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Recipe for "Cauliflower Soup"

Ingredients:

​- 1/2 cauliflower, rough chop
- 1/2 onion (cooking or yellow), rough chop
- 1 stalk celery, rough chop
- 1/2 carrot (medium size), rough chop
- 4 cloves fresh garlic
- olive oil
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp ground pepper
- 1/2 tsp dry thyme
- 1 tsp dry basil
- 3 cups vegetable broth

Instructions:

- In a pan or cooking sheet, add olive oil -lightly cover the bottom of a pan or cooking sheet with olive oil. Add cauliflower, onion, celery, carrot, fresh garlic, kosher salt, ground pepper, dry thyme and dry basil.
- Mix contents in pan a bit to spread olive oil and
seasoning evenly
- Roast in oven for 30mins at 400F (mix around at
halfway mark)
- After roasting is done, in large pot at medium
heat, add roasted vegetables (from pan in step 1)
along with vegetable broth.
- Cook in pot for 30 mins; bring to a simmer, cover,
and cook at low-med heat until carrots are soft
- Blend/puree in pot with a hand blender until
smooth and hearty (not too thin, not too thick)
- Taste and if necessary, add more salt and then
blend again.
- Optional - we suggest plating and elevating the
dish with a finishing drizzle of your
choice (e.g. olive oil, your favorite dressing or lemon
juice)