Cheesy cauliflower soup in vegan. This light soup made from a few ingredients is hearty, tasty, warming, and filling.
This simple recipe will be well-received by the whole family. Creamy cauliflower soup is low-carb and gluten-free and serves as a light dinner or lunch.
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This creamy soup is one of our favorite and go-to soup recipes. It is made with simple ingredients like cauliflower, cashew nuts, and nutritional yeast.
Garnished with roasted sunflower seeds and fresh chopped parsley, to take the soup to the next level. You won't even need roasted cauliflower florets.
In the cauliflower season, which starts in summer, you can quickly and easily prepare this soup. Cauliflower is one of the versatile vegetables you can use it in puréed in sauces, as cauliflower rice as wings or like here simple as a vegetable in a soup. Perfect to warm up on a cold day.
You won't stand in front of the hot stove for long, and it can be prepared in one pot or even an instant pot. This soup calls your name.
Ingredient
You only need a few ingredients for this delicious soup and you create a soup that even children will love.
Get the amounts in the recipe card below.
Head of Cauliflower
Onion
Garlic cloves
Vegetable broth
Cashews or coconut milk
Water
Tapioca starch
Garlic powder
Fresh Parsley
Sea salt
Black Pepper
Garnish:
Roasted sunflower seeds opt.
Substitutions
Onion
For the onion you can either use yellow or red onions. You could also substitute with leek or green onions if you have those on hands.
They add a nice flavor to this creamy soup as well.
Cashews
To make a creamy vegan cauliflower soup you need add some cream. In this recipe I used cashews to add the creaminess.
You can also add coconut milk, white beans or sunflower seeds instead. So you will not need heavy cream and this makes a healthier version.
Variations
Let us see what you can adjust in this soup to make it for example nut free. This delicious recipe is already gluten free, keto friendly and whole food plant based friendly.
Nut free
Like I mentioned above you can either use sunflower seeds or white beans. You could also use a combination of both as a non-dairy cream.
Instruction
Braise the diced onion and chopped garlic in a pot with a sip of water. No need for coconut oil or other oils. Just add some water or veggie broth as soon as the water is evaporated.
Now put all the remaining ingredients except the water, tapioca starch and the cashews into the pot and let it cook until the cauliflower is soft.
In the meantime, blend the cashews in a high speed blender until very creamy. Be careful! When blending, the hot liquid might splash!
Now add the cashew cream and mix with an immersion blender until the desired consistency is achieved.
Let it boil briefly.
Serve it with a topping of your personal preference.
Storage
Yes, you can freeze the cauliflower soup very well.
Since the vegan cauliflower soup does not need any potatoes, you can freeze this recipe very well.
You can store it in the freezer or the fridge in an airtight container. In the fridge, it will last around 5-7 days. In the freezer it will last 2-3 months.
Serving Suggestions
The complex flavors in this soup are sure to please even the most discerning crowd. For a light meal, try it alone without any extras - but don't forget about all of those heartier options below!
Toppings
Fresh herbs
Roasted pine nuts, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds or hemp seeds
Kale chips, roasted chickpeas or homemade croutons
Sandwiches:
Serve this soup with Vegan Egg Salad Sandwich, Vegan Reuben Sandwich, Vegan Chickpea Tuna Salad Sandwich.
Bread:
Try out some of my favorite bread recipes, whole wheat baguette, seeded bread, spelt bread. Or try my gluten-free buckwheat bread recipe.
Salad:
Serve it with my favorite potato salad, pasta salad, Caesar Salad or Kale Salad.
Pasta:
Serve this soup as an appetizer with Sun dried Tomato Alfredo, Carbonara, Lemon Pasta.
Tips
Use more or less liquid to adjust the consistency to your preferences
Nutritional yeast is optional, but this gives it a cheesy taste.
If you don't have an immersion blender, you can also use your high speed blender.
Creamy Vegan Soup Recipes
More vegan Soup Recipes:
My favorite Cauliflower Recipes:
Honey Mustard Cauliflower Wings
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Cheesy Vegan Cauliflower Soup (wfpb)
Cheesy cauliflower soup in vegan. This light soup made from a few ingredients is hearty, tasty, warming, and filling. This simple recipe will be well-received by everyone. Creamy cauliflower soup is low carb and gluten free and serves as a light dinner or lunch.
Ingredients
- 1 cauliflower
- 1 yellow onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 4 cups (1L) vegetable broth
- 4 tablespoon nutritional yeast
- 1 cup (150g) cashews or 1.25 cups (300 ml) coconut milk
- ½ cup + 1 tablespoon (150g) water (omit the water when you use coconut milk)
- 2 teaspoon tapioca starch
- 2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 tablespoon parsley, chopped
- Season with sea salt and pepper
Garnish:
- Chopped parsley
- Roasted sunflower seeds
Instructions
Braise the diced onions and chopped garlic in a pot. Now put all the ingredients except the water, tapioca starch and the cashews into the pot and let it cook until the cauliflower is soft. Meanhwile blend the cashews, tapioca starch and water to a very smooth cream.
Now add the cashew cream and mix with a hand mixer until the desired consistency is achieved.
Let it boil briefly.
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Nutrition Information
Yield 4 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 385Total Fat 22gSaturated Fat 4gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 17gCholesterol 13mgSodium 2410mgCarbohydrates 32gNet Carbohydrates 0gFiber 9gSugar 9gSugar Alcohols 0gProtein 22g
The nutrition is calculated automatically and should be used as an estimate.
Sara | mshealthesteem.com says
I think this is going to become a winter favourite! Look at all that deliciousness and healthy goodness ?. Heck yes! So excited ♡. Thanks for sharing your goodness hun ?
veeatcookbake says
It is my pleasure, Sara. You are more than welcome. Hope you like it as much as we do :*
Stephanie says
Cauliflower is such a versatile vegetable.
veeatcookbake says
Stephanie I totally agree with you 🙂
Linda from Veganosity says
I could eat cauliflower every day. Actually, some weeks I do-ha! This sounds wonderful, and yes, it does seem like winter won't leave.
veeatcookbake says
Thank you Linda. Cauliflower is such a great veggie.
Nicole Dawson says
Creamy cauli soup is such a great comfort food. We have a nut allergy also so use cannellini beans in ours to add extra creaminess.
veeatcookbake says
This is a great way for substitute the cashews. Need to try this .
Nicole | What She Ate says
Could I ever use a bowl of this soup in my life right about now. I feel like I can almost taste it after looking at the ingredient list!
veeatcookbake says
Thank you Nicole. You should try it. It is so delicious. 🙂
Anjali @ Vegetarian Gastronomy says
I hated cauliflower growing up and now love it! in soups, spreads, etc...this soup sounds delicious.
veeatcookbake says
cauliflower is a great veggie. We can use it in so many ways.