Cauliflower cheese soup - perfect for a winter's evening - Rest Less

Ingredients

• 20 g olive oil
• 200g onions, diced
• 1 garlic clove, diced
• 750g cauliflower, leaves trimmed, cut in small pieces or florets
• 600g vegetable stock
• ¾ tsp fine sea salt
• ¼ tsp ground black pepper
• 1 dried bay leaf
• 100g milk
• 100g Cheddar cheese, grated, plus extra grated for garnishing
• 10g fresh chives, snipped in lengths (3 mm), for garnishing