Two More Soups!

This one blew my mind. Honestly, I was dreading it since I am not a fan of cauliflower but it was fantastic.  It's called Cauliflower Soup with Toasted Garlic. Here's my version.

Here's the magazine image.

One of the best matches yet, don't you think? Visually at least? Remember, I'm not a food stylist and I don't have a white bowl, and I'm not doctoring the images in Photoshop in any way... because this endeavor is about making and eating the soup, not taking pictures of it!

This recipe has so few ingredients, I can't believe it's so rich and creamy. The toasted garlic was a wonderful addition. I wish I had toasted at least twice as much. 

The olive oil I drizzled on top was the last few drops of this tiny bottle of decadent, outstanding olive oil that Jeff's aunt brought us from her trip to Italy. Perfect use for the last delicious bits!

The next soup I made was the Chickpea, Vegetable and Pesto recipe. Here's my version.

The magazine version...

I don't know why their version is so red. It calls for vegetable broth which is more brown than red. This picture makes it look like it might have a can of diced tomatoes. It doesn't. Though maybe it should. My version may be tinted by the green bowl. Whatever. It doesn't really matter. It wasn't very good. I did not like it at all. Mind you, this is the fifth soup I've made of the ten from the Real Simple article and it's the first I haven't liked, so I'm ok with it.

I'm not a huge fan of vegetables, but I guess I just prefer them steamed with a bit of butter rather than tossed all together and trying to get some flavor from a dollop of pesto. I can also think of many preferable used for chickpeas.

Jeff liked it, though.