Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Velvety Cauliflower Cheese Soup

Here's an effortless, full-filling lunch or dinner that will smell up the house a for a little while, but you'll enjoy soon after.  This velvety cauliflower soup can be made within 30 min. from start to finish.  It's rich with cheese & milky smooth, but full of tender cauliflower chunks.  There's no need for an additional sandwich to fill up on either, this soup is sure to hit the spot, right on!

To make the cauliflower soup, you'll need nothing more than 1 head of cauliflower, 1 16oz. jar of cheese whiz, 4 cups of milk, 3 tbsp. of butter, salt & pepper.  Then to make the soup, just chop the head of cauliflower into 1/2 in. pieces.  In a large pot, boil the pieces in 8 cups of water or in enough water to sumerge the chopped head of cauliflower.  Salt the boiling cauliflower with a couple dashes of salt.  Only boil the cauliflower for about 15 min. or until the pieces are tender to a fork.  Drain the cauliflower. To the pan add the butter, the jar of cheese whiz, milk, & a couple dashes of salt & pepper.  Let all the combined ingredients simmer on medium-low for 15 min., stirring occasionally. Some of the cauliflower will break apart into smaller piece, which is what you want it to do.  Once all the ingredients are mixed throughly & the soup is hot, it's ready for serving! 

This recipe for cauliflower cheese soup is extremely easy, but sometimes we need a break from the kitchen without breaking our pockets.  There's enough soup here for 5 family members or for leftovers the next day.  I think I just may make a pot of cauliflower cheese soup myself this week.  All this talk about the rich, creamy cauliflower soup sure does have me wanting a bowl, how about you?