Cauliflower Cheese Soup

Cheesy and creamy!

Prep Time:  5 minutes   |    Cook Time:  20  minutes   |    Total Time:  25 minutes   |    Servings:  4

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons  Countryside Creamery  Unsalted Butter
• 1 onion, diced
• 2 stalks of celery, diced
• Stonemill  Iodized Salt, to taste
• Stonemill  Ground Black Pepper, to taste
• 1 head cauliflower, chopped
• 32 ounces  Chef's Cupboard  Chicken Broth
• 1 cup water
• 16 ounces  Clancy's  Cheese Melt, diced
• Clancy's  Cheese Melt, shredded, for topping (optional)

Directions:

1. In a large stock pot, melt butter. Add onions and celery and sauté for 3-5 minutes or until soft. Stir in salt and pepper, to taste.
2. Add cauliflower, broth and water. Simmer for 10 minutes or until cauliflower is soft.
3. Transfer to a blender and blend until smooth. Pour mixture back into pot.
4. Melt cheese in microwave for 2 minutes, in 30 second intervals, stirring. Add to pot with cauliflower, stir and season to taste with salt and pepper.
5. Top bowls of soup with additional shredded cheese melt, if desired.

Recipe Courtesy of Chef Alyssa, ALDI Test Kitchen