You know if you are seeing a recipe here on In My Own Style that it must be DELISH, affordable, and easy to make. This vegetable soup recipe is yummy and healthy, too.
The last thing I ever want to do after a busy day is have to cook dinner, but I need to eat and want something homemade and on the healthy-ish side. This vegetable soup fills the bill. I made it last night, it was a cloudy, blustery day – homemade soup or beef stew with a secret ingredient for dinner is perfect in front of the fire. What I like best about this recipe, though – is how easy it is to make.
I love soup – I could live on it, paired with bread – throw in a salad and I am one happy girl. I don’t like to fuss in the kitchen at all even when I have the time. All you need to do to make this soup is some chopping, stirring, blending – done!
Vegetable Soup Recipe
Before I started making this soup I didn’t know the difference between a parsnip and a turnip. Now I do.
I have learned that adding both a turnip and a parsnip will make the soup taste delicious.
Add one to any soup recipe and it will give it that delish soup taste – hearty and creamy – but that has no cream in it at all.
This recipe makes enough to fill 3 big soup bowls. If you need more, simply double the ingredients.
I don’t add salt to the mix since Ed and I like different levels of saltiness – we add our own seasoning at the end. I add a seasoning called, Herbamare. It is my go-to seasoning for everything. Ed adds a Creole seasoning called, Tony Chachere’s.
Vegetable Soup
- 1 stalk celery
- 2 carrots
- 2 leeks
- 1 yellow onion
- 2 parsnips
- 1 turnip
- 1 tablespoon fresh dill
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon unsalted butter
- 1 quart chicken broth – I use low sodium College Inn brand
- 1 cup water
Chop all the vegetables into chunks. Dice the parsley and dill. Heat butter and oil on medium-high in a soup pot. Add onion, leeks, carrots, and celery to the pot and sauté for 5 minutes. Sprinkle in the dill and parsley. Add and stir in the chopped parsnips and turnip. Sauté for 5-10 minutes or until the veggies look lightly browned. Add chicken broth and water, simmer until vegetables are tender – about 45 minutes.
Use an immersion blender to puree the soup to a smooth consistency. You can also transfer the soup to a blender to puree.
Season to taste.
Here is the Vegetable Soup recipe to print:
Fast & Easy Vegetable Soup Recipe
This is a very simple vegetable soup to make that can be blended to a smooth consistency that will make it taste more like a cream-based soup, but with very low calories.
Ingredients
- 1 stalk celery, chopped
- 2 carrots, chopped
- 2 leeks, chopped
- 1 yellow onion, chopped
- 2 parsnips, chopped
- 1 turnip, chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh dill
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon unsalted butter
- 1 quart chicken broth, I use College Inn Brand - Low Sodium
- 1 cup water
Instructions
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Chop all the vegetables into chunks. Dice the parsley and dill.
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Heat butter and oil on medium-high in a soup pot. Add onion, leeks, carrots, and celery to the pot and sauté for 5 minutes.
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Sprinkle in the dill and parsley. Add and stir in the chopped parsnips and turnip. Sauté for 5-10 minutes or until the veggies look lightly browned.
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Add chicken broth and water, simmer until vegetables are tender - about 45 minutes.
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Use an immersion blender to puree the soup to a smooth consistency. You can also transfer the soup to a blender to puree.
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Serve hot.
Linda A. Young says
02/16/2018 at 10:33 amand Erika, I am praying for you and your dad. I pray for healing and comfort, and that you’ll know God’s always with you both! if you need encouragement , go to my friend’s blog, “Little Birdie Blessings”, and you will be uplifted!
Linda A. Young says
02/16/2018 at 10:27 amComfort food! This is delicious! I made a similar soup, and also butternut squash soup, and it was all I wanted when I was on chemo. I recommend it to any gals in breast cancer treatment. Thank you for this yummy recipe!
Elaine Williams in Baltimore, Maryland says
09/15/2017 at 9:42 amI love soup, I love vegetables! I love hearty and creamy without the cream! I trust you as I would a friend concerning the turnips and parsnips. I have never eaten them either but after what you said and all the posts from you readers I am willing to give them a try. Time to get my immersion blender out. I Will even try to slip some to hubby. ;-D
Diane Henkler says
09/15/2017 at 10:09 amHi Elaine – I make this soup once a week in the colder months, it is a fave for both Ed and I. I am sure your hubby will like it. I still get turnips and parsnips confused with each other as they are not something I am used to using, but they sure do bring out the flavor in soup!
Sheryll & Critters. says
11/30/2013 at 7:18 amI have this on my to try soon list now. Like I do not have a long enough list for make overs and cute decor stuff already. But I so love everything you do.
Nancy says
11/22/2013 at 2:36 pmThanks for the recipe, it was wonderful! I was even more lazy, I roasted the veggies with the dill and parsley at 400 for 25 minutes and then added to the broth and water and simmered and then followed the rest of the recipe. It was so good!
Sorry to hear about your dad, so good that you are able to spend time with him. Take care and thanks for all the great ideas
[email protected] says
11/17/2013 at 10:52 amI’m with you Diane, I don’t like to fuss in the kitchen, fast and easy is my kind of cooking. So I of course pinned this. I have never used turnips and parsnips in a soup, excited to try it. Sorry to hear about your Dad, I am so glad you get to spend time with him.
Jackie says
11/16/2013 at 11:45 amDiane, this soup is WONDERFUL. You got me with turnips and parsnips, which I’d never seen, much less eaten. I made it veganized with veg broth for dinner last night. My husband and I loved it + leftovers in the freezer–yummy and nutritious. Thankful for your blog!
Kelly says
11/15/2013 at 7:27 pmDiane, I am so sorry to hear about your Dad. You and your family will be in my prayers.
Diane Henkler says
11/17/2013 at 7:38 pmThanks Kelly – XO
Catherine says
11/15/2013 at 7:24 amI made the soup for supper last evening. ABSOLUTLEY DELICiOUS!
Thank you for sharing the recipe! Fast and Easy recipes are great. This is a keeper recipe for sure
Debbie says
11/12/2013 at 11:06 pmThis soup was my favorite souvenir from Ireland. Keeping you and your dad in my thoughts.
Pam Fulford says
11/12/2013 at 10:14 pmDiane, I am so sorry your Dad is having to go through this dreadful disease. I am glad that you have the opportunity to spend time with him during this.. Thoughts and prayers coming your way for safe travels and strength.
Cheri says
11/12/2013 at 9:48 pmI pinned it too. Thank you for sharing. I’m sorry about your Dad, but I’m glad you are there to honor him with your time and attention.
Suzan says
11/12/2013 at 11:18 amSoup would be perfect on a cold, blustery day like today. Our farmer’s market isn’t open until Thursday. I will surely be in line to pick up leeks, parsnips and turnips! Thanks for sharing what looks to be a delicious recipe.
Jackie says
11/12/2013 at 7:23 amPinned it! This will be a good recipe to make for my vegan son. Interesting addition of fresh dill-love it!
Jen C. says
11/12/2013 at 6:50 amSounds like a good way to try turnips and parsnips for the first time. Thanks!
Sharon says
11/12/2013 at 2:43 amHello from Cape Town!
My Mum has stage 4 cancer throughout her entire body, skeleton included. She starts another round of monthly chemo this morning. She is 77 and I know that the treatment is just to enable us to have her for a little longer but as she has NO side effects from any treatment so far, she is happy to go through it.
I so get what you mean about spending as much time as possible, I am so lucky I get to be with my Mum and Dad every day as I work from their home!
Blessings and love from this side of the world.
xxxx
Jeannie Jenkins says
11/11/2013 at 11:43 pmSounds delicious, I am going to give it a try.
Justine says
11/11/2013 at 11:17 pmI’m sorry you are going through that disease. It’s not easy.
Erika says
11/11/2013 at 6:59 pmEmbarrassing to admit, but I’ve never eaten a parsnip or turnip….this sounds like a good way to try both!
I’ve got to add “immersion blender” to my Christmas list :)
Diane Henkler says
11/11/2013 at 9:11 pmHi Erika – I didn’t know what they were up until a few years ago. I am not sure I would like them as is, but when added to soup they really do make the soup delish. I have a Braun immersion blender, it was a gift and when I got it I was not sure how to use it. Now I use it all the time.