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This Green Vegetable Soup is smooth and creamy and loaded with spring greens. It’s as delicious as it is healthy.
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Spring is in the air! I’m so ready to start seeing some green leaves and grass again. The temps are starting to warm up a bit during the day, but it’s still quite chilly at night.
It’s the perfect time to enjoy a lightened up, yet warming soup. Especially one full of nutrients to detox from the heavy meals of winter. This Velvety Green Vegetable Soup is the answer!
It’s sometimes hard to get my kids to eat leafy greens.
They like salad, but present them with leafy greens any other way and they turn up their noses claiming they don’t like it.
Well, that’s just fine, because you know what they do like? Broccoli!
Sooooo, I might tell them that this is broccoli soup. Which isn’t actually a lie. I just fail to disclose that there are other things in there. It’s a win-win.
They think they are slurping up soup made from little trees and I rest easy knowing they are getting the nutrients their little bodies need.
Almost every ingredient in this green vegetable soup is considered a superfood. You could probably more than fulfill your daily vitamin and mineral requirements by eating a bowl or two of this green goodness…which is especially good news for the kiddos who don’t otherwise like to eat their green vegetables.
And, not only is it full of the healthiest vegetables, you’ll also find lots of herbs, citrus, and even creamy cannellini beans.
They all work wonderfully together to balance out the flavors and create the most velvety, light, delicious green soup.
This soup is really easy to make. You don’t have to worry about being precise with your knife cuts – a rough chop is fine. The entire soup gets pureed in the blender.
And any green leafy veggies will work, so you can swap out for what you have on hand or what’s on sale.
If you belong to a CSA, you now know what to do with quite a few of the veggies and herbs you’ll find in there. Or you can head on down to your local farmer’s market and shop with confidence knowing you have a game plan when you get home.
I topped off this velvety green vegetable soup with a bit of lite coconut milk for a little extra creaminess and a few green peas for texture – both of which are totally optional.
Do your kids eat their greens?
Do YOU eat your greens?
I hope you love this recipe as much as we do! If you tried it, please use the star rating system in the recipe card and leave a comment with your feedback. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
For even more easy family recipes, be sure to check out my cookbook, The Meatless Monday Family Cookbook!
Velvety Green Vegetable Soup
Recommended Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ sweet onion chopped
- 4 cloves garlic chopped
- 1 small head broccoli chopped into florets (about 2-2 ½ cups)
- 2 ribs celery chopped
- 1 cup frozen green peas
- 3 green onions
- 2 ¾ cups low-sodium vegetable broth
- 4 cups leafy greens (I used baby kale, baby spinach, and baby swiss chard)
- 1 can (15 oz) cannellini beans drained and rinsed (or 1.5 cups cooked)
- juice of 1 lemon
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
- 5 fresh mint leaves
- 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
- ½ cup light coconut milk optional
Instructions
- In a soup pot over medium heat, heat ¼ cup vegetable broth and saute the sweet onion for 3 to 4 minutes, until starting to soften.
- Add the garlic and sauté another 1 to 2 minutes.
- Add the remaining 2 ½ cups vegetable broth, broccoli, celery, peas, and green onions. Turn down the heat to medium-low and simmer 10 to 15 minutes until vegetables are tender.
- Transfer the soup to a blender and add the leafy greens, beans, lemon juice, dill, mint and salt. Use the tamper to pack the greens down. Blend until smooth. You may need to work in batches if your blender is on the smaller side.
- Pour the soup back into the soup pot, taste and adjust seasonings as necessary. Add the coconut milk, if desired, and stir to combine.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition values are calculated using online calculators and are estimates only. Please verify using your own data.
amanda -runtothefinish
oh this looks amazing! I made a soup with broccoli last year, but it was just too thick #pinterestfail. I think this looks perfet
Jenn S.
This one is not very thick – I think you’d like it a lot. Very fresh and nutritious. Thanks, Amanda!
Sonali- The Foodie Physician
Hello spring! And hello veggies!! There are so many wonderful greens in this soup! It looks like a tasty bowl of YUM!
Jenn S.
Thanks, Sonali! You’ll definitely get your vitamins from this bowl!
Alisa Fleming
OMG, broccoli and peas in the same soup? Be still my greens-loving heart.
Jenn S.
So much green goodness in there! Thanks, Alisa!
Jessica - Nutritioulicious
Sounds like a delicious way to say goodbye to winter, and hello to spring!
Maria
I love adding beans to my soups to make them extra creamy and delicious!
Jenn S.
It makes it so creamy with very little fat…score! Thanks, Maria!
Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche
Oh this looks so good, the sort of thing that makes you feel healthier and healthier with every mouthful 😉 Can’t beat a creamy veggie soup!
Jenn S.
Yes, definitely! Thanks, Becca!
Binny
Ooh this looks so good – may have to step away from the junk for two minutes to try this out x
Jenn S.
Lol!! If you eat this for dinner, there is more room for the naughty stuff! 🙂
patricia @ grab a plate
Looks great, and so healthy! Glad your kids enjoy it 😉 I love the added lemon & mint. Yum!
Jenn S.
Thanks, Patricia! The lemon and mint really help to liven it up – it tastes super fresh!
Jacqueline Meldrum
Just gorgeous! I love a good veg packed soup like this. Pinned, stumbled and yummed.
Jenn S.
Aw, thank you Jac!! Much appreciated!
Linda @ Veganosity
2 stalks of celery! And broccoli, beans, and coconut milk! Just pour it in a glass and I’d drink it. DELICIOUS! I love your bowls, so pretty. 🙂
Jenn S.
Thanks so much Linda! I love that we both made green soups this week! 🙂 I think the color of yours wins though! Bring on spring!
Jenn S.
Thanks so much, Linda! I love that we both made green soups this week. I think the color of yours wins though!! It was so pretty! Bring on spring!
Mel @ avirtualvegan.com
Oh this looks delicious What a great idea to add creamy canellini beans to all those beautiful fresh veggies and herbs.It is like spring in a bowl!
Jenn S.
Thanks, Mel! It’s definitely perfect for spring!
Aimee / Wallflower Girl's Kitchen
YUM. Love all this green goodness! The texture looks divine 🙂
Jenn S.
Thanks, Aimee!
Natalie | Feasting on Fruit
All the veggies in one creamy place! This will get me eating more greens too! Smoothies and soups are my favorite way to get in a big dose of greens, I don’t know why everything is tastier when blended but it is 🙂
Jenn S.
I agree! And it’s so much easier to consume a lot at once that way. Not so easy to get the same amount of broccoli in whole floret form! Thanks, Natalie!
Strength and Sunshine
Greens with beans and coconut <3 A win!!! I would slurp this up with a straw 😉 Hahahahaha! Of course you don't have to tell me to eat more greens! If someone could overdose on them…that would be me!
Jenn S.
LOL! Greens for the win!! This would actually be a great sipping soup in a mug! Thanks, Rebecca!