It’s hard to get excited about eating your vegetables this time of year, but in the dead of winter, you can always count on the cauliflower to cheer you up a little in the kitchen. They are usually reasonably priced and are wonderful to have around because they can be used as a main dish, soup or side dish. One of my favorite soups is a super simple Cauliflower Soup. It’s so easy and so healthy, it’s hard for me to restrain from making it every day, so I try to limit it to a couple times of month so the kids won’t complain.

Easy Cauliflower Soup

2 tbs olive oil

1  medium onion, finely chopped

1 head of cauliflower, chopped into small tree pieces

1 32oz container of vegetable broth

In a large soup pot, heat the olive oil over a medium flame. Add the onion and saute for about 3 minutes, not letting the onion turn brown, just golden. Add cauliflower pieces and cook with the onion for about 2 minutes. Add the broth the mixture and turn up the heat a bit to bring it to a boil. Once its bubbling, reduce the heat to medium low. Cook until the cauliflower is tender, about 30 minutes. Transfer the mixture (very carefully) to a food processor, or use a hand blender and puree the soup to your desired thickness. Return the mixture to the soup pot and add salt and pepper to taste. Heat mixture to almost boiling over a medium flame and serve with a drizzle of good olive oil.