Cauliflower is by far the most frustrating vegetable to work with. I might as well never clean the floors because there is going to be bits and pieces of that damn cauliflower everywhere I turn, every time I try to cut it. Am I just making excuses to why I don’t sweep the floor enough? Yeah. Definitely.
Ok, so people are freaking the eff out about this new iPhone software update. I don’t know why people are so upset. The only thing that has changed is how the text messages look. And where the control panel is. And how to search your phone. And how the weather looks on the screen. And the flashlight application. And the calendar. And how it shows me stocks. I don’t care about stocks. I should, shouldn’t I?
What I think that people should be complaining to Apple about is their damn headphones they give you when you purchase a phone. Hear me out. They have the most sophisticated phones in the world that can literally keep you sitting on your couch for hours, only being alerted by your own need to use the bathroom, but they can invent an ear phone that actually resembles an inner ear? Not even close. They give you head phones that are round and flat and fit into your ear worse than popcorn. Truly. I’d rather shove popcorn in my ear than their headphones. Popcorn wouldn’t be nearly as painful. If I’m going to pay for a phone that cost like, a kagillion dollars, I’m expecting headphones that mold to my ear and make love to it. But no, just pain. I guess I bought the phone anyways, so I’m just annoying at this point.
So I finally got snap chat. I gave in. I’ve always judged people for having it. Mostly because a certain someone I know that has it, gets dirty pictures on it. You dirty girls, you. And well, I don’t want to be that girl. And I definitely don’t want to receive dirty snap chats. Guys’ selfies in the mirror are never that interesting. But my friend sent me a snap chat of him dipping a cinnamon roll in frosting the other day, so I instantly downloaded it. Food porn is always worth the 10 second download. But now I don’t really know what to do with it. I’m not into it yet.
I don’t know what kind of animal is outside of my room, but it sounds like a mix between a squirrel and chicken. Picture that ugly b*tch.
Simple Creamy Cauliflower and Artichoke Soup
- Yield: 2 1x
Ingredients
- 2 cups cauliflower, cut into florets
- 1–2 cups vegetable stock (depending how thin or thick you want the soup)
- 1/2 cup artichoke hearts (I bought canned artichoke hearts)
- 1 tablespoon fresh basil, minced
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1–2 cup shredded chicken, to garnish (I shredded a rotisserie chicken to make it easy)
- 1/2 cup cooked bacon, roughly chopped, to garnish
- olive oil, to garnish
- hot sauce, to garnish
Instructions
- Steam 2 cups of cauliflower florets until soft.
- Place cauliflower in a Blendtec along with vegetable stock and puree until smooth using the soup button. If you do not have a Blendtec, use a food processor or blender.
- Add artichoke hearts, basil, and and a bit of salt and pepper. Puree once more to incorporate all ingredients.
- Cook bacon to preference then roughly chop it. I shredded a rotisserie chicken to make it easier.
- Place soup in a bowl, top with shredded chicken and bacon and add a few drops of olive oil and hot sauce on top of the soup.
- I found the best way to eat it was to mix it all up in a bowl mash. Wonderful.
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Cauliflower is a pain to work with but its on of my favorite vegetables. I ate an entire head of it on Tuesday roasted in the oven with spices. So good.
Totally agree on both the cauliflower (huge mess!) and the ear buds (suck!). Love my Yurbuds for my phone/Ipod.
Can I tell you how much I love you for integrating Ziplist with your sit. As a single mom of twins, constantly on the go, this really helps boost my productivity so I have time to cook
Yum.. think I’m going to make this this weekend. Cauli is so underrated.
This was amazing!!! My new favorite soup for sure. My husband really liked it too.
The only thing I did different was I added some brown mushrooms to it, and I read the recipe wrong so I put the artichokes in after I had blended the cauliflower so they were chunky.
All I can say is WOW! My wife and I are just entering the Paleo world, and found PaleOMG. This soup is amazing! I agree with and earlier post, I may reduce the fresh basil amount. I also plan on purée ing half the artichokes next time, and then chopping the rest….just for some texture. But my wife and I both LOVED this, and plan on making it again soon!
Easy!
Yum!
That is all.
I learned a little cauliflower trick at a cooking class once. Cut it it into thick slices like a loaf of bread instead of into florets. Makes much less of a mess. Not sure if that makes it harder to fit in a steamer but it definitely works amazing for oven-roasting. You can coat it with spices/oil more easily and flip it halfway through. When the instructor showed us the whole class went “Ahhhh!” Seemed so obvious but no one had ever done it.
Made this over the weekend – along with the pumpkin donuts, that unfortunately didn’t work out well at all, but now I have these adorable pumpkin muffins I’ve been eating all week instead – but anyway, the soup = AMAZING. Super easy and the flavor the basil and bacon bring is superb. Definitely working this into my regular repertoire of meals!
I made this last night with a few additions. I added onions and garlic (that I sauteed in bacon fat), Italian parsley and a tiny squeeze of fresh lemon juice. This was delicious! Thank you so much for the recipe!!