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This cauliflower soup recipe is vegan and full of cozy spices like ginger and turmeric. It’s a healthy soup that’s easy and delicious.
The idea of healthy eating and healthy cooking is fun, right? Cleanses and 30-day stints are all the rage. People buy spiralizers and Instant Pots in droves. Which is great: a giant Y-E-S to healthy eating and cooking! But as A Couple Cooks our message is about more than that. It’s all about hard work and forming new habits. Ready to take healthy to a new level with this cauliflower soup recipe? Keep reading for this healthy soup, full of cozy Moroccan spices, and some inspiration for sustainable life change.
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How to eat healthy in the long run
The idea of healthy eating and healthy cooking is easy: it’s easy to buy new cookbooks and all the latest in cooking fad gear. But what about making a change that sticks? As A Couple Cooks our message is about just that. It’s unsexy, really, because it’s all about hard work and forming new habits. It’s about making healthy cooking a sustainable lifestyle change.
Creating a sustainable practice of healthy cooking might sound aspirational. But we can assure you: it’s very possible, with a bit of grit and creativity! Learning to cook changed Alex and my lives. And changing our habits turned out to be both easier and more difficult than we thought. In the end, we decided it was pretty simple: which is why we wrote a book about it called Pretty Simple Cooking. And, why we create simple soups like this vegan cauliflower soup recipe.
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Making healthy and easy soup recipes
That said, let’s talk about souping. “Souping” is a trendy word that’s more meant for health cleanses using soup. But let’s instead use it as a verb meaning to eat soup. Souping is our tried and true method for how to eat healthy in the winter. Why?
- Soup recipes make it easy to eat a load of vegetables. I’m a self-proclaimed veggie lover. If I look in the refrigerator and see a bunch of raw veggies, I’m more likely to make a quesadilla than fix a salad. However, if I see a healthy cauliflower soup with Moroccan spices, I’ll go for that every time. Soups make eating vegetables easy and delicious.
- Soups are cozy and comforting. No explanation needed here. There’s nothing more cozy than a steaming bowl of soup, especially a restorative Moroccan soup. Just add a fuzzy blanket and a candle.
- Soups make for easy meal planning. In the winter months, our meal plans look like this: Soup and bread. Soup and salad. Soup and corn muffins. It works for a weeknight, or for company. It’s also perfect for lunches.
How to make cauliflower soup
How to make our best cauliflower soup recipe? This one is vegan and has no dairy at all to make it creamy: just vegetables and cozy spices! Here’s how to make this cauliflower soup recipe:
- Cut the cauliflower into florets (here’s our trick for doing it!). Throw it together with garlic, olive oil and salt, then roast it until lightly charred in a 450 degree oven.
- Meanwhile, in a soup pot saute onion and carrot, then add vegetable broth and Moroccan-style spices: cumin, coriander, ginger, turmeric, and cinnamon.
- Once the cauliflower is done, add it to the pot and blend it into a silky puree using an immersion blender. Or, you can transfer it to a standard blender.
- For the garnish, a bit of the roasted cauliflower, green onion tips and a bit of olive oil.
This vegan soup is pretty simple to put together, full of nutrients, and gluten-free too. It’s also helpful to have an immersion blender for this cauliflower soup recipe: then you can puree the soup right in the pot you cooked it in!
Looking for other vegan soups?
This cauliflower soup recipe is vegan, and this website is full of vegan soup recipes! Here are a few other vegan soups we’d recommend:
- Vegetarian Chili (with vegan cashew cheese)
- Instant Pot Wild Rice Soup Recipe
- Tomato Basil Gnocchi Soup
- Creamy Vegan Tomato Soup with Stars
- Easy Tomato Basil Soup
- Vegan Corn Chowder
- Vegan Tortilla Soup
- Creamy Coconut Curry Pantry Soup
- Tomato Sage Chickpea Soup
- Red Lentil Soup
- Tuscan Soup with White Beans
- Tomato Artichoke Lentil Stew
- Golden Vegetable Soup Recipe
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And if you like cozy recipes, check out this Vegan Pot Pie with Sage Crust; it will blow your mind!
Best cauliflower soup recipes from around the web
And, here are a few of the best cauliflower soup recipes from around the web:
- Tomato Coconut Cauliflower Curry
- Curried Cauliflower Soup
- Cauliflower Soup with Hazelnuts and Bacon
- 5 ingredient Cheesy Cauliflower Soup with Kale Pesto
- Caramelized Cauliflower Soup
This cauliflower soup recipe is…
Vegetarian, vegan, gluten free plant based, dairy free, naturally sweet, refined sugar free, and Whole 30 friendly.
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Related: Try using our Homemade Vegetable Broth for this recipe!
Golden Cauliflower Soup Recipe
This cauliflower soup recipe is vegan and full of cozy spices, like ginger and turmeric. It’s a healthy soup that’s easy and delicious.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Moroccan
Ingredients
- 3 pounds whole cauliflower (about 1 ½ medium heads or 8 cups of florets)
- 6 medium garlic cloves
- 6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided, plus additional for garnish
- 1 ¾ teaspoon kosher salt, divided
- 1 large yellow onion
- 1 carrot
- 6 to 7 cups vegetable broth
- 1 ½ teaspoons cumin
- 1 ½ teaspoons coriander
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- Sliced green onion tops, for garnish
- Paprika, for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450F.
- Chop the cauliflower into florets. Peel the garlic, keeping the cloves whole. Place the cauliflower and garlic in a large bowl and stir together with 3 tablespoons olive oil and 1 teaspoon kosher salt. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicon mat, and place the cauliflower in an even layer on top. Roast for 30 to 35 minutes until lightly blackened and very tender, stirring once.
- Meanwhile, dice the onion. Peel and dice carrot.
- In a large pot or Dutch oven, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium high heat. Saute the onion and carrot until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add 6 cups vegetable both and the cumin, coriander, ginger, turmeric, cinnamon, and black pepper, and bring it to a boil. Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes while the cauliflower roasts.
- When the cauliflower is done, use a spoon to remove about ¾ cup of the smallest florets for the garnish. Then pour the remaining roasted cauliflower and garlic into the broth mixture. Add 1 cup broth, 1 tablespoon olive oil, and ¾ teaspoon kosher salt. Puree with an immersion blender until smooth (or pour into a blender and blend until smooth, taking care that the liquid is very hot).
- Serve immediately, topped with the reserved cauliflower, sliced green onions, additional olive oil (if desired), and a sprinkle of paprika.
Fantastic soup. followed recipe exact. 10/10!!
This is a Very nice recipe but i had to double it and the instructions in the recipe didn’t actually change the ingredient list changes so i almost put the incorrect amount of veggie broth in the soup but i caught it !
But still very tasty
I made the recipe but used chicken stock. It turned out far too salty.
I was able to reduce the salty taste by adding a couple of potatoes and a little lemon juice. Apart from the saltiness, the flavors were wonderful.
I will definitely make it again with 4 cups veg stock and the rest chicken with no added salt. Definitely a keeper!!!!
We did not like this soup. As directed, it was surprisingly bland. So I added more spices and that helped some but it still wasn’t nearly as delicious as it sounded.
I’m not vegan so will make this soup with chicken broth
Made this tonight… Think I had closer to 12 cups florets (didn’t measure), upped all spices, added a dash of cayenne plus the juice of a lemon for acid. Awesome with spiced roasted chickpeas to top!
I’m recovering from jaw surgery and on liquid diet for several weeks. I’ve been trying lots of different soup recipes and this one has been my favorite so far! It’s packed with nutrients and so flavorful! I bookmarked it and will be making it again and again in the future. Thanks!
So glad to hear that! Hope you have a speedy recovery.
An absolutely yummy and filling soup. And so very easy to make. Thanks for this amazing recipe!
We just made this last night, and it was fantastic!
A few changes- we squeezed a bit of lemon on it just before eating it, and I added a few teaspoons of plain yogurt into mine. It’s not like it had to have it, but I loved the consistency and extra “tang” of the yogurt.
We didn’t have coriander so I left that out, and I only had chicken broth so used that instead of veggie. “Better than Bouillon” really makes a difference in soups.
Can’t wait to have this again. It seems to have thickened up overnight, so I’ll add more broth to it when we heat it up.
Oh- you have to have one little piece of bread for “sopping.” :) Enjoy!
So glad you enjoyed it! Yes it does thicken when cooled, so get tip to add the extra broth. We love it with yogurt too! Thanks so much for making it!!
Add some lentils.
Due to severe physical limitations, would it be possible to crock pot this recipe? Thank you so much. 😃👍🏻
We haven’t tried it before, but we think it would work! We don’t have a lot of crock pot experience, but you could try to adapt using what you know. You could also try Googling “crock pot cauliflower soup” and see what recipes turn up!
This was SO delicious. I’d prepped it for lunches and had made something else for dinner, but after tasting a spoonful, I had to eat a small cup as a delightful appetizer!
My 3-1/2 yr old also loved it. He cleaned the bowl and when asked what he wants for dinner, he has asked for this soup.
Thanks for this delicious, healthy, and easy recipe!
Love to hear this! Thanks for making :)
Way too looong to get to the point. The recipe. So long winded and full if useless chat.
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Read the comment regarding too much cumin and I agree-only added about half of what is recommended & added a small spicy red pepper. Also, read the comment regarding adding lentils-good idea but didn’t have any so I added a can of cannellini beans and a lil cabbage I had laying around. Since I added those 2 ingredients I didn’t blend it but added cream. Yummy 🤤
Glad you liked it! These additions sound delicious!
Tow problems with this soup.
1. I have followed the recipe exactly as is and I think that 1 1/2 teaspoons of Cumin is way too much to a point that it take over. all you taste really is cumin. might as well call it a cumin soup.
2. I would add the spices with the onion and carrot so they can open up some more.
Wow, this soup turned out extremely good! My boyfriend and I traveled through Morocco in 2017 and the flavors of this dish brought back taste bud memories from our travels! Add this recipe to your repertoire, the simple ingredient list and easy to prepare method make it very appealing.
Oh wow! We LOVE hearing that this brings back memories of travel. That’s exactly why we love to create recipes! Thanks again for making it.
I made this soup last might. My husband and I both loved it and nearly consumed the entire pot in one sitting! It will definitely be a repeat soup for us in the future.
I didn’t take the time to separate the cauliflower into florets, but rather just gave the whole head a rough chop after removing the core, leaving medium to small irregular shaped pieces. Worked fine since they would be blended up anyhow.
I like a little texture in my soup and my vitamix didn’t hold the entire batch at once, so I ended up blending about half of the cauliflower/broth mixture and returned it to the pot with the unblended portion. Perfect for our tastes. This soup was amazingly flavorful with the abundance of spices and the roasted garlic and cauliflower. I also added a couple of pinches of saffron that a friend recently brought back from Morocco. YUM!!
Note: while I have an immersion blender, I now only use it in metal/stainless steel pots now as I totally gouged the ceramic bottom of my Le Cruset Dutch Oven :( While it requires a bit more clean-up, the vitamix is my choice for blending soups these days.
Oh we are so glad you loved this one! And that is a great note about immersion blenders in Dutch ovens — thank you for letting us know!
Just made this today with some fresh Maine cauliflower, and added a little curry as well. I was looking for something w/o dairy but had a bunch of flavor. This fits the bill completely. Do you have a GOTO off the shelf vegetable stock? Thanks for a genuinely excellent website.
I’m so glad you enjoyed the soup! We generally use the Pacific brand vegetable broth.
Hi! I’m going to make a batch of this to take to work for lunch… how long does it keep?
WOW. This soup. SOOOO GOOD!!! Seriously one of the best soups I’ve ever had. That roasted cauliflower flavor is to die for!! My 8 month old loved it!
What would adding chicken broth instead do…?
I just make the soup a few minutes ago. I didn’t have vegetable stock but lots of chicken stock so I used it instead. The result is delicious!!
I made this tonight. It was delicious! Definitely going to make again!
Thank you so much, I’m so glad that it made the repeat list — yay! Thanks for making it.
So easy and so yummy! My husband tends to like things on the bland side, but we both really dug the spices in this. Thanks!
Oooo I’m so glad this one worked out! Can’t go wrong with Moroccan spices!
Yaay for sustainable changes!!! Love the spices in this soup and that golden color! And love the photos of kitchen life. :-)
Thank you so much! Yes, all the spices make for a great color too! :)
This looks like a hearty meal to share with your family, the pictures look wonderful as well.
Thank you for sharing such an ample recipe, all the love from Nepal xoxo
Thank you so much! Sending all the love back from the US :)
My husband and I LIVE for soup in the colder months. Can’t wait to try this. And also looking forward to your book!
SAME about soup in the winter. It keeps us going! THANK YOU for the kind comment about our book too! :) Sending big love.
Made this last night. It was super good, and filling!
Oh fantastic! We’re so glad you tried it — THANK YOU!
I made this soup yesterday, served it for dinner last evening. I received rave reviews, it was simply delicious!
Thank you so much for making it! Three cheers for cauliflower soup!