Super creamy light cauliflower soup delicately flavored with saffron with a nice tangy contrast from the sumac oil. Paleo, Vegan, Gluten Free, Vegetarian & Kosher
Ok, time to talk about New Year’s resolutions. I know, it’s January 13th and that might be a little late. A lot of people might have given up on them already. But for those of you who haven’t yet, I have a question: how many of you made the resolution to change the way you eat? You know, 21 day vegan challenge? Master cleanse? Sugar detox? Just eating healthier in general?
I would bet anything though, that the number one diet related New Year’s resolution that people have made this year, is “going Paleo”. I’m sure most of you are familiar with the term by now. But in case you’re not sure what the whole Paleo concept is about, it’s pretty simple. It’s basically going back to the way our ancestors (aka, the cavemen) used to eat: no grains, legumes or dairy (although some people do consume small amounts of full fat, organic dairy), and plenty of local, organic fruits and vegetables, grass fed, antibiotic free meats, fish, nuts, seeds and fats.
That’s it, in a nut shell
Whether we agree with the concept or not, is not really important. The fact is, a lot of people have decided to adopt that lifestyle, which means, they need ideas! Especially if they’re looking for vegetarian and, even more challenging, vegan recipes.
This creamy saffron soup with sumac oil is one of our favorites that we hope you’ll enjoy. More to come 🙂
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 medium onion, chopped (about 1 cup)
- 2 large garlic cloves, chopped
- 2 lbs frozen or fresh cauliflower florets
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- 5 cups of water or vegetable broth
- 20 saffron threads
- Sautée onion and garlic in olive oil on a soup pot, over medium heat, until onion is translucent, about 10 minutes.
- Add cauliflower florets, salt and pepper and continue cooking for 10-12 minutes
- Add 5 cups of water, bring to a boil and simmer until cauliflower is tender, 20-25 minutes.
- Turn off heat. Add saffron, stir and cover. Let the saffron steep for about 20 minutes.
- Blend soup in a blender until creamy.
- Serve hot or warm with a drizzle of sumac oil (recipe follows).
- 2 tbsp plus 2 tsp sumac
- 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp fresh squeezed lemon juice
- ¼ tsp salt
- Whisk all the ingredients together until well combined
Yummy. I just got a big thing of saffron and I never know what to do with my sumac so I can’t wait to try this. Just got to find cauliflower for a good price, it is so variable by me.
So glad we could help. You can also use saffron to flavor rice and we have recipes with sumac if you want to search on our site.
I have a love/hate relationship with cauliflower. Sometimes I hate it, sometimes I love it. I’m weird. But I LOVE cauliflower soup, it’s the best!
New year’s resolution is not really my thing because I prefer to set goals on a weekly or monthly basis but healthy eating is always one of my priority!
Cauliflower is an interesting vegetable. Not always in the mood for it. To have weekly and monthly goals is the best, you can easily keep track of your progress. We hope you achieve your goals you set for yourself this year.
This looks really good! Makes me want to grab that spoon and dig right in!
Thank you Kristi. We are glad you liked this recipe!
I love cauliflower and am always looking for new ideas and this looks great! I have never tried sumac before so thanks for sharing this recipe 🙂
You are welcome. We hope you give Sumac a try!
I’m so impressed that something like that came from so few ingredients, and ones that are good for you, too! Yum!
I know, that’s the part of this recipe. Have a great week!
I’ve seen a lot of cauliflower recipes – but this is my first cauliflower soup one! Looks wonderful!
Thank you Shashi, so glad you enjoyed it!
You know i only just discovered sumac the other day- I was poking around in our spice cupboards and I decided to have a little taste and I loved it but I had no idea what to use it in- really love the idea of this sumac oil though, im going to make some tonight to dress my salad with tomorrow- Thanks! 🙂
Such a great idea to use the Sumac oil on a salad. Enjoy!
It’s a little crazy because I have cauliflower on my mind this week and plan to roast one tonight. I was just out to lunch with a friend and she talked about how she used it in lieu of pasta with tomato sauce! This looks so good! I really want to try making cauliflower soup.
Perfect timing with our recipe. Never though of using cauliflower instead of pasta, sounds good. Hope you enjoy it when you make it.
A love recipes everyone can enjoy! I don’t think I’ve ever played around with sumac so this will be a great start. And I have a bit of saffron leftover from my jerusalem artichoke soup!
You should try it, it has a nice tangy flavor. Nice Tush toning workout you posted!
I love cauliflower and this soup is one I want to try 🙂 I did think about trying the paleo diet especially since everyone gives it rave reviews but I just can’t give up my oatmeal :)! I love oats to much 🙂
We don’t follow a pale diet, but we thought some vegetarian paleo recipes were needed for the people who are interested. We agree about oats, they are so good.
Mmm! Saffron? Wonderful. I would love a taste of this!
Thank you, let us know if you give this soup a try.
Love the minimal ingredients required for this….and the saffron!!! WOW!
Thank you. It is amazing how flavorful it is with very few ingredients.
Cauliflower soup? YES! I also love seeing soups with flavoured oil swirled into it, just looking at it makes me hungry! I’m sure the saffron also added tremendous flavour!
Yes, the saffron adds a lot of flavor in a very delicate way.
One can never have too many recipes using cauliflower. I love that veggie hehehe ;–) And saffrom, oh I love that too!
Tried it. Loved it- Specially the Sumac Oil.
So glad you love it, thank you so much for sharing!
This soup looks amazing. I don’t use sumac enough. I love the idea if the sumac oil.
Thank you Hindy, we hope you give this soup a try!
Oh, ladies! This soup is stunningly gorgeous! The sumac oil drizzle is beautiful – what a unique finish to a lusciously creamy yet healthy soup!
Thanks, the Sumac adds a nice tangy flavor to the soup. Enjoy!
yummy, the sumac oil looks so beautiful drizzled over the soup
Thank you Stephanie, the sumac gave this soup a nice tangy flavor.
Would the sumac oil keep if I made a larger batch of it?
Not sure about the sumac oil. I assume if you just mix the sumac, the oil and the salt it should keep for a while. I would mix in lemon before serving the oil.
oh YUM! I’m such a fan of soup that I eat it even in the middle of summer. This looks great, especially the sumac oil. Will give this a try very soon.
Thank you very much. We love soup as well!
This soup looks so simple yet flavorful and delicious!
Thank you Melissa. So glad you liked this recipe.
How delicious! And I love the sprinkling of sumac oil, an often underrated spice 🙂
Yes, most definitely an underrated spice. One of our favorites though 🙂
I am just beginning to realize the wonders of sumac. Had some recently on grilled fish. It has to be fabulous on cauliflower. Will try it soon.
We absolutely love sumac. Our mom used to sprinkle it over sunny side up eggs when we were kids. Delicious!
I’m ashamed to say that I’ve had sumac. eeps! I’d love to try it in this soup though. Looks beautiful.
I love the idea of the sumac oil, and cauliflower soup is one of my favorites.
Thank you! The tangy sumac really complements the creaminess of the soup
i literally just bought sumac yesterday and had no idea what to use it for. now i know i’ll be making sumac oil!
Haha, perfect timing! It’s really delicious. Hope you like it 🙂
I love soup – so restorative!
Yes, especially with this “beautiful” weather we’re getting!! :/
This recipe looks delicious AND it fits the paleo autoimmune protocol (a rare thing). So, thank you! I recently started a weekly Paleo AIP Recipe Roundtable through my blog, and I would love it if you linked up this recipe. I’m trying to expand resources for the AIP community.
Wow, just stumbled upon your blog via findingvegan and am loving your recipes! This one looks great as does your Raspberry Chocolate Tart!!
Thank you and welcome to our blog!! So glad you found us 🙂
… Ladies, i made this magical soup this eve & it blew us away, the soup triumphed over all, so my daughter and i decided to ignore the dinner and we each had two bowls of that awesome soup, nothing was left, all finished, i should have made double the amount. Next time i will :), my daughter asked me how i thought of this recipe & i told her all about you, she was fascinated.Vicky & Ruth, thank you, you filled our tummies with love & warmth, Blessings to you both, love & peace, God Bless …
We are so happy that you decided to share your experience with us. Thank you very much for your wonderful feedback
Hi Dina, thank you so much for your wonderful feedback and for sharing your experience with us. We are really happy you enjoyed the cauliflower soup.
… Greetings ladies Vicky & Ruth :), thank you very much for your reply, i must tell you that i’ve become the saffron infused cauliflower soup addict, it’s cauliflower season right now, & there’s no stopping me, every time i eat that creamy dream, i smile & bless you, thank you both, love & peace to you & God Bless …
… Ladies, many warm greetings to you both, cauliflower season is here again 🙂 & cauliflower soup with summa’ oil mania has started, i’m going now to have my soup. Want to tell you that you both are about to be Blessed big time, with every spoon savored, love & peace, God Bless …