Soups are one of my favourite meals and with the weather cooling they are in season again! I thought I would kick off soup season by sharing my current favourite, this tasty asiago cauliflower chowder! Cauliflower is a fabulous ingredient in soups either pureed or in chunks and its pretty healthy, especially when combined with plenty of other veggies along with chickpeas and quinoa! A lot of the flavour from comes from the asiago cheese which is a flavourful hard cheese that melts right into the soup infusing it with pure flavour. One of the best things about this soup is that it takes less than 30 minutes to make, making it perfect for busy work night meals and you can easily make a double batch and bring the leftovers into work for lunch the next day! This asiago cauliflower chowder is the perfect soup for enjoying these cooler fall days!
I like to add bacon! I start by cooking the bacon in the pan and then I use the bacon grease to cook the veggies in instead of butter or oil. Yum!
Asiago Cauliflower and Quinoa Chowder
A quick, easy, healthy and tasty cauliflower, quinoa and chickpea chowder that is just packed with flavour!
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter or olive oil
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 carrots, diced
- 2 stalks celery, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 teaspoon thyme, chopped
- 1/4 cup flour
- 4 cups vegetable broth or chicken broth
- 1 head cauliflower, cut into bite sized pieces
- 1/2 cup quinoa
- 1 (14 ounce) can chickpeas, drained
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 cup cream or milk
- 1/2 cup asiago, grated
- salt, pepper and cayenne to taste
directions
- Melt the butter in a large sauce pan over medium-high heat, add the onions, carrots and celery and cook until tender, about 8-10 minutes.
- Mix in the garlic, thyme and flour and cook until the flour is lightly browned, about 2-3 minutes.
- Slowly stir in the broth, deglazing the pan as you go, add the cauliflower, quinoa, chickpeas and bay leaves, bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer until the cauliflower is tender and the quinoa is cooked, about 10-15 minutes.
- Add the cream and asiago, cook until the cheese has melted, season with salt, pepper and cayenne to taste, remove the bay leaves, remove from the heat and enjoy.
Option: Top with crumbled bacon!
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Love your recipes!!!!❤️
very delicious
Its about time I left a comment. I retired about ten years ago, and decided to try some cooking. I now love cooking for my wife. We both like almost everything I make. I especially like your site, as the pictures are great and the recipes all are excellent. If we like the looks of it I will try it. This cauliflour quinoa chouder is the best thing ive made so far, everyone loved it! Thank you very much for your site.I just love it!
Your recipes are phenominal!
great recipe! So delicious, will be on our favorite list! thanks.
Love your recipes and do appreciate you posting the nutritional information thanks, Kevin!
Omg this soup was delicious and so easy!! Thank you!!
Oh yes!! We love this soup! I substituted a bag of riced cauliflower for the whole/cut cauliflower and it was great.
You do have a gift for cooking and I so appreciate you sharing your recipes. Thank you!!
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Kevin; this soup is so delicious! Thank you so much.