Creamy Roasted Cauliflower Soup

I love cruciferous vegetables, but they are very filling, and so I can’t eat a lot of them all at once…unless they are in soup.  Then, I can polish off a whole head of cauliflower all by myself😁

I also love Broadway.  I don’t care if it is local theater, high school, or the largest theater in NYC, I just love to see live shows.

A while back, Tim and I had the opportunity to go to New York and see a show called Network.  It is based on a 1076 movie by the same name, and was playing in a very small theater.  A friend of ours got us seats on the actual stage for the performance.  So cool!

unfortunately, I am not that cool.  Before the performance started, one of the actors came around to everyone and told them that they may at some point become a small part of the show and to “lean in” to whatever happened.

I was ready.  I was going to crush this when it came my way.  They were going to be offering me a permanent role. No doubt about it.  I was going to be the next big thing; bigger than Mr. Rogers in a room full of 4 year olds.

“So sorry I can’t go back home with you, Tim, but my fans demand I stay and finish the run of the play!” Ahhhh.  The life of a star.

Finally, the big moment came:  the actor approached the group of us on the stage, posing as a reporter and ready to ask someone a question that would make them a star.  It was just after a particularly intense scene where the lead actor had declared that he was “mad as hell, and he wasn’t going to take it anymore!”

”How do you feel, sir, “ he asked a guy sitting right near us, sticking a microphone in his face.

”I’m angry,” the guy replied.

”Just angry?” Demanded the actor.  ‘How angry?”

”I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore!” The guy cried to thunderous applause and a hearty nod of approval from the actor.

A bit sheepishly, I leaned over to whisper in Tim’s ear:  “Whew.  So glad he asked someone else the question. I totally would have said, ‘I’m good, thanks. How are you?’”

Maybe I’m not ready for Broadway after all.

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Ingredients:

• 1 head of cauliflower ( about 5 cups of florets)
• 1 medium onion
• 1 Tablespoon fresh thyme
• 2 Tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
• 1 head of garlic (about 7 cloves)
• 1 cup canellini beans, drained
• 1  1/2 cups vegetable broth

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 400
2. Cut the cauliflower into bite-sized florets, and roughly slice the onion.  Put them in a large bowl and toss them with the thyme, mustard and oil.  Meanwhile, cut the top off of the head of garlic and drizzle it with a bit of oil, then wrap it in foil.  Put the onion and cauliflower mixture on a sheet pan and put it and the garlic into the oven.  Roast for 30 minutes, giving the cauliflower a stir about halfway through. The cauliflower should be fork tender and the garlic soft when you gently squeeze it.
3. remove everything from the oven and let it cool down a bit (unwrap the garlic to help it cool faster).
4. Put the cauliflower, onion, garlic (squeeze each cloves out of its skin), beans and broth into a high speed blender and purée till smooth and creamy.  Add salt and pepper to taste.

Enjoy!