First of all I want to thank each and every one of you who took the time to write a sweet and thoughtful comment, or an email about poor old Volvo. Those emails made me smile, and they gave me so much support in a time when I was feeling pretty low. I really appreciated the advice you all had to offer, it gave me the confidence to know that I would just *know* how and when to do the right thing.
For now I am happy to say he is doing really well. The pain medication is working wonders and he is even hopping around the yard a bit, with our help of course. We are careful never to make him move because the vet said that would just increase his pain, but if he wants to we will help him along. Other than that he is eating really well, enjoying his daily massages, and he seems happy and content. I will keep you all updated.
As you can imagine the past few days have been emotionally exhausting and I haven’t been able to sleep too well. In times like this it is almost as if my body is too tired to chew, and the thought of having to digest a big heavy meal is too much for me. So, I turn to soup.
Creamy, gently flavored, vegetable packed soup. It couldn’t be any easier or more delicious. This beautiful orange soup gets a wallop of vitamins and minerals from all of the healthy veggies like cauliflower, carrots, celery and onions. Garlic and turmeric are great for you too and they lend a depth of flavor (and beautiful color!) to the dish, while the lemon lightens everything up and brings together all the flavors.
CCCC Soup
1 yellow onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, diced
4 ribs of celery, diced
3 large carrots, diced
1 head of cauliflower, chopped
1 and 1/2 liters of water
olive oil for drizzling
salt and pepper
1 Tbsp turmeric
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp dried thyme
1 bay leaf
juice of 1 lemon
1/2 cup nutritional yeast
- In a drizzle of olive oil in a large soup pot on medium heat saute the onion, celery and carrots for 15 minutes
- Season with salt and fresh cracked pepper, add the garlic and cauliflower and continue cooking for another 20 minutes
- Add the water, bring to a boil, and reduce heat to barely simmering
- Add a bit more salt and pepper, the bay leaf, thyme, turmeric and oregano and cook for 30 minutes, until everything is soft and very tender
- Remove from heat, remove the bay leaf, and allow to cool a bit. Blend until smooth with your hand mixer, food processor, or blender
- Add the juice of 1 lemon and the nutritional yeast. Serve garnished with a bit of chopped carrot.
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I am so glad that Volvo is happy and content.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe.
Also, I tried the Ani Phyo cashew and cilantro cheese and it is AWESOME (I found a version of the recipe online, but will likely eventually buy the book). Thank you for mentioning it!
Yum! I wish I had seen this ONE day earlier, because we just devoured our whole head of cauliflower last night! Next time I get one I’m going to make this soup- I’ve been craving the cheesy cauliflower flavor.
I’m so glad Volvo is doing well. It sounds like you are all enjoying your time together and that’s what is important.
This soup looks amazing and I do believe I have all the ingredients to make it, so I just might! Thanks for the recipe.
Awesome, another great soup for me to try! I even have everything on hand already.
Glad to hear the old pup is doing better! That soup looks fabulous
xo
K
Soup is such good food for the soul when you’re feeling down. Also, I wanted to let you know I tried the chocolate chip cookies you posted about – I made them for a big group of people that came over and they were a huge hit!
Awww YAY! That is so good to hear, thank you. I love chocolate chip cookies, glad you liked my version.
yum – you should have called it ‘creamy cauliflower comfort soup’. and it looks awesome!
Oooh! That would have been a good name! I need to hire you for your creative titling abilities…they always stump me!
Good to know you are feeling slightly better. It seems Volvo is receiving plenty of healing energy from all over the world! xx And to you too
There was a recipe for creamy cauliflower soup (with carrots and cheese) in one of my parents’ Moosewood cookbooks that I ADORED as a kid, so this looks great to me!
YAY! Glad you like it!
Volvo is in good and gentle hands. The day you took him in was his lucky day.
This is one of my favorite kinds of soup, and I love to make it in the pressure cooker. I’ve never added yeast to mine but I’ll bet it tastes great!
Glad to hear Volvo is doing a bit better!!
Question for you! How do you take your photos!! The background is always so bright and fun… your pictures are fabulous and not like anyone elses in blog land!!
I have a stack of colored construction paper that I prop up on a little table and hold down with a magnet attached to my fridge. Then I put the plate on the paper, open the kitchen window to let light in and snap away! Easy! (But I need new paper soon, all of mine has seen better days!)
anything with a 1/2 c of nooch in it pretty much ROCKS! I am not a soup girl but your soups and dips always make me wanna come over for a snack
maybe we could break out the vino and just talk trash instead 
with some cheezy hemp dip on the side and kale chips LOL
GREAT work, Tasha! And have a super weekend and hugs to you, cody, and volvo!
xo
YUM! I’m all for talking trash and hemp dip sounds DELISH (never had it before) and I always love kale chips!
Yum, that soup looks awesome- I haven’t had a great soup for ages!
I’m so glad to hear that Volvo’s doing well at the moment. That’s such great news. Hang in there
xoxoxo
Aw, I’m glad Volvo is doing better.
This recipe looks great, something I will keep around for cold evenings. Thanks!
Oh yes, this looks perfect! I am really glad to hear Volvo is better!
Love the soup! Just beautiful!
What a lovely combo, I never would have thought to do carrots with cauliflower..YUM!!
The soup looks awesome!
Sending peaceful thoughts your way and hoping Volvo’s able to be as comfortable and content as possible given the situation.
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