Healthy Eats on the Cheap.... Cauliflower Soup

So with a house full of sickies.... it was only natural to make a big pot of soup.  I wanted to make something different than the usual chicken noodle.  Something a little more hearty and wholesome.  I thought about making potato soup.... but I really wanted to make something with a little more veggies and a little less starch.  I had a big beautiful head of cauliflower sitting in the fridge that I got at the farmers market for cheap.  Then I remembered a recipe I had been saving, a soup that mimicked a hearty potato soup made from cauliflower.  This soup was met with smiles and even a second helpings.  It's the best of all things.... easy, wholesome, healthy,  yummy and cheap!

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups onions, finely chopped
• 4 ½ cups cauliflower (florets, about 1 head)
• 3 cups potatoes  (peeled and diced)
• ½ cup carrots, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon caraway seed
• 6 cups reduced-sodium fat-free chicken broth
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¹⁄₈; teaspoon black pepper , freshly ground

Directions

Melt butter in dutch oven over med. high heat.  

Add onion and cook until onion is soft and starts to brown, about 4 minutes.  

Add cauliflower, carrots, potatoes and caraway seed.  Cook for 6 minutes until the cauliflower starts to brown. 

Add broth.  Bring to a boil.

Reduce heat and simmer for 20 min. until veggies are tender.

Slightly mash veggies with potato masher.  Add salt and pepper.

Serve with a crusty bread, or whole grain crackers