Cauliflower And/Or Broccoli Soup (Ww 0 Point Soup)

Redsie's Note:

Delicious soup to use leftover broccoli or cauliflower. I have used both - alone and together. It's easy and 0 point if you are following the Weight Watchers plan!

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 6 cups water
• 5 cups cauliflower or 5 cups broccoli
• 2 cups carrots
• 1/2 cup onion
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 4 chicken bouillon cubes or 4 tablespoons chicken bouillon powder
• salt & pepper

Directions:

1. Dice cauliflower and/or broccoli.
2. Slice 2 cups carrots, chop 1/2 cup onion.
3. In a 5 quart saucepan, add all ingredients except salt and pepper.
4. Cover and simmer until vegetables are tender (about 20 minutes).
5. Strain off and reserve most of the liquid. Place vegetables in a food processor and puree. {OR mash vegetables, still in pan with potato masher til of desired consistency}.
6. Add pureed vegetables and reserved liquid (if you wish for a more liquid soup) back into the pot.
7. Add salt and pepper and re-heat.

Reviews

[Addelyn's Baking Mama]

I love this! It's very versatile. I didn't use the bouIion and I added a cup of sliced celery and used half low-sodium chicken broth and half water for the liquid. I also pureed all the celery and about 3/4 of the carrots and added some garlic powder and onion powder. This is a great way to use what you find at your local farmer's market and adjust it to your own tastes. Thanks for sharing!

[lakehouse]

This was just okay for a basic start to broccoli soup. I used chicken broth instead of water and boullion. I found I needed to add quite a few things to make it tasty. I added a clove of garlic, bay leaf, 1/2 can of diced tomatoes with green chillies and some asparagus oops and 2 T of red wine. Still low cal but so much more flavor.

[joop]

It's a good soup but I altered it to kick it up a notch for my liking. Without substantially altering its WW Zero point status, add 2T of apple cider vinegar to give it a little tang, 1 t of thyme and a few cloves minced garlic (sauteed in with the onions first before boiling up the lot) to bring it up. I used cauliflower and broccoli in mine 2:1 ratio. I'm thinking I would leave out the broccoli and just go cauliflower next time. Also to give it cheesy goodness without the calories and fat of cheese, think about sprinkling on a tablespoon or so of nutritional yeast flakes (about 10 cals) to garnish.