Loaded Fauxtato Soup

Y'all, this was good. Like, really good

and EASY.

It hits the spot if your craving loaded potato soup. 

This recipe comes from one of our favorite cook books, Primal Cravings: Your Favorite Foods Made Paleo--it is packed with great recipes! 

What you need:

1 large head of cauliflower

3 garlic cloves

1 quart chicken stock (we made our own the night before and have frozen the rest for future recipes-we recommend this because it adds more flavor)

1 tablespoon lemon juice

Salt to taste

We also added ghee in there which is the same as butter, just healthier.

toppings:

crispy bacon, sliced green onions, cheddar cheese, ghee (or butter)

What you do:

Cut the cauliflower in half, lengthwise. Cut out the core and remove  the outer green leaves.  Roughly chop the cauliflower into pieces. 

Add cauliflower pieces, garlic, chicken stock, and lemon juice to a large soup pot. Bring to a boil, then turn down to simmer. Continue to cook until the cauliflower is tender. 

Meanwhile, if you are using bacon, now is the time to cook it. 

Transfer the cauliflower mixture into a blender and blend until smooth. (We didn't do this step--we have a hand blender which made very short work of this--we used the hand blender in the pot and blended until smooth consistency we wanted)

We also added the ghee (or butter) into the soup while in the pot--at least a tablespoon or 2 (ghee does not have as much flavor as butter does, so you will do this to taste if using butter).

Top soup with your choice of toppings!

I told Jason today, next time we make it, we are going to double the recipe because this made enough for dinner and then lunch the next day and it's one I could definitely have more of!