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This is the best vegan cauliflower soup without any dairy substitutes. No cream or milk of any type is needed to make it thick and creamy. What do you need then? Potatoes! If you blend this cauliflower potato soup, it will essentially have a mousse-like texture. Did I convince you to give it a try?
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If you also love creamy vegan soups as much as we do, try this vegan spinach soup, this Hokkaido pumpkin soup, or this vegan corn chowder.
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1. What can you expect from this recipe?
2. Ingredients
3. How to make vegan cauliflower soup?
4. Top tips to make it perfectly
5. What to serve with it?
6. FAQs and substitutions
7. More vegan cauliflower recipes
8. More vegan soup recipes
What can you expect from this recipe?
This vegan cauliflower soup is actually a pretty light and creamy soup. Of course, it tastes like cauliflower since the potatoes and the carrots are only there to thicken the soup and enhance its flavor. However, compared to a roasted cauliflower soup it doesn’t taste that strong. Making a soup after roasting the cauliflower will result in a quite intense and aromatic soup. If you tried that and didn’t like it, you should give cauliflower soups another chance with this easy and simple recipe.
Ingredients
To make this creamy cauliflower soup, you will need only 7 ingredients. Nothing fancy or hard to get. And as promised you don’t need any dairy substitutes. No, not even coconut milk. Why? Because the starch content of the potatoes is a perfect thickener. It is actually one of the 20 ways to thicken a soup actually. So here is your shopping list. See the recipe card for exact quantities.
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- cauliflower
- potatoes
- carrots
- onion
- garlic
- vegetable broth
- ground cumin seeds -> Cauliflower is a cruciferous vegetable and may cause bloating for some people. For as long as I remember our family loved adding cumin to help with indigestion. Not to mention the flavor cumin adds matches perfectly with the cauliflower.
How to make vegan cauliflower soup?
Prepare the ingredients
- Take the leaves off the cauliflower and cut them into florets. If the florets are big, you can cut them in half or into quarters. No need to discard the stem, if it looks fresh and healthy, cut it as small as 1×1 inch (approx. 2×2 cm). A quick note: the stem is harder so it needs a longer time to be tender. Make sure you cut them much smaller than florets.
- Peel and finely chop the onion and the garlic.
- Wash, peel, and dice the potatoes and carrots. You can shorten the cooking time by dicing the potatoes and carrots smaller like 1×1 inch (approx. 2×2 cm). You will blend them at the end so they don’t need to be nicely chopped, they just need to be small and even.
Making the soup
- Preheat a stockpot or a large pot over medium-high heat. Add olive oil, chopped onion, and garlic. Cook them until soft and glassy.
- When they are ready, add the diced carrots and chopped potatoes and stir for a minute.
- Add cauliflower florets and chopped stem and stir for another minute.
- Pour the vegetable broth and add the seasoning: ground cumin, black pepper, and sea salt.
- Lower the heat if needed and simmer until veggies are soft. It will take approx. 15-20 minutes depending on how small you actually chopped them.
- Use a blender and blend it until it is smooth.
Top tips to make it perfectly
- Chop vegetables evenly and small – The smaller you cut the veggies, the shorter will be the cooking time.
- Vitamix vs Regular Blender – You can certainly use a hand blender (aka stick blender), a food processor, or a regular blender. They all make a creamy sauce.However, if you want to get an unbelievably smooth, mousse-like cream soup use a high-power blender like Vitamix*. (When we made the video and the step photos we had only an immersion blender, but now we have a Vitamix, and “Oh My God” – as would Janice say in Friends. The difference is bewildering.)
What to serve with it?
We definitely have some ideas for you to try. Veggie balls and vegan patties like eggplant meatballs, chickpea meatballs, mushroom meatballs, IKEA veggie balls, or these meatiest vegan meatballs are always a good choice to add to creamy soups. It adds a much-needed extra protein, not to mention that it turns the meal into a complete main course for weeknight dinner.
If you are looking for topping ideas, here are our favorites. Let us know in the comments, what is your favorite garnish for a bowl of creamy cauliflower soup?
- crusty bread to dunk in it
- croutons, crackers, or breadsticks (I like these gluten-free breadsticks*)
- seeds, chopped nuts, or trail mix
- pan-fried osyter mushrooms
- roasted asparagus
- vegan bacon bits
- canned legumes (any beans or lentils) like white beans, or red kidney beans
- fresh herbs like chives or scallion
- red pepper flakes if you want it to be a bit fiery
FAQs and substitutions
Is it nutritious?
Why do a lot of people like cauliflower? It is a cruciferous vegetable after all. Well, it is low in calories but high in nutrients. Not surprising at all why it became such a huge hit in the vegan/vegetarian diet.
According to this Healthline article cauliflower contains a bit of almost every vitamin and mineral that you need. In short, it is low in calories, high in fiber, loaded with Vitamin C and K, and a great source of antioxidants.
You can get to know this veggie through a lot of vegan recipes like cauliflower mince as ground beef, cauliflower rice, cauliflower pizza crust, cauliflower mac-and-cheese, cauliflower mash, or cauliflower hummus.
What other veggies can you add?
If you want to keep the cauliflower taste, we recommend adding only other root vegetables like 1 turnip, 1 parsnip, 1 rutabaga, or 1 celeriac (celery root) as they will not alter the taste that much.
Can you use another type of onion?
Yes, you can use yellow, white, or red onion even leek.
How to store it?
It keeps well in the refrigerator for approx. 3-4 days. Store it in the fridge separately from any garnish or topping. Reheat it on the stove-top or in the microwave.
Can you freeze it?
Yes, you can store them in a freezer and thaw them as you need them. However, based on my experience after thawing dishes with potatoes in them, the texture of the dish may slightly alter. In this case, not that much since the cauliflower is the main ingredient and not the potatoes.
This cream of cauliflower soup recipe is vegan/vegetarian and gluten-free, so meat-free, dairy-free and egg-free. It also fits within the paleo diet. This recipe isWFPB-friendly(whole foods plant-based) if you cook the vegetables directly in veggie broth.
More vegan cauliflower recipes
- Cauliflower Steak with Green Peppercorn Sauce
- Roasted Cauliflower with Lemon Herb Tahini Sauce
- Vegan Spaghetti Bolognese (with cauliflower walnut mince)
More vegan soup recipes
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- Cold Watermelon Soup
Creamy Vegan Cauliflower Soup (With Potato & No Cream)
Nandor Barta
This is the best vegan cauliflower soup without any dairy substitutes. No cream or milk of any type is needed to make it thick and creamy. What do you need then? Potatoes! If you blend this cauliflower potato soup, it will essentially have a mousse-like texture.
5 from 18 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
Total Time 30 minutes mins
Course Main Course, Soup
Servings 8 servings
Calories 124kcal
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp Olive oil
- 1 Onion (medium)
- 3 cloves Garlic
- 3 Potatoes (medium)
- 2 Carrots (medium)
- 1 head Cauliflower
- 10 cup Veggie broth
- 1 tsp Ground cumin seeds
- ½ tsp Salt and pepper (each or to taste)
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Instructions
Prepare the ingredients
Take the leaves off the cauliflower and cut them into florets. If the florets are big, you can cut them in half or into quarters. Use the stem if it looks healthy and cut it as small as 1 * 1 inch.
Peel and finely chop the onion and the garlic.
Peel and dice the potatoes and carrots. You can shorten the cooking time by dicing the potatoes and carrots smaller like 1 * 1 inch. You will blend them at the end so no need to be nice, they just need to be small and even.
Making vegan cauliflower soup
Preheat stockpot or a larger pot over medium heat. Add olive oil with chopped onion and garlic. Cook them until soft and glassy.
When they are ready, add chopped carrots and potatoes and stir for a minute.
Add cauliflower florets and stir for another minute.
Pour the vegetable broth and add the seasoning: cumin, pepper, and salt.
Lower the heat if needed and simmer it until veggies are soft.
Blend it until it is smooth. To get an unbelievably smooth, mousse-like cream soup use a high-power blender like Vitamix.
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Notes
We tried it with so many different garnishes like
- crusty bread
- croutons, crackers, breadsticks
- seeds, chopped nuts, or trail mix
- vegan bacon bits
- pan-fried oyster mushroom recipe
- roasted asparagus and mushrooms
- canned legumes (any beans or lentils) for added protein if need-be
- veggie balls/veggie patties like vegan eggplant meatballs, vegan chickpea meatballs, vegan mushroom meatballs, IKEA veggie balls, or these tvp meatballs
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Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Creamy Vegan Cauliflower Soup (With Potato & No Cream)
Amount Per Serving (1 serving)
Calories 124Calories from Fat 18
% Daily Value*
Fat 2g3%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Sodium 1213mg53%
Potassium 629mg18%
Carbohydrates 25g8%
Fiber 4g17%
Sugar 6g7%
Protein 3g6%
Vitamin A 3179IU64%
Vitamin C 53mg64%
Calcium 38mg4%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
UPDATED: This recipe was originally posted in September 2019. More tips, info, and description were added and republished in May 2022.