Food Friday: Cauliflower Bisque

Last night I happened to watch a Chef AJ program with a woman named Esther Loveridge.  Esther is 76 years old.   She has lost 155 pounds since age 73 eating plants and no oils, salt, or refined sugar.  Very inspirational.  Esther has a Facebook page called Esther's Nutritional Journey.  I am already hooked!!

Esther demonstrated several recipes.  The one I was most interested in was Cauliflower Bisque, a recipe that Chef AJ had posted some months ago.  I knew we had all the ingredients in the house so this morning, before going out to water the garden, I put all the ingredients into the 8-quart Instant Pot.

Cauliflower Bisque

 In the Instant Pot put in a 2-pound cauliflower head, 2 pounds sweet potatoes, 1 whole large onion, 8 cloves garlic, 6 cups water, 2 Tablespoons dill weed, and 2 Tablespoons no-salt seasoning.  I used Mrs. Dash Herb and Garlic since I cannot get too much garlic.

Set the IP to HIGH and the time for 10 minutes.  Because the pot was so full, it took quite a while to get to pressure.  By the time it was done cooking, I had moved on to other things and did not get back to the bisque for a couple of hours.

Now add 3 cups unflavored unsweetened almond milk, 1/4 cup nutritional yeast, and 1/4 cup Dijon mustard.  Use an immersion blender to make the bisque smooth.

Since I had not had breakfast by this time, I filled a mug with the bisque and gave it a try.  It needed salt.  Well, I am trying not to eat too much salt, but I wanted to make this stuff work.  After all, we had 4 1/2 quarts of it!!  And no room in the freezer so-- it will be my food for the foreseeable future.

Well, with a scant sprinkle of Adobo Seasoning with Garlic and Cumin, I was able to drink down a mug and a half.  The great part of it is that it has virtually no calories.  None.  So great.