Vegan Creamy Green Soup (One-Pot)

This creamy vegan green soup (one pot) is a version of a basic green soup with a creamy, non-dairy vegan twist, and it can all be made in your favorite one-pot cooker or cast-iron Dutch oven.

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Vegan Creamy Green Soup Recipe

This is a versatile, full-bodied soup because you can add more ingredients to fill it out. Alternatively, replace ingredients to suit your particular tastes.

Creamy Green Soup Ingredients

1 teaspoon coconut oil
1 teaspoon cumin powder
1 teaspoon coriander powder
sea salt and ground black pepper, to taste
2 tablespoons of lime
2 tablespoons chopped fresh ginger
¾ cup diced shallots
4 cups chopped celery
1 medium zucchini, chopped
1 medium apple, peeled + chopped
4 cups chopped and packed greens of choice – kale, spinach, chard, arugula
6 cups vegetable stock
1 14-ounce can of full-fat coconut milk

Making Vegan Creamy Green Soup

Heat a Dutch oven or large pot over low heat and add the coconut oil.

Add the shallots to the Dutch oven and keep stirring until soft. It should take about 3 minutes.

Add the zucchini, celery, and apple to the oven and stir.

Add the ginger, ground cumin, and coriander and mix thoroughly to coat the vegetables with the spices. Keep stirring until fragrant, about 1 minute.

Add the vegetable stock to the Dutch oven and stir. Season with salt and pepper.

Bring the vegetables and broth to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, replace, and simmer for at least 10 minutes.

Stir a couple of times to ensure the soup is not sticking to the bottom of the Dutch oven.

Add the chopped greens and coconut milk to the oven and stir thoroughly.

Continue to simmer until the leaves have wilted.

Remove from heat and let cool for 15 minutes.

Puree the soup in batches using a blender.

Return soup to the oven over low heat; return to simmer.

When hot, turn off the heat, stir in fresh lime juice, and add other seasonings.

Serve soup hot with your favorite garnishes.

Add Some Garnish

• Coriander, parsley, chopped basil or chives,
• Sliced ripe avocado
• Coconut cream or extra coconut milk swirled around the soup
• Olive oil drizzled over the soup
• Roasted nuts of any kind crushed over the top of the soup

Make Vegan Creamy Green Soup Your Own

Once you make this soup, you will be making it again. Here are some suggestions to change the ingredients for a thicker soup.

What ingredients can you add? Adding canned white beans before placing the soup in the blender will give you a thicker and creamier texture. Not to mention the added benefits of the protein from the beans.

You can also add extra zucchini to make the soup creamier without the added calories.

What ingredients can you replace? Replace coconut milk for the fuller-bodied benefits of coconut cream.

What Kind of Soup Is Vegan?

Vegan soup follows veganism beliefs, which include not consuming meat or dairy products.

Can I Substitute Arugula for Spinach in Soup?

If you do not have any spinach on hand, you can substitute arugula for the spinach in a soup recipe.

As we know, spinach has no overpowering flavor, whereas arugula has that beautiful fresh pepper flavor.

When I buy spinach and arugula leaves, I buy the packet with both. I use them in salads, soups, and green smoothies.

Which Canned Soups Are Vegan?

Many brands claim to be 100% Vegan.

Take it from me do not trust the label on the front of the packaging, and always read the ingredients.

If you still find this confusing, use a scanning ingredient application designed specifically for Vegans.

I use this one, “abillionveg” available to download in your App Store.

Here are some of the brands and flavors of Vegan soup I found.

Thai Kitchen

• Spring Onion Rice Noodle Soup Bowl

Pacific Foods

• Organic Cashew Carrot Ginger Bisque
• Thai Sweet Potato Soup
• Organic Vegetable Lentil and Roasted Red Pepper Soup
• Organic Spicy Black Bean and Kale Soup
• Organic Butternut Squash Soup 

Campbell’s Well Yes! Soup Range

• Italian Vegetables With Farro Soup
• Homestyle Harvest Tomato With Basil
• Lightly Salted Santa Fe Vegetable
• Cajun Red Bean and Vegetable
• Chickpea & Roasted Vegetable
• Hearty Lentil With Vegetable

Healthy Choice

• Country Vegetable Soup

Amy’s Kitchen

• No Chicken Noodle
• Amy’s Kitchen Organic Alphabet Soup
• Amy’s Kitchen Organic Butternut Squash Soup
• Organic Lentil Soup
• Organic Split Pea Soup
• Organic Vegetable Barley Soup

Good Natured Soup

• Hearty Corn and Chipotle Chowder

Tesco

• Plant Chef Sweet Potato and Coconut
• Lentil & Pepper and Tomato
• Chickpea and Aubergine

Progresso

• Garden Vegetable
• Lentil With Roasted Vegetables
• Vegetarian Vegetable Soup With Barley
• Hearty Tomato with Spinach and Roasted Garlic
• Hearty Corn and Chipotle Chowder

Heinz

• Spring Vegetable Soup
• Vegetable Soup
• Lentil Soup

Baxters

• Jackfruit, Three Bean, and Chipotle Chili

So for those occasions when you just do not want to cook a healthy dinner, there are options for you.

Steam some extra vegetables to fill out the meal, or choose a couple of slices of your favorite bread.

Don’t feel guilty about not cooking – enjoy your time away from the kitchen 🙂

3 Kitchen Must-Haves

I use these three must-haves in my kitchen along with my sharp Wusthof knives. They make food preparation quick, and the cleanup is easy.

Measuring Solutions

See this set of awesome measuring cups and spoons

Cutting Board

I love bamboo cutting boards. If you need to upgrade your boards and want to see these, click on the image above.

Dutch Oven

This is my absolute favorite Dutch oven. I have black, but I love this color called truffle. To see these for yourself, click on the image above.

You can also see a great article about this best-selling Le Creuset Dutch oven.

Find out where to buy Le Creuset for the price in this article: Best Le Creuset Prices: Locations, Sales & Clearances

Final Thoughts – Vegan Creamy Green Soup

Grab your favorite thick, crusty bread and enjoy this thick, creamy green Vegan soup.

Make it your go-to healthy choice for a fast meal. Leftovers can be frozen for future meals – I freeze mine in large silicone ice cube trays. After frozen – store in the freezer. I then grab a couple and defrost them in a mug for morning or afternoon tea – delicious.

Cruise around the site and check out some of my other one-pot Dutch oven meals.

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