While this Curried Cauliflower Soup with Sweet Potato sounds unusual, the combination of ingredients makes a tasty and healthy vegetarian soup.
Here I am, back in the saddle again after my warm, sunny family vacation.
And it's a snow day. Did you know, that growing up in Canada (Kamloops BC and Calgary), I only ever had one snow day? That's right, in the whole 13 years that I was a student I only ever missed school once due to the weather. Here in Wisconsin, it was s a snow day for the second time this month, and we definitely didn't/don't get any less snow in Canada.
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Snow days are the best kind of days for soup. Especially this Curried Cauliflower Soup with Sweet Potato and Swiss Cheese, one of my favorite soups ever. I know, it sounds weird. So weird, that when I first read the recipe for it, I just had to try it.
As the name suggests, it's made with cauliflower, sweet potato, wild rice, a bit of curry powder, and a handful of shredded Swiss cheese. While I thought curry and Swiss cheese was a very unlikely combination, it works.
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How to Make Curried Cauliflower Soup with Sweet Potato
The soup gets its creamy texture from the addition of evaporated milk (the stuff you get in a can from the baking aisle). I always use evaporated milk instead of cream in my soups to cut down on fat, while still giving it a creaminess without watering it down like milk would.
I also puree a little bit of the soup to make it just a bit thicker. I use an immersion blender right in the pot, but you can put a little bit of the soup into a blender instead. Or you can skip this step totally - it's up to you.
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What you'll get when you make this soup is a soup that's rich in flavor. You get the sweetness of the sweet potatoes, the warm spice of the curry powder, and the creamy tang from the Swiss cheese.
I also love the contrasting textures in this soup - the sweet potatoes and cauliflower melt in your mouth, but you get a little chew from the wild rice. You'll definitely want to make this before the winter is done.
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Curried Cauliflower Soup Nutrition Notes
To have only a bowl of this soup makes for a very low-calorie meal. To make a complete meal, add a green salad, and/or some fresh bread.
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Curried Cauliflower Soup with Sweet Potato
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 2 large leeks (tender white and light green parts only), thinly sliced and washed, about 2 cups)
- 4 medium cloves garlic minced
- 1 ½ teaspoon curry powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 4 cups cauliflower florets (1 medium head cauliflower)
- 1 medium sweet potato peeled and cut into ½ inch cubes (about 1 ½ cups)
- ⅓ cup wild rice or wild rice blend
- 5 cups reduced sodium vegetable broth
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup 2% evaporated milk
- ½ cup shredded Swiss cheese
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a dutch oven over medium heat. Add leeks and cook until leeks soften, about 3 minutes. Stir in garlic, curry powder and ground cumin and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
- Stir in cauliflower, sweet potato and wild rice and cook for another minute. Stir in broth, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil then reduce heat and simmer until vegetables are soft and wild rice is cooked, about 15 minutes.
- Stir in evaporated milk and Swiss cheese; stir until cheese is melted. If desired, blend partially with an immersion blender.
Nutrition
**Recipe modified from Eat, Shrink & Be Merry
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