Part of my journey to a better life involved finding a new way of cooking.
If you ask my husband, he'll tell you I've always been an awesome cook. I think I was pretty good, but I relied a lot on canned cream of soups, breading, butter, and everything comfort. I could whip up a meal that warmed your soul at the moment, but if there were nutritional labels on the things I'd made, you'd leave regretting every single bite.
Then there were the boxes, the packages, the quick meals, the frozen meals. There were days where we had a big slab of gravied meat and no time for a single side. Let's not even begin with the snacks provided for the kids in between.
When we decided to get serious and look at what we were really putting in to our bodies, all the junk, the preservatives, the enriched yuck and high fructose corn syrup, I realized my recipe box needed a major overhaul.
The best thing that happened was that when we moved our family from Hawaii to Florida, I left all my cookbooks and recipes behind in the "To be mailed someday" boxes. I had 10 years of recipes I'd collected, now collecting dust. I couldn't rely on my old, faithful, comfort recipes to feed my family. It was the perfect chance for an overhaul. Lucky for me, Pinterest was born!
The majority of recipes I'll be posting can be traced back to Pinterest. With all the resources available by the time you push search, eating poorly or eating healthy is a matter of CHOICE! Gone are the days of doing things the way we always did because there's no one out there to teach us any better. Want to be Vegetarian? There's a board for that! Want to eat Paleo? There's a board for that! Want to juice for several months? There's a board for that!! Take control of your pantry with Pinterest as your guide.
It was my dear friend Pinterest that introduced me to this incredible soup. In the recipe, it says that this soup is served as is. Although it is amazing on it's own, one bite of this and your mind will be swimming with all the possiblities that this soup can turn in to!!! It would be a fabulous base for a creamy potato soup, a broccoli soup, or a leak soup. Anything that begins with cream of, can be made with this soup, sans the GUILT!! Don't believe me? Give it a try.
I had to make modifications based on what was in my pantry, so for the original recipe, visit be sure to visit Blender Girl and check out her other delicious recipes for your vitamix or beloved blender.
If you ask my husband, he'll tell you I've always been an awesome cook. I think I was pretty good, but I relied a lot on canned cream of soups, breading, butter, and everything comfort. I could whip up a meal that warmed your soul at the moment, but if there were nutritional labels on the things I'd made, you'd leave regretting every single bite.
Then there were the boxes, the packages, the quick meals, the frozen meals. There were days where we had a big slab of gravied meat and no time for a single side. Let's not even begin with the snacks provided for the kids in between.
When we decided to get serious and look at what we were really putting in to our bodies, all the junk, the preservatives, the enriched yuck and high fructose corn syrup, I realized my recipe box needed a major overhaul.
The best thing that happened was that when we moved our family from Hawaii to Florida, I left all my cookbooks and recipes behind in the "To be mailed someday" boxes. I had 10 years of recipes I'd collected, now collecting dust. I couldn't rely on my old, faithful, comfort recipes to feed my family. It was the perfect chance for an overhaul. Lucky for me, Pinterest was born!
The majority of recipes I'll be posting can be traced back to Pinterest. With all the resources available by the time you push search, eating poorly or eating healthy is a matter of CHOICE! Gone are the days of doing things the way we always did because there's no one out there to teach us any better. Want to be Vegetarian? There's a board for that! Want to eat Paleo? There's a board for that! Want to juice for several months? There's a board for that!! Take control of your pantry with Pinterest as your guide.
It was my dear friend Pinterest that introduced me to this incredible soup. In the recipe, it says that this soup is served as is. Although it is amazing on it's own, one bite of this and your mind will be swimming with all the possiblities that this soup can turn in to!!! It would be a fabulous base for a creamy potato soup, a broccoli soup, or a leak soup. Anything that begins with cream of, can be made with this soup, sans the GUILT!! Don't believe me? Give it a try.
I had to make modifications based on what was in my pantry, so for the original recipe, visit be sure to visit Blender Girl and check out her other delicious recipes for your vitamix or beloved blender.
Image credit http://healthyblenderrecipes.com/
Creamy Cauliflower Soup
- 8 cups vegetable or chicken broth
- 1 head roasted garlic
- 2-3 leeks, wash and chop the white part
- 1 large head cauliflower, chopped
- 1/4 cup cashews (raw preferred) I used cocktail because they happened to be in my pantry
- salt/pepper to taste
Roast the unpeeled garlic in 400 degree oven for 30 minutes and let cool
Saute leeks in a little olive oil about 3 minutes, until soft, in large pot.
Stir in cauliflower and roasted garlic. Cover with broth, bring to a boil and simmer at medium heat for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Let cool slightly and then blend in batches with the cashews until creamy.
Transfer back to pot and salt/pepper to taste.
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One bite sent my taste buds over the moon! If I didn't know any better, I would swear this soup was made with flour, butter and cream. I would have happily served it as is.
However, my husband isn't a fan of bisques, or soups that don't have any texture to them, so I knew I needed something else for him. I threw in a bag of frozen cauliflower and yellow squash that was hanging around my freezer.
My family happily ate it up, my husband packed some up for work the next day and the kids were thrilled to have it again for lunch. Since they'd eaten most of the veggies that were in it the night before, I threw in some frozen broccoli and a hand full of cheese and we had delicious cream of broccoli soup for lunch!!
This makes a HUGE batch. It fed my family of 8 for two meals and every one had at least one bowl a piece. Enjoy and your welcome!
Love, Mol
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