Creamy Potato Leek Cauliflower Kale Soup

Fruit Sweetened Pumpkin Muffins

Creamy Tomato Basil Roasted Cauliflower Soup

Published by Julie Krummenacher

Jump to Recipe·Print Recipe

A rich, hearty tomato basil soup so delicious your kids will not know it is healthy!

The weather has changed here in Colorado, and now that it has started to snow, I want to stock up on soup! I love a nice warm soup on a cold day AND soup freezes really well so I can pack my freezer with easy meals for later!

This soup is really easy to make and has AMAZING flavor!

The roasted cauliflower adds an amazing richness to this soup as well as some extra micronutrients! Because it is roasted and stewed, it is soft and takes on the flavor of the soup–so it doesn’t taste like “cauliflower”! And because it is white, most kids won’t object when they see it in chunks in their soup (but if they do, you can always puree this soup for a smooth texture!)

Adding basil-infused olive oil at the end preserves the health-promoting phytonutrients in the olive oil as well as adding amazing basil flavor, AND this is a great “cooking” activity to get your kids to help with!

Both of my kids loved this soup–so much that I made it twice in one week!!! They loved making the basil infused olive oil–Ella “tasted” quite a bit of hers before it made its way into the soup!

Creamy Tomato Basil Roasted Cauliflower Soup

★★★★★

5 from 5 reviews

Author: Julie Krummenacher
Total Time: 1:15
Yield: 6 adult servings 1x

Print Recipe

Description

A hearty tomato soup with rich roasted cauliflower and basil-infused olive oil

Ingredients

Scale

½ c olive oil
¼ c fresh basil (~50 leaves)
1 medium sweet onion
4 cloves garlic
1–2 T butter/ghee (saute)
1 t Italian seasoning
1 head cauliflower, chopped
¼ c butter/ghee (roux)
¼ c flour (roux, gluten free preferrably)
1 qt vegetable/chicken stock
28 oz diced tomatoes
28 oz crushed tomatoes
2 c milk (or dairy free milk)

Cook Mode Prevent your screen from going dark

Instructions

Place cauliflower on a sheet pan lined with parchment. Add salt and pepper. Roast at 425 ~20 minutes, until tips are carmelized
In a small bowl, add olive oil and chopped fresh basil and gently stir. Set aside
In a large pot, melt butter/ghee and saute onion over medium heat, add a pinch of salt and pepper. When onion softens, add garlic and Italian seasoning
When onion is translucent, add butter/ghee and flour for the roux. Mix until combined and heat an additional minute
Add stock and tomatoes and mix thoroughly to combine roux. Bring up to a gentle simmer.
Add roasted cauliflower.
Add salt and pepper to taste.
Simmer 1 or more hours, stirring occasionally (especially as soup is thickening)
Just before serving add milk, bring up to temperature (~5 minutes)
Add basil infused olive oil either to whole soup or per serving (so kids can get less if they want, and kids can add their own! Or could just get the flavor from the olive oil without the green!)
Serve chunky or puree for a smooth soup
Portion for freezing

Notes

Dairy free: use your own “butter” substitute or olive oil. Use your favorite dairy free milk

For a richer soup, add 1½ c milk and ½ c whipping cream or coconut cream

Gluten free: substitute white rice flour or use 2T cassava flour/2T butter/ghee (cassava has 2x more starch!)

low carb, omit roux and use preferred dairy free milk

Prep Time: 15
Cook Time: 1:00+
Category: Soup
Method: braise
Cuisine: Italian

Keywords: healthy tomato basil soup

Pin this to your “Healthy Family Meals” Board!

Why this Creamy Tomato Basil Roasted Cauliflower Soup is HEALTHY!

Micronutrients

Fruits and Veggies like tomatoes and cauliflower are packed with micronutrients–these are more than just vitamins and minerals but powerful plant compounds that improve health!

Powerful Antioxidants

Tomatoes, Onions, garlic, and cauliflower have powerful anti-oxidants that neutralize free radicals and reactive oxygen species which damage cells and DNA.

Fiber

Fruits and Veggies like tomatoes and cauliflower have fiber that is so important for our digestive systems! Fiber is something we can’t digest, but it helps to clean out our gut and also provides food for our microbiome!

Supports a Healthy Microbiome

Our microbiome is all the good bacteria in our gut–it does amazing things like providing protection, helping to digest food, supporting our immune system and making neurotransmitters (and MUCH more!). The good bacteria LOVES fruits and veggies like tomatoes and cauliflower!

Healthy Fat: Olive Oil

Olive oil has been touted for years as a healthy oil, but the health benefits come from the micronutrients in it and not just the composition of the oil. Olive oil has hydroxytyrosol, olecanthal, and oleuropein among other phytonutrients that are shown to be antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, neuro-protective, vascular-protective, anti-cancer, joint-protective and so much more! But all these phytonutrients are not heat stable so adding a good amount of olive oil after cooking really boosts its protective ability! In this recipe I add the olive oil at the end of cooking to maximize the health benefits of the olive oil as well as maximizing flavor with the basil infused olive oil!

Gluten Free

This creamy tomato basil roasted cauliflower soup contains no gluten if using gluten free flour for the roux.

Gluten is a sticky protein that can cause Leaky Gut and promotes inflammation! Too much inflammation is like lighting your body on fire!!!

Want to learn more about health? Check out the 7 Essentials for a Healthy Family!

How to get kids to eat this Creamy Tomato Basil Roasted Cauliflower Soup!

Puree it!

This creamy tomato basil roasted cauliflower soup is a little chunky with the cauliflower and kids may not want to eat it. Pureeing the this soup (either before or after adding the basil infused olive oil) takes away the visual objections to the cauliflower as well as texture issues!

Try a lick!

Sometimes a bite is a big commitment to kids, but getting them to try a lick is manageable! This creamy tomato basil roasted cauliflower soup tastes amazing, and if they take a lick and like it, then they are more likely to take a bite!

Involve them!

This creamy tomato basil roasted cauliflower soup is a great dish to let kids help with! Giving kids their own olive oil and basil that they can mix and then add to their soup are great activities that kids of almost any age can help with! When kids help prepare food, they are more likely to try it!

Pharmacist, Chef, and Mother of Twins!

Hi! I’m Julie! When I’m not chasing my twins around, I am creating simple, healthy meals that busy moms and kids will love!

I’m here to help! If you are feeling overwhelmed about changing your diet, tired of scouring the internet for recipes that you think your family will eat, and stressed out from all the meal prep– I can help you!

Let’s have a chat! In the Healthy Family Breakthrough Session^TM we will develop a clear path for your family with the first Healthy Baby Steps^TM to take so you can get started immediately! The Healthy Family Breakthrough Session is complimentary ($250 value), my gift to you to help you get started! Plus you will get the Healthy Family Breakthrough Plan^TM and my CUSTOM MEAL PLAN^TM Trello board as well! There is no obligation–just a friendly chat…

You don’t have to do it alone! What if you had a Chef and Mother holding your hand as you took baby steps making healthy changes???

YES! I want help!

Julie Krummenacher

5 Comments

Kelly says:

at

My nine year old daughter said 5 stars and licked the bowl!!

★★★★★

Reply
Deb says:

at

Loved the infused basil as an added touch!

★★★★★

Reply
Lauren says:

at

the basil-infused olive oil is a game changer

★★★★★

Reply
Jen says:

at

My kids couldn’t tell there was cauliflower in there!

★★★★★

Reply
Lisa says:

at

This is my son’s favorite meal and even my super-picky daughter loves it!

★★★★★

Reply