Cauliflower Soup

Getting into the soup thing this week.

Sliced up a big leek and sauteed it in a big pan with olive oil, garlic and a white carrot.  Made it wilt.  Added some chopped up cauliflower, Ottoman spices, and some tomato paste thinned with water.  Simmered that for about a half an hour in a box of veggie broth.

All the ingredients in the pot

Got it all mushy, and then tossed it in the Vitamix with some raw cashews and pureed the hell out of it.  Added a little more water to clean the container and poured that back into the soup.  Super good.  You have to make this.

To go with dinner, I also cooked up some farro in mushroom broth.  On the side I did a mirepoix of celery and onion, plus those white carrots I was talking about earlier.  Added some garlic.  Then added a container of chopped up mushrooms, and then some thyme.  Blended this mix with the farro.  Yum.

Tossing the trimmings into a pot

All of the trimming from all of these vegetables also went into my own veggie broth that still simmering on the stove.  Don't want to waste anything if I can help it.


Finally, Sweetie needs a dip for his veggies and he doesn't get to eat Hidden Valley Ranch.  Took the rest of the last dip I made and added it to some more raw cashews, some garbanzo beans, a serrano pepper,  a little salsa in the fridge, some nutritional yeast and water.  Blended that up.  Added some lemon to get it right.  Not too bad.

Completed Soup

Completed Veggie Broth

It's a lot of food, but I have errands to run tomorrow so I might not have as much time in the kitchen and leftovers won't kill us.  Plus, Sweetie can take something to work for lunch tomorrow.