Healthy Broccoli Potato Soup

close up of bowl of broccoli potato soup

4.8 from 39 votes

Broccoli potato soup is a little creamy, a little chunky, and a lot of delicious. This tasty soup recipe is warming, nourishing, and 100% wholesome.

Prep Time25 mins

Cook Time15 mins

Total Time40 mins

Course: Main Course, Soup

Cuisine: American, Canadian

Servings: Servings

Calories: 190kcal

Author: Rosa

Equipment

Immersion Blender

Ingredients

1 large red onion finely chopped
4 large carrots thinly sliced
2 lbs yukon gold potatoes peeled & diced
19 oz can white kidney beans drained & rinsed
1 large broccoli cut into bite size florets, approx 8 cups of small florets
6 cups low sodium vegetable broth
1/2 cup nutritional yeast
1/2 tsp thyme
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 cup unsweetened cashew milk or soy milk, or coconut milk
sea salt to taste

Instructions

Add the onion and carrots to a large pot with a tablespoon or two of water. Sauté until slightly softened, about 2 minutes.
Add the potatoes, beans, broth, nutritional yeast, thyme and garlic powder to the pot and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat and simmer until the potatoes are easily pierced with a fork, about 8 minutes. Then add the broccoli and simmer 5 more minutes.
Turn off the heat and using a slotted spoon, remove and set aside about 4 cups of the veggies. Then puree the remaining soup in the pot, using an immersion blender. Or you may transfer to a stand blender in batches, using caution when pureeing hot liquids. Return the reserved 4 cups of veggies to the pot, stir in the plant milk and taste for salt. I added 1/2 a teaspoon at this point, but salt to your taste. Then serve and enjoy.

Notes

I like this soup fairly chunky, but if you're serving picky eaters, you may puree the entire soup instead of reserving some chunkier veggies. You may use the reserved veggies to stir back into the pot, or use them to garnish each bowl of soup.

If you're avoiding nuts, use soy or coconut milk instead of cashew milk. You may also use the canned coconut milk if you want an even richer and creamier finish, however, this will add more fat.

I've kept the seasoning simple here to please some picky eaters, but if you wish to amp up the flavour, you may add some cumin, paprika, or even some cayenne to add a little heat.

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