3 Cs Soup 3 Carrot Cauliflower Celery Wcheese Food

CAULIFLOWER SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, combine the cauliflower, carrot, celery, water and bouillon. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 12-15 minutes or until vegetables are tender (do not drain)., In a large saucepan, melt butter. Stir in the flour, salt and pepper until smooth. Gradually add milk. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Reduce heat. Stir in the cheese until melted, adding hot pepper sauce if desired. Stir into the cauliflower mixture.

ROASTED CARROT AND CAULIFLOWER CURRIED SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place carrots and cauliflower in a casserole dish; toss with olive oil, garlic, salt, and black pepper.
• Roast carrot mixture in the preheated oven for 20 minutes; stir and roast until vegetables are tender and slightly charred, another 25 minutes. Remove from oven and stir.
• Bring vegetable broth to a boil in a large pot. Stir in curry powder and add the roasted vegetables. Cover and boil soup until vegetables are soft, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Blend the soup with a potato masher or an immersion blender until smooth. Return pot to burner on medium heat. Stir coconut milk and lime juice into soup; simmer until heated through, 5 to 10 minutes.

THREE-CHEESE CAULIFLOWER CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Bring water to a boil. Add cauliflower, cover, and steam until fork-tender, 5 to 8 minutes.
• Meanwhile, beat cream cheese and milk together in a bowl. Stir in Parmesan and Cheddar cheeses.
• Mix bread crumbs and melted butter together in a small bowl.
• Transfer steamed cauliflower to a 2 1/2-quart casserole dish. Add cheese-milk mixture and stir. Sprinkle with bread crumb mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bubbly and browned, about 20 minutes.

3 C'S SOUP #3 (CARROT, CAULIFLOWER & CELERY) W/CHEESE

Steps:

• In large stockpot add carrots, celery and cauliflower to 2 quarts water. Add margarine, salt.
• Cook 20 to 25 minutes on low heat, covered.
• Take off heat, add evaporated milk, two cups of milk and optional frozen peas.
• Put back on burner and heat on low and stir until warm and hot to serve. Do not boil.
• Ladle in serving bowls, pass the cheese if they want a soup topper. Serve with triscuits or a whole wheat cracker. This is a very rich soup. If you want to add more water, feel free.

3 VEG CAULIFLOWER CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 360°F.
• Steam your vegetables, reserve the juice.
• Cut them into big bite size pieces and put in a oven dish.
• Melt butter in a medium saucepan.
• Add flour and mix in, it wont be smooth yet.
• Gradually add the milk stirring it in, (you don't want to add it quickly and get clumps, if so just beat it with a hand whisk). You want to get to a custard consistency. If you run out of milk you can use the juices from the vegetables to get it to a custard-like consistency.
• Once it is the right consistency and is starting to boil, add the cheese. It will start to thicken now.
• Wait a little bit while the cheese melts.
• Pour over vegetables.
• If it doesn't go in between the vegetables and just sits on top, put it back on the element and add some more juice or milk to get it right. You can leave until you want to cook or cook straight away.
• Cook in oven for 30 minutes, or until done.
• If you like it extra cheesy, before you put it in the oven add some mozzarella cheese on top.
• It will be very hot, so be careful.

CAULIFLOWER AND CARROTS SOUP

Steps:

• Combine the first 5 ingredients in a saucepan. Cook until veggies are tender. Don't drain. Remove from the heat.
• Incorporate the next 8 ingredients. Pour everything in a large bowl. Reduce in puree in a blender or food processor, in 3 or 4 times. Put back in the saucepan.
• Add sherry wine. Reheat the soup.

CURRY CREAM OF CAULIFLOWER CHEESE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large soup pot over medium heat, melt butter; add onion, celery, carrot and garlic. Sautee 5-7 minutes or until softened (do not let garlic burn).
• Add broth, wine, cauliflower, curry powder, white pepper and sugar to the pot. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and cook for 10-12 minutes or until all vegetables are very soft.
• Puree using an immersion blender, or blender/food processor until smooth; should be fairly thick.
• Return to pot on low heat, and stir in the light cream and cheese. Stir until heated through and cheese is melted.
• Salt to taste.
• Serve.

HEARTY CAULIFLOWER SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook cauliflower and carrots in water until tender; set aside (do not drain)., In a skillet over medium heat, brown the sausage and onion. Add flour, salt and pepper. Gradually add the milk; bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 2 minutes. , Add cauliflower, carrots and cooking liquid; heat through. Stir in the cheese until melted.

CAULIFLOWER AND CARROT CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bring about 2 inches of water to a boil in a large pot. Add cauliflower and carrots, and boil for about 7 minutes, until fork tender. Drain well, and transfer to a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• While the vegetables are cooking, combine the egg yolks, salt, lemon juice and hot pepper sauce in a blender or food processor. Blend for a few seconds to mix, then continue to blend while slowly pouring in 1/2 cup of hot melted butter. Continue blending until thickened. Pour this sauce over the vegetables in the baking dish. Stir together the cracker crumbs and remaining butter; sprinkle over the top of the casserole.
• Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the casserole is bubbling, and the top is toasted. Let cool slightly before serving.

3 C'S SOUP #2 (CARROT, CELERY & CRANBERRY 'RED' BEANS)

Steps:

• In large stockpot, add soaked beans and baking soda, cook on low for 1 1/2 - 3 hours. Add water to always make two quarts.
• Make sure the beans are soft.
• Or cook canned beans with juice in large stockpot in two quarts water and delete baking soda.
• Add chopped carrots, celery, margarine, cilantro, bay leaves and ham or chicken base.
• Cook for twenty minutes on low heat.Make sure it simmers for a full 20 minutes.
• Add dashes of chili pepper, tomato juice or tomato sauce,sugar and optional pepper if desired. Stir until blended.
• Cook for 10 more minutes.
• Ladle in bowls with a spoonful of cheddar cheese on top.
• Serve with crackers.
• Note: Altitude and humidy effect the cooking of beans, so check and when they are soft they are usually done. Cooking time for this recipe is for dry beans. Canned beans cuts the time to one-third.