One of These Days I'll Be As Cool As Cauliflower!

What beautiful colors! What divinely awesome geometric shapes! How art thou, dear cauliflower!! You continue to amaze me.

This week....needing to utilize this gorgeous head of purple cauliflower. I tried out a Curried Cauliflower Soup....secret ingredient...well, no oil - that's cool, yet the secret ingredient is...apple! How i love me some apples!

2 Tbs water, for sauteing
1 yellow onion, chopped
1 medium tart apple, peeled, cored, and coarsely chopped
1 Tbs curry powder
1 clove garlic, minced
1 lg head cauliflower, chopped into somewhat inform-sized pieces
4 cups vegetable stock
salt, to taste

Heat water in soup pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion and saute for 5-7 minutes or until soft and translucent. Stir in apple, curry powder, and garlic and cook for 2 minutes longer or until the curry powder turns a deep yellow. Add a little more water as necessary to keep the contents from sticking to the bottom of the pot.
Add the cauliflower and vegetable stock and bring to a simmer. Cover, reduce the heat to medium-low, and simmer for 20 minutes. Cool a bit, then blend in a food processor until smooth. Season with salt and serve.

I put various garnishes on this particular soup: fresh arugula, toasted pumpkin seeds, toasted cashews...pick your flavor. And enjoy!
Recipe came from Colleen Patrick-Goudreau's "Color Me Vegan" Fair Winds Press, 2010.