Super Simple Cauliflower Soup

This cauliflower soup recipe will change your life.

I'm not kidding.

You're going to be so surprised at how easy it is to make that you're going to start making it from scratch all the time.

I promise.

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You CAN make this soup with just three ingredients if you want to.

It's really as easy as a box of stock/broth, a head of cauliflower, and some butter or butter alternative. You'll obviously need a good pot (with a cover!) and an immersion blender. You can use your regular blender but I hate transferring hot soup from one container to another. This all-in-one space process is much preferred!

You can make it vegan and use cauliflower, vegan butter/spread, and vegetable stock. You can make it Paleo or Whole30 and change out the "butter" to ghee. I've done this soup every which way and it's been delicious each time.

Here, today?

I am going to share how I doctor it up and turn it into a Cauliflower Soup with Spinach and Chicken Sausage. I chose this to share because it's absolutely amazing that way. But I have made it as simply as I've described above, and you know what? It was a success that way, too. No additional steps. You can also make the 3-ingredient version as a base for different soups, and then decide what you want to toss in.

Cauliflower Soup Steps

Break up the cauliflower and toss it into a pan with your butter/spread/butter substitute.

Cook for just a bit, no real work here, just cook in the pan for a bit to take the sharp bite out. They don't have to be soft, the next step will take care of that.

Pour in your container of stock or broth. I tend to prefer stock because it gives me a stronger base.

You can start off with onions and garlic before you put the cauliflower into the pan. I just happened to be doing a few things and decided to cook those up separately and toss them in when they were ready. Plus? The scent of onions and garlic simmering on the stove? So. Good.

Let the cauliflower and stock come to a light boil. It'll bubble up some and you can lower the heat, cover, and let it simmer until soft.

Meanwhile, I will start cooking up some chicken sausage in the previously used onion and garlic pan [and yes, this pan photographs so beautifully - I know it leaves a bit to be desired - trust that I know]. I tend to opt for a fresh sausage, but this time I didn't have that on-hand, so I opted for Applegate's frozen chicken and sage sausage. It's so good. Obviously if you are going vegan or vegetarian, you can use Morningstar Farms crumbles, or other vegan sausage options - pick your fave or skip it entirely. I like it because with the chicken stock it gives it a wonderful flavor.

Once the cauliflower is soft, bust out your immersion blender. Blend to your preferred texture.

I like the soup smooth, but leave a few florets in there because it works wonderfully with the chicken sausage and my final ingredient.

Spinach! Fold that spinach in slowly and let it soften. And y'all know when using spinach it's important to over-fill the pot. Because that green just shrinks up and seems to disappear in seconds.

Add the chicken sausage (yes, the lighting over here is ridiculous and I was a bit lazy on some of these pics and left them as-was when they were taken, sorry!).

And viola! Cauliflower Soup with Spinach and Chicken Sausage. Ready to serve.

Looking for the super quick version of the recipe?

Ingredients: 

box of chicken or vegetable stock
1 head of cauliflower
butter or butter substitute

Optional Ingredients:

onions
garlic
chicken sausage
bag of spinach

Steps:

Optional starter steps:

• Cook your onions and garlic in the same pot you're going to do all the rest of these steps. 
• THEN go to the mandatory steps below!

Mandatory steps: 

• Cook your cauliflower in the butter/butter substitute until it's not-so-raw (yes, that's a cooking term, what of it?).
• Pour in box of preferred stock. 
• Cover pot and let simmer until cauliflower is soft. 
• Use your immersion blender to puree until you reach preferred consistency. 

Optional add-ins:

• Add in chicken sausage.
• Fold in spinach until wilted down. 
• Serve.

Desperate for more soup recipes to get you through the cooler weather? Houseful of Soups has got you covered! We're excited to team up for the first time this season - and I can't wait to check out what everyone else has cooking. Be sure to let me know your faves!

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• Haitian Soup Joumou - AnointedHeels

Want another recipe that I can say firsthand is one of my favorites? 

Check out my Corn Chowder. 

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