Roasted Cauliflower Soup – so delicious and low cal too!

We eat a lot of cauliflower and carrots and this is a novel way to cook them together that is truly divine and low calorie too. Enjoy!

Roasted Cauliflower Soup

Ingredients:

• 1 head of cauliflower
• 2 cups of baby carrots
• Olive oil Cooking Spray
• 1 large onion chopped
• 4 cloves of garlic chopped
• 6 cups of water
• Salt and ground pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Place the florets and carrots into iced and salted water for about 10 minutes
2. Drain well and place on a baking pan ( covered with aluminum foil for easy cleaning)
3. Spray olive oil spray all over and sprinkle with a LITTLE kosher salt and ground pepper
4. Preheat the oven broiler and set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source
5. Broil the veggies until browned – about 20-30 minutes – check constantly with the oven light on to be sure it is not burning
6. Heat olive oil in a large soup pot and cook the onion until translucent for about 3 minutes
7. Stir in the garlic and roasted cauliflower and carrots
8. Simmer until all veggies are tender about 30 minutes
9. Blend the soup and vegetables until creamy and smooth  – and serve hot!