This easy, creamy Low Carb Cauliflower Soup recipe is the healthy, nutritious answer to busy days and chilly nights!
Low carb has never been so delicious! Keep your keto on and make a pot of this rich and velvety soup that’s ready in just 30 minutes. Everyone loves healthy recipes that don’t take up too much time, or have too many steps.
Low Carb Cauliflower Soup
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Easy Cauliflower Soup
We love our healthy veggies! Our easy cream of cauliflower soup recipe is a low carb lovers dream! Mildly flavored, nutrient rich, and high in fiber, cauliflower is a well-known superfood. This recipe is similar to a loaded baked potato soup but without the carbs! This is an excellent Crockpot or slow cooker recipe, and the flavors blend even more as they simmer. Serve a steaming bowl along with a side of coleslaw or some zesty zucchini pizza bites.
Cream of Cauliflower Soup
CREAM CHEESE This might sound like a cream of cauliflower recipe, but the “cream of” is actually cream cheese. This “no cream” recipe is lower in fat and calories but still delivers a smooth, cream-like consistency. For a vegan option, use a dairy free cream cheese instead.
VEGETABLES Cauliflower florets are cooked in a soup with sautéed onions, garlic, celery, and a bay leaf. Feel free to add in broccoli, potato, or other favorites as desired, but be aware that certain veggies are not considered to be low carb.
BROTH For a truly vegan soup switch out the chicken broth for vegetable broth.
ADD-INS Continue to keep it low carb. Make a keto soup by adding roast chicken, or roasted broccoli florets, sliced mushrooms, sliced black olives, even shredded cheese or sliced green onions as a garnish.
How To Make Cauliflower Soup
Easy healthy and delicious is where it’s at when comes to cooking for a low carb lifestyle. This soup fits the bill with simple ingredients and three easy steps!
- Sauté the onion and garlic in butter.
- Add celery, cauliflower, chicken broth, and bay leaf. Cook.
- Remove bay leaf, add cream cheese, then blend with an immersion blender till smooth.
For a Crockpot or slow cooker version:
- Sauté the onion and garlic in butter.
- Add all ingredients to the Crockpot, and cook for 4 hours on high or 6 hours on low.
- Mix in cream cheese and blend as directed.
Recipe Tips and Tricks
- If broccoli is added to the soup, toss them in olive oil and roast them in the oven for about 10 minutes to add an additional depth of flavor to this cauliflower soup.
- No immersion blender? No problem! Remove the amount of soup you want blended and use a blender, electric mixer, or a personal blender. Always face the caps from blenders away from your face to avoid the release of steam.
Leftovers
Cauliflower soup keeps remarkably well in the refrigerator as long as it’s covered. Up to 5 days, simply reheat on the stove and add salt & pepper or other seasonings or cheese as desired. Cauliflower soup can also be frozen by scooping into quart or gallon-sized bags, writing the date on the outside. It will keep it’s flavor for about 3 months in the freezer.
Other Easy Soup Recipes To Try!
- Low Carb Hamburger Soup – delicious!
- Keto/Low Carb Chicken Zucchini Soup (Zoodle) – easy to make.
- Low Carb Beef Soup with Radishes – so different.
- Low Carb Asian Noodle Soup – tasty!
- Homemade Broccoli Cheddar Soup – perfectly creamy.
Low Carb Cauliflower Soup
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 Tablespoons butter
- 1 small onion diced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 3 ribs celery diced
- 6 cups cauliflower florets about 1lb
- 1 bay leaf
- 4 cups chicken broth not low sodium
- 4 oz cream cheese
- salt & pepper to taste
- fresh parsley and chives for garnish
Instructions
- Cook onion and garlic in a small saucepan over medium heat until tender.
- Add celery, cauliflower, chicken broth, and bay leaf. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer and cook 15 minutes uncovered (until tender).
- Remove bay leaf and discard. Mix in cream cheese and using a hand blender pulse in the soup a few times to thicken the mixture. I like to pulse but leave a few chunks for texture.
- Taste and season with salt & pepper. Garnish and serve.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
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Next day on the califlower soup gets better every day. I send everyone to pintrest. Never had a bad recipe.
So glad to hear how much you love the soup Sandra! I always love it the next day too.