Cauliflower Apple Soup

I know. . . strange right?  Cauliflower apple soup?  But it was so good!  A must try, and I'm not even a big cauliflower fan.  I received two heads of cauliflower in my Bountiful Basket and didn't know what to do with them.  I honestly do NOT like cauliflower raw, and I've tried the mock mashed potatoes with cauliflower and didn't like those either.  So what's a girl to do?  Well, after scouring the internet for something that sounded good and had cauliflower in the ingredients I finally found a soup that seemed simple enough.  I think this recipe would taste just as good with pears in place of the apples, in fact it might taste really good with pears AND apples!

Celery Soup with Caramelized Apples

Almost a year ago I was introduced to an awesome thing called Bountiful Baskets.  Have you heard of them?  It's wonderful!  Click the link above if you haven't heard about them.  You get fresh produce at a fraction of the price you would pay for it at the store.  I LOVE it!!!

So what does Bountiful Baskets have to do with celery soup?  Well, one week I received two bags of celery.  I'm not a big celery eater, in fact I really don't like it at all.  The texture is not appealing to me.  Usually the only way I will eat it is with peanut butter on it, and even then I'm forcing myself to finish it.  When I received the two bags of celery I was a little disappointed, I really assumed it would go to waste, especially without my hubby here to help eat it.  But then I stumbled onto a recipe for soup, celery soup!  I figured it was worth it to give it a try since either way it would go to waste, either with me not eating it or me using it to make soup and then not liking it.  Surprisingly enough it was so GOOD!  It must've been the pears and the apples that were added to it, or maybe it because I just don't like the text of celery, whatever the reason, this soup was really wonderful!

Baked Potato Soup

This is a recipe I have been making for years now.  The whole family loves it and requests it often.  I love it because not only does it taste good, but its also a very cheap dinner.  You can't get much cheaper than a bag of potatoes.  Another great thing about this recipe???  I've adapted it from my Cooking Light cookbook so its light in the calorie and fat sections!  Woohoo you can't ask for more than that!