Healthy eating recipe: Low calorie cauliflower soup
Soups are one of the best meals you could have at dinner when following a healthy diet plan. Are you looking for some healthy soup recipes? Then, here I have one of the healthy and creamy soup recipes for your dinner. This soup has minimal ingredients and more flavors. This soup is ideal for anybody looking to stick to a lower calorie option and is also ideal for low carbers or athletes on rest days, cauliflower is a massive vitamin C source, but is also a FODMAP so may cause issues for those with irritable bowel syndrome. I hope you enjoy the recipe, I am an Irish weight loss & sports nutrition expert currently based in Clonmel, if you want to chat to me about your diet, why not book yourself in for a session in my online clinic, from the comfort of your own home at a time that suits you. Click here to get to my online clinic booking page.
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Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 25 minutes
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
- Cauliflower – 1 large head (1.5 kg)
- Onion – 1 large (roughly chopped)
- Garlic – 1 (chopped)
- Chicken or vegetable stock – 800 ml
- Whole milk/ heavy creamy – ¼ cup
- Salt – as per taste
- Black Pepper – 1 tsp.
- Cumin powder – ½ tsp.
- Olive oil – 2 tbsp.
- Greens/thyme – (finely chopped) for garnishing
Instructions/Method:
- First of all, wash the cauliflower and cut it into small florets.
- Take a large and open pot, add olive oil, and heat it over medium-low flame.
- Add garlic and stir it until light brown.
- After that, Add onion or cook it unit they are soft.
- Add cauliflower and cumin; stir it for 5 to 7 minutes until soft.
- Now, add vegetable or chicken stock and cook it for 10 minutes.
- Once the cauliflower is soft or cooked, blend the soup using a hand blender until a smooth mixture.
- After that, add heavy milk or cream, salt, pepper, and mix all the ingredients well.
- You can adjust the thickness of the soup by adding more stock.
- At this point, you can taste or adjust the spices as per your taste or choice.
- Turn off the flame and Pour the soup into a bowl, garnish it with some greens.
- Your healthy and creamy soup is ready.
- Enjoy!
Recipe Note:
- You can also use brush olive oil on fritters instead of using olive oil spray.
- If you are going to blend it in blender jag or jar then, you will have to let it cool down first.
- You can store the leftover in an airtight jar or container in the refrigerator for up to 2 to 3 days.
Nutrition Facts:
- Calories – 176
- Carbohydrates – 14g
- Fat – 8g
- Saturates – 3g
- Protein – 8g
- Fiber – 6g
- Sugar – 10g
- Sodium – 520mg