Minty Pea and Spinach Soup
We’re in the mood for Spring. This vibrant sweet soup tasted great on a cold but clear day. We are looking forward to making it with peas and spinach fresh from the garden, but that will be a while yet.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
3 cups frozen peas
1 small package frozen spinach
2 shallots
1 vegetable bouillon cube
2 cups water
3 [...]
Irish Apple Parsnip Soup
Sweet and creamy, lightly spiced, this soup is very tasty.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
1 & 1/2 pounds parsnips, peeled and cut in chunks
1 large apple, peeled, cored and cut into chunks
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 cups vegetable bouillon
1/2 teaspoon sage
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4-1/3 cup soy cream
optional parsley chopped as [...]
Chickpea and Spinach Soup
This is a delicious soup, full of healthy ingredients and tasty spices. It was especially nice on a chilly winter’s day.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon oil
1/2 onion, chopped
1 6oz canned chickpeas, drained, rinsed
1 garlic clove, minced
2-3 cups vegetable stock
1/2 cup baby soup pasta
150 g / 5 1/2 oz baby leaf spinach
1/4 teaspoon turmeric
1/8 teaspoon cardamom
1/8 teaspoon [...]
Orange Pumpkin Soup
This cheerful soup brought lots of sunshine to our table on a cold winters day. The blends of orange and cardamom were a tasty compliment to the pumpkin.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
4 cups cubed pumpkin (med. hokkaido or red kuri)
2 cups vegetable broth
1 bay leave
2 teaspoons ground coriander
1 teaspoon [...]
Pumpkin and Chestnut Soup with Balsamic Sauteed Pears
What a wonderful blending of flavors this soup offers. Mildly spice and pleasantly sweet with a hint chestnuts.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
1 leek (white and light green parts only (or 1 med. onion)
2 tablespoons oil
1 med. red kuri pumpkin or 2 butternut squash, de-seeded and cut into large chunks
1-2 cup chestnuts, roasted or boiled, peeled
water to just [...]
Sunchoke and Chestnut Soup
This elegant soup is very tasty and filling.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
1 lb. of sunchokes (Jerusalem artichoke), well scrubbed and cut into slices
1/2 red bell pepper, deseeded and sauteed
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 leek, sliced
1 small onion, chopped
1 clove garlic minced
1/2 apple, peeled and sliced
4 ounces roasted chestnuts, peeled and sliced
2 cups vegetable bouillon
1/4 cup white wine
2 sprigs [...]
Broccoli Cashew Soup
Thick and creamy with the light hint of nutmeg. This soup tasted delicious on a chilly rainy day like today.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons light vegetable oil
1 onion, chopped
1 broccoli, stem and florets, cut into pieces
1 clove garlic, minced
2 vegetable bouillon cubes
pinch nutmeg
2-3 cups water
1 cup raw cashews
salt and pepper to taste
dill (optional)
red bell pepper as [...]
Vegan Eggplant Parmesan Soup
The yummy tastes of the Mediterranean all in one tasty soup. This was quick and easy to make as well. It was delicious on a chilly fall day.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
1 med eggplant, cut into small cubes
1 large onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 can crushed tomatoes
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup water
1 vegetable bouillon cube
1-2 tablespoon Italian [...]
Pumpkin Soup with Maple Syrup and Horseradish
Sweet but with a zing. This simple pumpkin soup was very tasty. The horseradish gave it a bit of a zing, while the maple syrup brought out the sweetness of the pumpkin. The other spices are also quite important to the flavor of the soup. We really enjoyed this soup.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
1 uchi kuri or [...]
Pumpkin and Apple Soup with Toasted Seeds
This vibrant orange soup tastes wonderful. It has a mellow sweetness from the apples and that just about all it needs. The red kuri pumpkin is one of our favorites, as grown biologically, you can eat the skin as well as the flesh thus it imparts a vibrant color to any recipe.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
3 apples, [...]
Italian Bean Soup
This was an easy soup to make and very tasty on a rainy day.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
1 stalk celery, thinly sliced
1 small onion, minced
2 med. carrots, peeled and thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic, minced
4 Tbs. olive oil
1 can crushed tomatoes
2 vegetable bouillon cubes
1 can white beans, drained
1 cup water
1 baguette
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Place 3 tablespoons of [...]
Pumpkin and Apricot Soup
At the height of apricot season we were able to enjoy this tasty soup on a rainy evening. It was delicious. Luckily, we were able to use some of our pumpkin from last season which we had frozen.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons oil
1 med. onion, chopped
2 cups pumpkin, cooked (or butternut squash)
6 ripe apricots, pitted and [...]
Chinese Velvet Corn Soup
There are many versions of Chinese Velvet Corn Soup. This one is very simple and quite tasty.
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon oil
1 onion, chopped
1/4 teaspoon ground Sichuan peppercorns [optional]
1 & 1/2 teaspoons salt
3 cups fresh corn kernels (or frozen)
1 cup soy yogurt
2 teaspoons sugar
3 tablespoons dry sherry
1 & 1/2 teaspoons rice vinegar
1 tablespoon dark sesame oil
minced scallions
Directions:
Heat the [...]
Coconut Carrot Soup
This soup was especially nice on a chilly spring day. On a gray and rainy day the bright orange color really helps to bring warmth and cheer. The soup is mildly spiced, and very tasty.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
3 med. large carrots, peeled and cut into pieces
1 onion, chopped
2 Tbs. oil
1 Tbs. mild curry powder
1 cup vegetable [...]
Review: Mushroom and Walnut Soup
I came across a website which I had not known before. Peter of “When I’m bored I make soup” is a really fine chef. Although the blog is not vegetarian, he does have some very delicious recipes that just happen to turn out to be vegan. Today we enjoyed one of these his Mushroom and [...]
Lentils & Rhubarb United Soup
Soon we will be able to harvest fresh rhubarb from our garden. For this delicious soup I used what we still had in the freezer from last year. The slight sourness of rhubarb adds a wonderful dimension to the lentils.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
3/4 cup red lentils
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 large carrots, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 large [...]
Raw Pumpkin Soup
We tried another raw recipe, this time a raw soup. We really enjoyed it, it was a blend of many of our favorite fruits and vegetables.
Yield: 4
Ingredients:
2 cups pumpkin or butternut squash, chopped
1 banana
1/2 leek, white part only
1 clove garlic, minced
1 inch ginger, peeled and grated
2 pinches cumin
1/2-3/4 cup apple juice
2-3 Tbs. almond flour
thyme
salt
Directions:
Chop the [...]
Pumpkin, Red Lentil and Date Soup
This is a lovely, sweet thick soup to enjoy on a chilly day. It’s not particularly spicy, that’s up to you how hot you’d like it. The dates give it a nice subtle sweetness.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
100 grams red lentils
500 grams pumpkin, de-seeded cut in pieces
250 grams (1 can) crushed tomatoes
1 tablespoon oil
1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, [...]
Beet and Pomegranate Soup
This thick and mildly sweet soup tastes lovely on a cold winter’s day. The color is beautiful and the hint of fennel is a tasty addition to the beets.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon light olive oil
1 med. red onion, chopped
2 med. carrots, peeled and chopped
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon cardamom, ground
2 pints vegetable bouillon
12 ounces cooked [...]
White bean and carrot soup
This thick and creamy soup really tasted great on a cold winter day. I added a bit of Tabasco to the soup as well, as it was really cold out.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
115 grams white beans , cooked and drained
55 grams soy margarine or olive oil
2 med. onions, chopped
3 med. carrots, peeled and chopped
3 cloves garlic, [...]
Moroccan Pumpkin Soup
This is a sweet mild pumpkin soup that is quick and easy to make. The leeks give it a nice mild onion flavor and the chickpeas add a chewiness.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
1 cups chickpeas, cooked
3 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil
2 leeks (white and light green part only), chopped
4 cups vegetable bullion
4 cups pumpkin puree
2-4 tablespoons sugar, [...]
Spicy Sweet Potato Soup
This creamy spicy soup fills the tummy and brings a glow of warmth on a chilly day.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
1/2 cup soy yogurt
1 lime, zest and juice
2 large sweet potatoes, peeled cut into small pieces
1 tablespoon soy margarine
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
4 cups vegetable bouillon (1 cube and 4 cups water)
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon [...]
Spicy Carrot Soup with Apple Crisps
This flavorful soup was lovely as our starter on Thanksgiving evening. The crispy apple chips give a nice sweetness, to offset the slightly spicy soup, flavored wit a touch of paprika. The apple crisps are easy to make however take a lot of time in a low oven to dry.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
2 strong cooking apples
2 [...]
Sweet Red Bell Pepper with Apple Soup
The sweetness of the red bell peppers is complimented by the sweet apples making this a very nice warm soup for a chilly fall evening.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
4 large red bell peppers, seeded,ribs removed, chopped
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1 apple, peeled, cored and chopped
1 carrot, peeled and chopped
4 cups vegetable bouillon
salt and pepper to taste
chili powder
Directions:
Saute the [...]
