Cauliflower Sausage Kale Soup
It’s officially soup season! Once Fall arrives, I get into my groove with meal prep. The coziness of soups and other homey recipes gets me much more excited about spending my time cooking on Sundays, BUT these recipes tend to be less time consuming, which I also love. This week, I tried this new recipe, which also led me to buy a new handheld immersion blender (which in and of itself will open a whole new world of recipes.)
Ingredients
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 12 oz Italian sausage (I used spicy, I love a good kick to my meals but this is totally a taste preference)
• 3 slices bacon, chopped (I left the bacon out this time, but am certainly not opposed to adding it the next time I try this recipe)
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced (I always double garlic)
• 6 cups cauliflower florets (If you’re like me and have no idea how many cups is in a head of cauliflower, I had one, this was enough)
• 1 (32 oz) carton chicken broth
• 1 cup half and half
• 4 cups chopped curly kale (bonus! I had TONS of leftover kale and tried homemade kale chips in my air fryer for the first time)
• Salt and pepper
• Red pepper flakes (optional for serving, again my preference is some heat)
Instructions
In a large soup pot, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add sausage and bacon. Cook until sausage is browned and bacon is crisp, breaking up meat as you go, about 8-10 minutes. You want to have a relatively fine crumble with your sausage. Remove meat from pot with a slotted spoon, draining all but tablespoons of grease.
Add onions and garlic into pot and cook until onions soft, about 3-4 minutes.
Add cauliflower and chicken broth. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Simmer, uncovered, for about 15 minutes or until cauliflower is tender.
Puree the soup until smooth in either a high-power blender or with an immersion blender.
Add half and half and bring to a gentle simmer. Stir in sausage, bacon, and kale. Simmer until Kale is wilted, about 5 minutes. Serve with a sprinkle of red pepper flakes.
I was so happy with this recipe, it was a very comforting meal but it also didn’t feel to heavy as a lunch. I’ll definitely be putting this one on my rotation to prepare again.