Easy Creamy Vegetable Soup
- PREP 5min
- COOK 30min
- TOTAL 35min
You will love this easy, delicious, and creamy vegetable soup. Don’t worry too much about how you prep the vegetables. You should be fine as long as they are all of a similar size. Since this is a blended soup, you do not need to mince the garlic cloves. Just peel and cut them in half.
You Will Need
1 large onion
1 pound (450g) carrots, peeled (4 to 5 medium)
4 celery sticks
1 tablespoon olive oil
Salt
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1 pound (450g) thin-skinned potatoes (3 medium)
3 garlic cloves, peeled and halved
3 cups (710ml) vegetable broth or chicken broth
2 bay leaves
3 sprigs fresh thyme or 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/4 cup (60ml) half-and-half, cream, or coconut milk
Directions
Chop the onion, carrots, and celery into 1/2-inch chunks.
Chop the potatoes into 1/2-inch chunks and set aside from the other veggies.
Heat the oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Toss the onion, carrots, and celery around in the oil. Sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon of salt and add the red pepper flakes.
Cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables sweat, soften, and smell sweet, 5 to 10 minutes.
Stir in the potatoes, garlic halves, bay leaves, and thyme. Cook for 5 minutes. Add more oil if the pot seems dry.
Pour in the broth and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook until you can easily pierce the potatoes with a fork, about 15 minutes.
Remove the soup from the heat. Take out the bay leaves and thyme sprigs and discard them.
Use an immersion blender, stand blender, or food mill to puree the soup until smooth.
Stir in the cream. Taste for seasoning and adjust with more salt and pepper if necessary.
Adam and Joanne's Tips
- Vegan vegetable soup: Use either homemade or store-bought vegetable broth, and look for one heavy on mushrooms for the most flavor. Add full-fat coconut milk or cashew cream at the end.
- The nutrition facts provided below are estimates.We did include 1/4 cup of half and half in the calculations and assumed 4 servings. We omitted salt from the calculations since you will need to add to your tastes.