Healthy Spinach Soup Recipes

EASY SPINACH SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a stockpot over medium heat. Add carrots, scallion, and garlic; cook and stir until scallion is soft, 1 to 2 minutes. Pour in chicken broth; bring to a boil. Add pasta and cook, stirring occasionally until tender yet firm to the bite, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir in spinach; cook until tender, 2 to 3 minutes more. Season with salt and pepper.

SPINACH SOUP

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the spinach and garlic and cook, stirring constantly, until the spinach is wilted, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the mixture to a blender or food processor, pour in 1/4 cup hot water and pulse until pureed. Set aside.
• In a large soup pot, cook the onions in the butter over medium heat until the onions begin to soften. Sprinkle the flour over the top and stir to combine. Cook for about 2 minutes, then pour in the milk, stirring occasionally. Add the salt, cayenne and some black pepper and stir to combine. Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Pour in the pureed spinach, then cook until thickened, another 3 to 5 minutes.
• Check the seasonings, adding more salt, black pepper or cayenne as needed. Serve warm.

DELICIOUS CREAM OF SPINACH SOUP

Steps:

• In 3qt pan, saute onion in butter until soft.
• Stir in flour; add salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
• Blend in the milk.
• Cook, stirring on med heat until bubbly.
• Keep stirring for 1 minute.
• Stir in the spinach.
• Cook 1 minute, remove from heat.
• Serve piping hot.

HEALTHY CREAM OF SPINACH SOUP (NO CREAM!)

Steps:

• Remove the green leaves from the cauliflower, remove the stem and chop the florets coarsly.
• Wash the spinach well, dry in a towel or salad spinner and chop coarsely.
• In a stock pot, heat the oil over medium heat and add the garlic, cook for just 30 seconds.
• Add the cauliflower, broth and salt; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Add the spinach and cook another 5 minutes, until the spinach is wilted and the cauliflower tender. Mix in the mustard and thyme.
• Using a hand-held immersion blender, puree the soup in the pot until smooth.
• Add pepper and additional salt to taste.

SPINACH SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the butter in a large saucepan. Add the spring onions, leek, celery and potato. Stir and put on the lid. Sweat for 10 minutes, stirring a couple of times.
• Pour in the stock and cook for 10 - 15 minutes until the potato is soft.
• Add the spinach and cook for a couple of minutes until wilted. Use a hand blender to blitz to a smooth soup.
• Stir in the crème fraîche. Reheat and serve.