Creamy Cauliflower Soup is the most delicious comfort food for a cold, winter day. This easy vegetable soup is perfectly creamy and full of amazing flavor.
Cauliflower is the star of the show in this soup. We know, you are seeing cauliflower everywhere right now. It is being riced, made into pizza crust, bread, and really is just todayโs favorite carb replacement. Donโt worry, we arenโt jumping on that bandwagon at The Stay At Home Chef. We are thoroughly in love with all things carbs, and couldnโt imagine our lives without them! That being said, cauliflower is still a delicious, nutrient packed food, and this soup is simply amazing. It is perfectly thick and creamy, and that cauliflower gives it a serious punch of flavor. We highly recommend you serve this with a hefty slice of artisan bread, full of all of those delicious carbs.
Vegetable Broth:
This cauliflower soup calls for vegetable broth as the main liquid ingredient to simmer our vegetables in, build flavor, and provide the basis for our soup. Vegetable broth is the preferred ingredient for this vegetable soup, but you CAN use chicken broth in its place. It will change the overall flavor from a lighter vegetable flavor, to a heavier meaty flavor even though there is no meat in this recipe.
Is Creamy Cauliflower Soup vegetarian?
Yes, this soup is vegetarian, but it is not vegan. If you would like to make it vegan you will need to substitute the butter and milk with your favorite plant-based substitutes.
Cornstarch:
Cornstarch is what helps to thicken this soup. You can always substitute with all-purpose flour if you prefer.
Milk Substitute:
Milk gives this soup that delicious creamy element, and we highly recommend it. If you do not cook with dairy products, you can either substitute with your favorite plant based milk, or replace it with additional vegetable broth. Vegetable broth alone will result in a very thin soup. If you still want that creaminess, you can either transfer your soup to a blender with a vented lid, or use an immersion blender to puree some or all of the soup to give it that thick, creaminess.
Make Ahead Instructions:
This soup is extremely easy to make ahead of time, and reheats well. Simply follow the instructions to complete your soup, and then store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours before serving. When ready to serve, reheat in a saucepan on the stovetop until warmed through.
Storage and Reheating Instructions:
Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Reheat in a saucepan on the stovetop until warmed through.
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Made this before, it’s awesome. Thinking of adding chicken?
Chicken would probably be good added
Hi…
Your recipe is amazing about other recipe. Anyway you added chopped vegetable. Other recipe content make with blended, so our kids like this soup, and happy, thanks a lot for you…
Can I use beef broth successfully.
You’ll definitely have a soup, it’ll just be quite a bit different and the color might be a little off putting.
I blended the soup to make it a cream (drinkable) soup. It was like velvet. Perfect texture and flavor.
Excellent recipe. I used flour because I didnt have corn starch and a little more olive oil and butter right before I added the flour…
I used almond milk, and I didnโt put in onions or carrots because my husband and I donโt like them. Iโm not sure if thatโs the cause but for some reason my soup didnโt come out nearly as creamy, what did I do wrong?
Probably the almond milk. It’s not very creamy so that would definitely impact the recipe.
Definitely the almond milk, maybe try a cashew/almond milk blend! I know cashew milk tends to be creamier than almond alone.
I used half almond milk and half Heavy whipping cream Making this a Keto soup
Since this basically struck me as a veggie chowder, I made as directed but then and added some flaked salmon and corn. Super super yummy.
Great. That is what I was think of doing ~Enjoy!
Fabulous! My husband made it using our own garden-grown califlower. He followed recipe exactly. Outstanding! It’s my turn to try it today. Appreciate the fact that taste isn’t sacrificed for the lower calorie count as well! TYSM and Happy New Year! Holly & Bob, Shreveport, LA
How far can this be made in advance to be served at a dinner party?
The soup is good for 2 to 3 days in the fridge.
Can you use almond milk? Would that change the flavor or make the consistency weird? Has anyone tried it?
Thanks!
Of course! Any non-dairy milk you like would work. I used soy.
How can I lower the carbs?
Follow the suggestion above the recipe for making the recipe without milk. There are very few carbs in this recipe and most of them come from the milk.
Great soup, made it for a church dinner and it was all eaten. I didnt habe any oregano or thyme so i added chuves and dill, worked well.