Whenever I’m in doubt about what I want to eat, I know that I can never go wrong with a bowl of delicious soup. This one is fortified with cannellini beans, which makes it super hearty and filling. I’m definitely craving lighter foods now that the holidays and all the festivities are over, so this soup gives my tummy a much needed break.

INGREDIENTS:

(Yields 6 servings / 0.75 EUR per serving / 4.51 EUR for all)

2 tbsp sunflower seed oil (0.03 EUR)

300 grams of oyster mushrooms (2.00 EUR)

1 large onion (0.10 EUR)

400 grams of frozen cauliflower (1.00 EUR)

1 can of cannellini beans (0.67 EUR)

1 tsp garlic powder (0.07 EUR)

1 tsp salt (0.01 EUR)

1 tsp freshly ground black pepper (0.07 EUR)

1 bay leaf (0.03 EUR)

2 tbsp dried parsley (0.13 EUR)

6 cups of veggie broth (0.40 EUR)

METHOD:

Wash the mushrooms and tear them up in strips. Peel and dice the onion. Add the oil and the mushrooms to a large pot on medium-high heat and cook for about 10 minutes until caramelized. After ten minutes add in the diced onion and cook for about five minutes to soften. Then add in the cauliflower, cannellini beans, garlic powder, salt, black pepper, bay leaf, parsley and veggie broth. Bring to a rolling boil, reduce heat and simmer with a lid cracked open for about 20 minutes.

After 20 minutes turn off heat and fish out and discard the bay leaf. Pulse the soup through with an immersion blender until creamy and smooth. If you’d like to keep some texture, set some chunks aside before pulsing. Taste and adjust seasonings, then serve. This soup also reheats great and is an excellent option for meal prep. Some fresh croutons would also go wonderfully with it.

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Kada god imam nekih dilema oko toga što bih jela, znam da nikada neću pogriješiti sa nekom finom juhicom. Ova u nastavku je još podebljana sa bijelim grahom, tako da je baš izdašna i zasitna. Sada kad su nam prošli blagdani i slavlja, definitivno mi se jede laganija hrana, a sa ovom sam juhom i svojem trbuhu dala priliku da se malo odmori.

SASTOJCI:

(Za 6 porcija / 5,61 kn po porciji / 33,66 kn za sve)

2 žlice suncokretovog ulja (0,20 kn)

300 g bukovača (15,00 kn)

1 veliki luk (0,75 kn)

400 g smrznute cvjetače (7,50 kn)

1 konzerva bijelog graha (5,00 kn)

1 žličica češnjaka u prahu (0,50 kn)

1 žličica soli (0,01 kn)

1 žličica svježe mljevenog crnog papra (0,50 kn)

1 lovorov list (0,20 kn)

2 žlice sušenog peršina (1,00 kn)

6 šalica povrtnog temeljca (3,00 kn)

PRIPREMA:

Operite gljive i natrgajte ih na trakice. Ogulite i nasjeckajte luk. Ulje i gljive ubacite u veliki lonac na srednje jakoj vatri, pa ih kuhajte desetak minuta da se blago karameliziraju. Nakon desetak minuta dodajte i luk, te sve kuhajte još pet minuta da omekša. Onda dodajte cvjetaču, grah, češnjak, sol, papar, lovor, peršin i temeljac. Pustite da zavrije, smanjite vatru te krčkajte sa odškrinutim poklopcem 20-tak minuta.

Nakon 20 minuta maknite s vatre, ispecajte i bacite lovorov list, te juhu propasirajte štapnim mikserom dok ne bude glatka. Ako želite malo teksture u juhi, prije pasiranja odgrabite na stranu malo gustiša. Kušajte i prilagodite začine, pa poslužite. Ova juha se super podgrijava pa je odlična opcija za skuhati unaprijed i ponijeti na posao. Također, izvrsno bi išla i poslužena sa svježim domaćim krutonima.