Creamy Cauliflower Ham and Cheese Soup

Ingredients

• Vegetable oil

  Natreon canola, high stability, non trans, high oleic (70%)

  2 tbsp or 28g

• Onions

  Raw

  1 small or 70g

• Ham

  Smoked, 96% Fat Free - Oscar Mayer

  12 oz or 340g

• Garlic

  Raw

  2 clove or 6g

• Cauliflower

  Raw

  907g

• Wheat flour

  Whole-grain

  1 ½ tbsp or 11g

• Sage

  Spices, ground

  1 tsp or 0.7g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

• Chicken stock

  Soup, home-prepared

  3 cup or 720g

• Bay

  Castella

  100g

• Heavy whipping cream

  Fluid

  ¼ cup, fluid or 60g

• Cheddar cheese

  4 oz or 113g

Directions

1. Dice onion and set aside. Dice ham into small pieces and set aside. Cut cauliflower florets off, discard the stem, and chop florets onto small pieces. Set it aside as well.
2. Preheat a medium pot over medium heat with some oil. Add diced onion and saute until transparent. Add ham and cook for a few minutes. Add pressed garlic, mix, and cook until fragrant.
3. Add prepared cauliflower, mix well and cook for a few minutes.
4. Sprinkle flour over veggies and ham and mix well.
5. Pour in chicken stock, while slowly stirring. Enough chicken stock to just covers the cauliflower mixture.
6. Add bay leaf, salt, pepper, and sage. Stir and cover with a lid, leaving a crack for steam to escape. Cook for 20-25 minutes.
7. Stir in heavy whipping cream and grated white cheddar cheese. Cook for a few more minutes and serve.
8. **To make this soup gluten-free, substitute flour with either gluten-free flour or 1 tbsp of corn starch.**
9. Recipe by: Lyuba Brooke (source: https://www.willcookforsmiles.com/creamy-cauliflower-ham-and-cheese-soup/)

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