Indulge in a culinary journey that harmonizes the flavors of pasta and cauliflower in a delectable soup. This recipe duo caters to diverse dietary preferences, offering both a Weight Watchers-friendly version and a traditional rendition. Dive into the creamy comfort of the WW 2-Pt Pasta and Cauliflower Soup, where tender cauliflower florets, hearty pasta, and a medley of vegetables dance in a flavorful broth. For those seeking a classic indulgence, the Pasta and Cauliflower Soup beckons with its rich, creamy texture and explosion of flavors. Both recipes promise a satisfying symphony of textures and tastes, making them perfect for a cozy meal or a delightful side dish.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
WW 2 PT. PASTA AND CAULIFLOWER SOUP
Yum, yum, yum. That's all I can say about this tasty soup. You can also sprinkle each bowl with a bit of light Parmesan or Romano cheese. Enjoy!
Provided by Nif_H
Categories Clear Soup
Time 40m
Yield 6 cups, 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Spray large saucepan with cooking olive oil spray or nonstick spray. Saute carrot and onion 3 minutes over medium heat, until just tender, stirring occasionally. Do not brown! Add cauliflower and chicken broth; cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Stir in shells & basil and bring to a low boil. Cook 15 minutes, or until shells are just tender. Sprinkle each serving with pepper to taste.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 146.4, Fat 1.9, SaturatedFat 0.5, Sodium 775.8, Carbohydrate 23, Fiber 2.5, Sugar 3.9, Protein 9.1
PASTA AND CAULIFLOWER SOUP FEDERICA
Steps:
- Bring stock to a boil in a 4- to 5-quart heavy pot over high heat and add sea salt and pepper to taste.
- Stir in cauliflower and simmer, covered, until just tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in pasta and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until al dente, 10 to 15 minutes (pasta takes longer to cook in stock than in water).
- Stir in sea salt to taste and serve soup drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled with cheese.
CAULIFLOWER SOUP
Every other cauliflower soup recipe I tried lacked flavor, but this cheesy recipe packs a tasty punch! We like it with hot pepper sauce for a little extra kick. -Debbie Ohlhausen, Chilliwack, British Columbia
Provided by Taste of Home
Time 30m
Yield 8 servings (about 2 quarts).
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a Dutch oven, combine the cauliflower, carrot, celery, water and bouillon. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 12-15 minutes or until vegetables are tender (do not drain)., In a large saucepan, melt butter. Stir in the flour, salt and pepper until smooth. Gradually add milk. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Reduce heat. Stir in the cheese until melted, adding hot pepper sauce if desired. Stir into the cauliflower mixture.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 159 calories, Fat 11g fat (7g saturated fat), Cholesterol 35mg cholesterol, Sodium 617mg sodium, Carbohydrate 10g carbohydrate (5g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 7g protein.
PAN-ROASTED CAULIFLOWER SOUP
Steps:
- Pat cauliflower dry with paper towels so it will brown more quickly and easily. Coarsely chop into 1/2-inch pieces (about 6 cups). In 12-inch skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Spread cauliflower in single layer in skillet. Cook 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until golden brown.
- Stir in broth, half-and-half, chopped thyme and salt. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until cauliflower is tender. Remove from heat; stir in cheese until melted.
- Carefully pour 3 cups of the soup into blender (making sure to get equal amounts of cauliflower and broth). Cover; blend on medium speed about 30 to 45 seconds, stopping blender occasionally to scrape sides, until smooth. Return to skillet with remaining soup; stir to blend. Heat just until hot if necessary.
- Garnish individual servings with bacon, additional cheese and thyme sprig.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 470, Carbohydrate 12 g, Cholesterol 85 mg, Fat 4 1/2, Fiber 3 g, Protein 19 g, SaturatedFat 18 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 1380 mg, Sugar 7 g, TransFat 1/2 g
PASTA WITH CAULIFLOWER
This dish is derived from a Marcella Hazan recipe. It's dead simple, and the cauliflower can be precooked a day ahead or so. Or, the whole thing can be made at once: cook the cauliflower in water, scoop it out and then, later, cook the pasta in the same water. It's already boiling, and you want the taste of the cauliflower anyway, so why not? The cauliflower gets cooked more, in a skillet with toasted garlic, so don't boil it to death, although you do want it to be tender. And in the original Minimalist recipe, from 2000, bread crumbs were added to the skillet along with the cauliflower, but since some pasta water is usually added to the skillet to keep the mixture saucy, the bread crumbs become soggy. Better, then, to stir the bread crumbs in at the very end. They should be very coarse and ideally homemade, and if they're toasted in olive oil in a separate skillet before you toss them in, so much the better.
Provided by Mark Bittman
Categories dinner, easy, main course
Time 40m
Yield 3 or 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Trim the cauliflower and divide it into florets. Add about a tablespoon of salt to the water and boil cauliflower until it is tender but not mushy. Using a slotted spoon or strainer, remove the cauliflower and set it aside. When it is cool enough to handle, chop it roughly into small pieces.
- Meanwhile, in a large deep skillet over medium-low heat, sauté garlic in olive oil, stirring occasionally, until garlic is golden. Start cooking pasta in same pot and same water as was used for the cauliflower.
- When the garlic is ready, add the cauliflower to skillet and turn heat to medium. Cook, stirring occasionally. When pasta is just about done - it should be 2 or 3 minutes short of the way you like it - drain it, reserving about a cup of cooking liquid.
- Add pasta to skillet containing the cauliflower, and toss with a large spoon until they are well combined. Add salt and pepper to taste, along with just enough pasta water to keep the mixture moist but not soupy. When the mixture is hot and the pasta is tender and nicely glazed, mix in the bread crumbs.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 686, UnsaturatedFat 13 grams, Carbohydrate 112 grams, Fat 17 grams, Fiber 8 grams, Protein 21 grams, SaturatedFat 3 grams, Sodium 678 milligrams, Sugar 7 grams
CAULIFLOWER SPAGHETTI SOUP WITH GARLIC BREAD
Italian comfort food--my mom made this when we were kids. Not many people have heard of it but it is a family favorite with lots of garlic, black pepper, and tender cauliflower simmering in a tomato broth. Serve with real garlic bread for a true Italian feast!
Provided by JoAnnOx
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Vegetable Soup Recipes Cauliflower
Time 40m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Prepare garlic bread: slice baguette in half lengthwise and slather in butter. Sprinkle minced garlic and garlic salt over both sides. Put halves together and wrap in aluminum foil.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and slice at an angle. Set aside.
- While the garlic bread is in the oven, combine water and bouillon for soup in a large stockpot; bring to a boil. Add cauliflower and broken spaghetti. Stir to submerge pasta and return to a boil. Cook for 8 minutes.
- At the same time, heat a saucepan over medium-low heat for 3 minutes. Add olive oil and then garlic; simmer until fragrant, about 1 minute. Pour in tomato sauce to sear in the garlic and oil flavor; set aside.
- When cauliflower and pasta have cooked for 8 minutes, pour tomato sauce into the stockpot; stir to mix. Add sea salt, garlic salt, and pepper. Reduce heat to low and cook until pasta is tender yet firm to the bite, 3 to 5 minutes longer.
- Ladle soup into bowls and sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese. Serve with garlic bread.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 467.6 calories, Carbohydrate 75.2 g, Cholesterol 18.4 mg, Fat 12 g, Fiber 6.3 g, Protein 16.5 g, SaturatedFat 5.1 g, Sodium 1288.7 mg, Sugar 8.9 g
PASTA AND CAULIFLOWER
I got this recipe from the "Shut up and Mangia" website. ZAAR is my favorite website to save all my recipes to. The author writes: "One of my old family recipes is this mostaccioli and cauliflower dish. My Grandmother made this dish for almost every occasion. It's different and delicious. I never ate ham when I was younger, so when I went to my grams house she alway made sure that I something other than the ham to eat. I'm the only one who still makes it. But, as soon as my cousins in California and New Mexico find out I have the recipe I'm sure they'll try to make it themselves. This combination can be made two ways. You could mix the ingredients to be very thick and creamy with no trace of cauliflower or you can mix it and leave larger pieces of cauliflower. Which ever way you decide to make it I can assure you it's a very filling dish. I make this recipe at least once every two weeks. The kids are just starting to enjoy it but I'm sure they will be making it for their children in the future."
Provided by By The Lake
Categories European
Time 30m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Boil cut up pieces of cauliflower in 6 quarts of water until tender.
- Saute long green onions, garlic and about a half a cup of bread crumbs in one stick of butter for about 5 minutes or until breadcrumbs are slightly brown.
- With a slotted spoon remove cauliflower and add to the breadcrumb mixture.
- Stir adding remaining butter and bread crumbs.
- Cook the pasta in the cauliflower water until done. Around 10 minutes.
- Add around a cup of cauliflower water to the breadcrumb mixture to moisten.
- Mix the mostaccioli and cauliflower together .
- Top with freshly grated Parmesan cheese and you ready to serve.
- Not a good time to diet if you make this dish.
PASTA AND CAULIFLOWER SOUP
Make and share this Pasta and Cauliflower Soup recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Barb in WNY
Categories Cauliflower
Time 45m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a large saucepan, heat oil.
- Saute carrots and onions for 5 minutes until tender, stirring occasionally.
- Add cauliflower and water; cover and cook 5 minutes.
- Stir in pasta, shells, basil and salt; bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and cook 12-16 minutes, or until shells are tender.
- Sprinkle evenly with cheese and pepper.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 58.1, Fat 3.1, SaturatedFat 0.8, Cholesterol 2.6, Sodium 356.1, Carbohydrate 6.3, Fiber 1.9, Sugar 2.6, Protein 2.2
CURRIED CAULIFLOWER SOUP
My DH is often chilled after riding his scooter home after work and a nice bowl of soup always hits the spot. This one will definitely warm him. The flavor is really nice in this and the curry and apple shine through just right. The recipe for this came from my Vegetarian Times Magazine. I noticed they are now putting more Vegan recipes in the magazine which I think is great. I used low sodium rice wine vinegar.
Provided by Chef Joey Z.
Categories < 60 Mins
Time 1h
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Heat the olive oil in a large pot and saute the onion until its golden brown and soft. About 5-7 minutes.
- Stir in the apple, curry, garlic and cook for 2 more minutes or until the curry powder turns a deep yellow shade.
- Add the cauliflower and veggie broth. Bring to a simmer and cover.
- Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer for 20 minutes, then blend in a food processor or blender. I used a hand held emersion blender.
- Stir in the honey and vinegar.
- Season with salt if desired.
- Bon Appetit!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 162.9, Fat 8, SaturatedFat 1.3, Cholesterol 0.4, Sodium 676.7, Carbohydrate 21.8, Fiber 6.1, Sugar 11.6, Protein 5.2
Tips:
- Choose the right cauliflower: Look for a cauliflower that is firm and white, with no blemishes or bruises. A heavy cauliflower will have more florets and less stem.
- Use a sharp knife: A sharp knife will make it easier to cut the cauliflower into florets. Be careful not to cut yourself!
- Don't overcook the cauliflower: Cauliflower should be cooked until it is tender but still has a slight crunch. Overcooked cauliflower will be mushy and bland.
- Add flavor with seasonings: Salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder are all great ways to add flavor to cauliflower soup. You can also add other herbs and spices, such as thyme, rosemary, or paprika.
- Use a good quality pasta: The type of pasta you use will affect the flavor and texture of the soup. Choose a pasta that is made with high-quality ingredients and that has a good shape for holding the soup.
- Don't overcrowd the pot: When cooking the pasta, don't overcrowd the pot. This will prevent the pasta from cooking evenly.
- Serve the soup hot: Cauliflower soup is best served hot. You can garnish it with fresh herbs, Parmesan cheese, or croutons.
Conclusion:
Cauliflower soup is a delicious, healthy, and affordable meal that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. It is a great way to use up leftover cauliflower, and it is also a good source of vitamins, minerals, and fiber. With a few simple ingredients and a little bit of time, you can make a delicious pot of cauliflower soup that your whole family will love.
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