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Cauliflower, Quinoa and Spinach Soup

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Cauliflower, Quinoa and Spinach Soup. It’s perfect.

Cauliflower, Quinoa and Spinach Soup

This soup has a few hidden nutritional advantages. I’ll tell you what they are in a minute.

Look I know…….

What a change this post is. Crazy don’t you think?. It’s a bit like the world weather. Cold one minute (when it’s supposed to be Summer) and hot the next ( when it’s supposed to be Winter), so I thought I would swing from my last post,  Chocolate and Peanut Butter Truffles  right over here to a soup. Pop.

Cauliflower, Quinoa and Spinach Soup

I think it is the kind of soup you can take to work, or serve as a really good weeknight dinner. It’s creamy looking isn’t it?. Yes and it tastes like it too but there is no dairy in it.

Please take note if you are my sister and you are reading this ( she says she reads my dribble but does she?). She’s a non dairy eater. Are there any more of you out there?. No? Well I really didn’t have an intention of skipping dairy (because I love it) but this soup just evolved and quite honestly it doesn’t need it. It’s nice to have a break…..for a short while. It’s made with quinoa so their is no gluten either. Look, I told you it is a special soup. I am hoping for an award, at least for the next statement anyway. Are you ready? If you make it with vegetable stock it is not only Vegetarian but Vegan. I know. Special.

Here take a look at it again. I know you are intrigued now aren’t you?

Cauliflower, Quinoa and Spinach Soup

I made this in the time it took to boil it and puree it with a stick blender. Do you have one of those?. They are an indispensable soup Genie. I love everything about this soup including the inclusion of two surprising secret ingredients and what?.. my favourite vegetable obsession– cauliflower.

I hit a soup bender last week when it was raining here. Now I am finding that leftovers make for the ultimate lazy week and that the flavour gets better with every slothful bowl I consume. If it is winter where you are now, then get cracking this should bring your nutritional quota back up from last weeks chocolate binge.

Cauliflower, Quinoa and Spinach Soup

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An easy soup made with my favourite obsession- Cauliflower. Gluten free, dairy free and Vegetarian if you use Vegetable stock. An original recipe.
Cauliflower, Quinoa and Spinach Soup
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Course Soup
Servings 4

Ingredients
Unit:
  • 1 onion chopped smallish
  • 1 Tablespoon ginger grated or chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic crushed
  • 2 teaspoons cumin
  • 800 gm cauliflower or 1 average average size cut
  • 200 gm cooked tri colour quinoa or 1 cup
  • 2 quarters preserved lemon chopped very finely pulp removed
  • 1 litre chicken stock
  • 150 gm raw cashews
  • Sea salt and black pepper
  • 4 Tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 tablespoon chopped parsley or basil
  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin extra
  • 20 gm or 2 cubes of frozen spinach. cut very small defrosted .

Instructions

  1. Heat a medium sized pot big enough to hold all of the ingredients
  2. Add 2 Tablespoons of olive oil and add onion, garlic, and cumin and saute till softened a little .
  3. Set aside 1/2 cup of the cauliflower, then add the remainder of the cauliflower, cashews, preserved lemon and stock and simmer till tender. ( about 10 minutes)
  4. Puree with a stick blender till smooth then add 1/2 a cup of quinoa and the spinach and stir on a low heat till it is mixed in and add salt and pepper to taste.
This topping will make it that little bit more special:
  1. Break the remaining cauliflower into tiny flowerettes. Heat a saute pan and add 2 tablespoons of oil add the small cauliflower, quinoa and extra cumin and saute till there is a bit of colour and crunch. Season with salt and pepper and stir in the chopped parsley.
  2. Serve on the top of the soup

 

Cauliflower, Quinoa and Spinach Soup

Cauliflower Quinoa and spinach Soup

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    • Thanks Shelby. It is perfect for cauliflower. I would normally add lots of cheese but there is no need here

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    • Oh me too Sophia, thanks for visiting to take a look. Now excuse me i have to finish my bowl of soup…….

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  12. This summer certainly has been strange and there have definitely been days where it’s so cold I’ve been longing for a bowl of soup. Your presentation of the soup is gorgeous. It’s great that it’s vegetarian but can also be vegan xx
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    • Hi Christine. Yes these are pretty much all my favourite ingredients too. Our summer is a little strange this year but thats what to expect from the weather these days

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  15. Yet another recipe using cauliflower in unexpected ways. Well, your dish convinced me, Tania. I’ve put the veg on my grocery list. Maybe I’ll buy a few heads and declare a “Cauliflower Week” and try all of these recipes. This one will definitely be on the menu and I’ve pinned it to make sure.

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    • Oh dear I think I may be labelled cauliflower absessive soon. I just keep buying them and have to use them up. lol

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  18. This soup sounds wonderful, and with all t epluses, who could resist? Who would want to? I adore cauliflower, so this one is right for me. I hope 2016 is treating you well, and i send my warmest wishes for a tremendously successful year.

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    • Well I can’t resist cauliflower that is perfectly clear. So this week cauliflower next week ice cream. That’s the way to do it right?

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  24. I love these kind of meals. Warm you from the inside out.
    Also being dairy free means I don’t have to take a tablet, being lactose interlorant its just one less thing to worry about.
    Thanks for linking up to Your Weekly Feed hun. xx

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