning, parsley, rosemary and hot sauce. Cheese and half-and-half make it creamy and thick.
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Last month I had lunch with a friend who’s on a very restricted diet since she’s trying to heal her gut. She can only eat low glycemic foods, organic dairy or meat, and very few fruits like berries and granny smith apples because of the low sugar content. So I was challenged to come up with something that she could enjoy.
I decided to try roasted cauliflower along with a few other veggies. Had I not been so limited in my veggie selection, I might have added carrots, corn or other veggies. Even still, I chose to keep it pretty simple so she would be able to eat it. I garnished the soup with extra roasted cauliflower, fresh thyme and parmesan cheese. It was quite scrumptious that way. And, more importantly, she loved it!
If you’re looking for a super tasty soup to try out on your family, this is a healthy, clean-eating, gluten free recipe that you should give a try. I guarantee you will love every mouthful.
Roasted Cauliflower Garlic Soup has incredible flavor.
I garnished Roasted Cauliflower Garlic Soup with extra roasted cauliflower, cheese and a little fresh thyme.
Roasting cauliflower is a great way to infuse the soup with additional flavor.
Here’s what I did.
I used these ingredients.
Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper. Add cauliflower florets, leeks, onion and a whole bulb of garlic with the top cut off. Drizzle olive oil over top of veggies. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and seasonings.
Bake at 400 for 30-40 minutes until done. Reserve about half cup of roasted cauliflower for garnish. Set aside.
Place all the roasted veggies in a large Dutch oven or stock pot. Remove garlic from skins and add to pot. Scrape all the olive oil drippings and seasonings into pot. Add vegetable broth.
Simmer soup 10-15 minutes.
Remove half of the soup and puree in a blender.
Add pureed cauliflower back into the Dutch oven. Stir to combine.
Turn heat to low. Add half and half.
Add shredded cheese and hot sauce.
Stir to combine. Heat through until soup thickens.
Because I only pureed part of the soup, it still has quite a bit of texture.
Serve Roasted Cauliflower Garlic Soup with your favorite bread.
Extra cheese and roasted cauliflower provide a nice touch for this soup.
Here’s the recipe.
ROASTED CAULIFLOWER GARLIC SOUP
(My own concoction)
Roasted Cauliflower Garlic Soup
Equipment
- 1 18x26" cookie sheet pan
- parchment paper
- 1 sharp knife to cut vegetables
- 1 large Dutch oven with lid
- 1 blender
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- 1 soup ladle
Ingredients
- 2 small heads cauliflower
- 2 leeks green top removed, thoroughly washed and sliced
- 1 large onion chopped
- 1 bulb garlic
- 1 tsp. dried thyme
- 1 tsp. dried rosemary
- 1 tsp. Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp. dried oregano
- 1 tbsp. dried parsley
- 1 tsp. pink Himalayan sea salt
- 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 cups vegetable broth
- 2 cups organic half-and-half
- 3 cups organic white cheddar cheese shredded
- 2-3 drops hot sauce if desired
- 1 tsp. fresh thyme leaves for garnish
- 1/2 cup organic cheddar, Monterey Jack or Colby cheese for garnish
Instructions
- Cut cauliflower florets from stalk.
- Place florets on a large parchment-lined cookie sheet.
- Cut the top of the bulb of garlic and add it to the cookie sheet.
- Add onion and leeks.
- Drizzle olive oil over top of vegetables.
- Sprinkle evenly with salt, pepper and seasonings.
- Bake at 400° 30-40 minutes until veggies are roasted and slightly charred.
- Reserve about ½ cup of the roasted cauliflower florets for garnish.
- Set aside.
- Peel garlic skin from garlic and place roasted garlic cloves with cauliflower, leeks and onions in a large sauce pan or Dutch oven.
- Add vegetable broth and simmer for about 10-15 minutes.
- Remove half of the soup and puree in blender.
- Stir pureed cauliflower back into Dutch oven.
- Turn heat to low.
- Add half-and-half and cheese and stir until combined.
- Heat through until soup thickens.
- Add a dash of hot sauce to taste.
- Ladle into bowls and garnish with reserved cauliflower florets, cheese and thyme, as desired.
Notes
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Nutrition
If you enjoy hot soup on cold, winter nights this is a great recipe to try. Just a hint of hot sauce makes this soup heavenly.
Roasted Cauliflower Garlic Soup is healthy, gluten free and clean eating.
Roasted Cauliflower Garlic Soup is mouthwatering comfort food.
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Roasted Cauliflower Garlic Soup
Equipment
- 1 18×26" cookie sheet pan
- parchment paper
- 1 sharp knife to cut vegetables
- 1 large Dutch oven with lid
- 1 blender
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- 1 soup ladle
Ingredients
- 2 small heads cauliflower
- 2 leeks green top removed, thoroughly washed and sliced
- 1 large onion chopped
- 1 bulb garlic
- 1 tsp. dried thyme
- 1 tsp. dried rosemary
- 1 tsp. Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp. dried oregano
- 1 tbsp. dried parsley
- 1 tsp. pink Himalayan sea salt
- 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 cups vegetable broth
- 2 cups organic half-and-half
- 3 cups organic white cheddar cheese shredded
- 2-3 drops hot sauce if desired
- 1 tsp. fresh thyme leaves for garnish
- 1/2 cup organic cheddar, Monterey Jack or Colby cheese for garnish
Instructions
- Cut cauliflower florets from stalk.
- Place florets on a large parchment-lined cookie sheet.
- Cut the top of the bulb of garlic and add it to the cookie sheet.
- Add onion and leeks.
- Drizzle olive oil over top of vegetables.
- Sprinkle evenly with salt, pepper and seasonings.
- Bake at 400° 30-40 minutes until veggies are roasted and slightly charred.
- Reserve about ½ cup of the roasted cauliflower florets for garnish.
- Set aside.
- Peel garlic skin from garlic and place roasted garlic cloves with cauliflower, leeks and onions in a large sauce pan or Dutch oven.
- Add vegetable broth and simmer for about 10-15 minutes.
- Remove half of the soup and puree in blender.
- Stir pureed cauliflower back into Dutch oven.
- Turn heat to low.
- Add half-and-half and cheese and stir until combined.
- Heat through until soup thickens.
- Add a dash of hot sauce to taste.
- Ladle into bowls and garnish with reserved cauliflower florets, cheese and thyme, as desired.