Creamy Cauliflower Wild Rice Soup

This creamy cauliflower wild rice soup is so delicious, nutritious and full of amazing flavors. It’s made with cauliflower, carrots, wild rice and nutritional yeast making it vegan and gluten-free.

This soup is high in protein and fibre, easy to make and only takes a short time to put together. It also comes in handy as a really convenient comfort food.

Creamy Cauliflower Wild Rice Soup

Ingredients

• 4 cups or 1 small head of cauliflower, chopped into small florets
• 2 cups peeled and diced carrots
• 1 ½ cups cooked wild rice
• ½ cup nutritional yeast
• 1 medium white onion, diced
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 5 cups vegetable broth
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tsp ground thyme
• 1 tsp oregano
• 2 tbsp of fresh lemon juice
• Salt, to taste
• black pepper, to taste

Creamy Cauliflower Wild Rice Soup

Directions:

1. Cook the wild rice according to package instructions and set aside.
2. In a soup pot, add in the onion, garlic and celery with 2 tablespoons of water and cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes while stirring until they start to soften. If the pot starts to dry out at, add another tablespoon of water.
3. Add in the thyme and oregano, then stir to combine and cook for another 2 minutes until fragrant.
4. Add the cauliflower, carrot and all of the vegetable broth and simmer over medium heat for about 20 minutes, until the carrots and cauliflower are tender.
5. Stir in the nutritional yeast.
6. Scoop half of the soup into a blender and blend on low for a few seconds then increase to high and blend until smooth and creamy. Then pour it back into the soup pot with the rest of the soup.
7. Add in the cooked wild rice and season with the salt and pepper and the lemon juice.
8. Serve immediately and enjoy.