The Single Girl and Soup

I  love having soup made and ready in the fridge in advance, just to heat up.  Cauiliflower soup is pretty bland by itself but I have glamped mine up a bit to suit my taste buds.Using potatoes makes it a little heavier and I like my soup chunky. This is pretty inexpensive and makes alot. Now that it's chillier outside, a mug of this for a snack is warming.

Glamping Baba's Cauliflower soup

1 head of cauliflower cut up in chunks

2 carrots diced

½ cup celery diced

2 potatoes diced

½ onion diced

1 clove garlic diced

2 strips bacon

5 cups water

3 tbsp. chicken or veggie broth

2 cups milk or cream

¼ cup flour

Put chunks of cauliflower into a pot and cover with 4-6 cups water depending on the size of your cauliflower .  Add broth powder and stir. Add diced potatoes and carrots. The water should just barely cover everything so it can simmer. You’re going to be adding milk later so you don’t want too much liquid at this point but you also don’t want it to boil dry. Fry bacon, onion, garlic and celery until softened and add to cauliflower mixture. Simmer 30-40 minutes or until veggies are soft. You can mash your veggies with a potato masher into the broth or blend them.  I prefer mine mashed a bit into chunks rather than blended. Add ¼ cup flour to milk or cream, stir and add a bit of hot broth to mixture and stir. Pour slowly into simmering cauliflower pot and stir while soup thickens a bit. Add salt and pepper to taste and garnish with parsley. I always like soup better the next day. This is great to have in the fridge to come home to after work, when the days are chilly. Veggie soup..just omit bacon. I've done it with veggie broth as well.