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Smoky Sweet Potato Soup

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This Smoky Sweet Potato Soup is cozy, heart, and jam-packed with flavor! Sweet potatoes, quinoa, and warming spices combine to make this plant-based recipe.

Ingredients

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  • 1 tablespoon (15 ml) sunflower oil*
  • 1 1/2 cups (190 g) diced red onion
  • 1 1/4 cups (188 g) diced orange bell pepper
  • 1 1/2 pounds (680 g) sweet potatoes, unpeeled, diced
  • 2 large carrots, chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 tablespoons (10 g) nutritional yeast
  • 2 teaspoons (5 g) smoked paprika
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 4 cups (950 ml) vegetable broth
  • 2 cups (475 ml) water
  • 2/3 cup (116 g) red quinoa, rinsed
  • 1 cup (110 g) frozen spinach, broken up into pieces
  • 1/2–1 teaspoon salt, to taste
  • 1/2 cup (70 g) roasted pumpkin seeds (pepitas)
  • 1/4 cup (4 g) fresh cilantro leaves

Instructions

  1. In a large pot, heat the sunflower oil over medium heat. Add the red onion and bell pepper and cook, stirring frequently, until the onion is softened, about 5 minutes. Adjust the heat to medium-low and add the sweet potatoes, carrots, garlic, nutritional yeast, smoked paprika,garlic powder, and cumin. Cook for 5 more minutes, adding 1 or 2 tablespoons (15 to 30 ml) water if necessary to prevent sticking.
  2. Stir in the vegetable broth, water, and quinoa, cover, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Once boiling, adjust the heat so that the soup is simmering, cover, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the quinoa is tender, about 20 minutes longer.
  3. Puree half of the soup mixture using an immersion blender or by carefully transferring to a blender. Add the spinach, stirring to break up any clumps, and add salt to taste. Let the soup cool for 20 minutes, then divide it between 5 jars or storage containers. Top each serving with the pumpkin seeds and cilantro and store in the refrigerator for up to 7 days. Serve as desired.

Notes

  • Oil-Free: replace the oil with 1/4 cup of water or additional vegetable broth when sautéing the vegetables, adding more liquid as needed to prevent the vegetables from sticking.
  • Reprinted from Plant-Based Meal Prep with permission from Jackie Sobon and Fair Winds Press, an imprint of Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc. © 2020

Keywords: sweet potato soup, sweet potato quinoa soup, vegan sweet potato soup, vegan yack attack, healthy sweet potato soup recipe

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