Though cauliflower is the star of this soup, it’s packed with healthy fresh ingredients like onion, celery, leek, potato, and two types of cheese! Completely gluten-free and low-carb, this creamy soup is delicious and comforting. Easy, nutritious, and family-friendly!

Winter days call for delicious soup! I love Broccoli and Cheese soup – that’s what I always order when I go to Panera Bread (free plug!).

However, I have never tried a cheesy cauliflower soup version. I bought a good-size cauliflower from the grocery the other day and decided to make soup out of it.

I needed a delicious bowl of soup for some comfort eating as well since hubby is away at a conference in California for a few days.

Though cauliflower is the star of this soup, it’s also packed with other healthy fresh ingredients like onion, celery, a leek, potato, and yummy cheese!

So it’s a pretty wholesome soup and something even your kids would enjoy like mine did. For the cheese, I opted to use a combo of ricotta and blue cheeses.

If you’re not a huge fan of pungent blue cheese, feel free to use ricotta all the way, or try another cheese you fancy.

So don’t let the winter blues get you – make a hearty and cheesy cauliflower soup today!

Cauliflower and Cheese Soup

By: Manila Spoon
Published 03/06/2015

Cheesy-licious, thick and creamy – of course it’s healthy, too – Cauliflower Cheese Soup.

Ingredients

• 1 Cauliflower, cut into florets
• 1 Tablespoon Butter
• 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
• 1 Onion, chopped
• 2 Celery stalks, sliced
• 1 Leek, chopped
• 1 large Potato, peeled and diced
• 6 cups Vegetable Stock (or water)
• 2 Bay Leaves
• 3 Tablespoons Ricotta Cheese
• 2 Tablespoons Blue Cheese
• 2 Tablespoons Sour Cream, or to taste
• Salt and Pepper, to taste
• Snipped fresh Chives, parsley or cilantro, to serve

Instructions

1. Melt the butter in the Olive Oil in a large saucepan using low to medium heat. Add the onion, celery, leek, potato, and cover.
2. Let the vegetables sweat for 10 minutes.
3. Uncover, pour in the stock, and add the bay leaves and cauliflower florets. Simmer gently for 20-25 minutes or until the cauliflower florets are tender.
4. Remove the bay leaves, then puree the rest in a blender.
5. Return the pureed vegetables to the saucepan and then add the cheeses and sour cream. Just cook until the cheeses have melted and the soup is fully heated through.
6. Adjust the seasoning to your taste. Ladle into bowls, garnish with some fresh herbs, and enjoy with some crusty bread!

Yield: 8
Prep Time: 15 mins.
Cook time: 25 mins.
Total time: 40 mins.
Tags: cauliflower, soup, vegetables, winter, cheese, ricotta, blue cheese

Creamy Cauliflower Soup | Gluten-Free & Low-Carb Comfort Food

Though cauliflower is the star of this soup, it’s packed with healthy fresh ingredients like onion, celery, leek, potato, and two types of cheese! Completely gluten-free and low-carb, this creamy soup is delicious and comforting. Easy, nutritious, and family-friendly!

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 25 minutes mins

Total Time 40 minutes mins

Course Dinner, Main

Cuisine American

Servings 8

Calories 110 kcal

Ingredients

 

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• 1 Cauliflower, cut into florets
• 1 tbsp Butter
• 1 tbsp Olive Oil
• 1 Onion, chopped
• 2 Celery stalks, sliced
• 1 Leek, chopped
• 1 large Potato, peeled and diced
• 6 cups Vegetable Stock, or water
• 2 Bay Leaves
• 3 tbsp Ricotta Cheese, or to taste
• 2 tbsp Blue Cheese, or to taste
• 2 tbsp Sour Cream or to taste
• Salt and Pepper, to taste
• Snipped fresh Chives parsley or cilantro, to serve

Instructions

 

• Melt the butter in the Olive Oil in a large saucepan using low to medium heat. Add the onion, celery, leek, potato, and cover.
• Let the vegetables sweat for 10 minutes.
• Uncover, pour in the stock, and add the bay leaves and cauliflower florets. Simmer gently for 20-25 minutes or until the cauliflower florets are tender.
• Remove the bay leaves, then puree the rest in a blender.
• Return the pureed vegetables to the saucepan and then add the cheeses and sour cream. Just cook until the cheeses have melted and the soup is fully heated through.
• Adjust the seasoning to your taste. Ladle into bowls, garnish with some fresh herbs, and enjoy with some crusty bread!

Nutrition

Calories: 110kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 3gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 10mgSodium: 769mgPotassium: 384mgFiber: 2gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 669IUVitamin C: 42mgCalcium: 54mgIron: 1mg

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Last updated on August 22nd, 2026 at 09:20 pm