CREAMY VEGETABLE SOUP

A delicious and easy-to-make Creamy Vegetable Soup packed with veggies and healthy ingredients.

Serve Creamy Vegetable Soup with this Pear Salad, these Roasted Brussels Sprouts, or a crusty loaf of bread!

Pure Comfort Food!

This Creamy Vegetable Soup is pure comfort food! We make this whenever the weather is chilly or I’ve got some leftover veggies that need to be used up. While I’m a huge fan of broth-based vegetable soups (like this Vegetable Soup or this Chicken-Vegetable Soup), my boys prefer creamy soups with lots of cheese in them. This is one of their favorites. I’ll also usually whip up a salad to serve alongside it (like this crispy Chicken Salad) and if I’m feeling ambitious, these Dinner Rolls also make it on the table.

But if not, there is always some kind of bread served on the side for dunking — soup just isn’t the same without it! 🙂

Another one of our favorite ways to enjoy this creamy vegetable soup is in a crusty bread bowl — there are few things better than that!

How To Make Creamy Vegetable Soup

Prepare the vegetables by sautéing the carrots, celery, and onion in butter and oil.
Stir in the chopped potatoes, Italian seasoning, and chicken stock. Bring to a boil and cook for 15-20 minutes.
While the veggies are cooking, prepare the cream mixture by melting the remaining butter, stirring in the flour, milk, and cream.
Once veggies are tender, stir in the frozen broccoli and corn and cook for 2-3 additional minutes, or until the broccoli and corn are warmed through.
Remove the vegetable mixture from heat and add in the cream mixture. Season to taste, top with sharp Cheddar shredded cheese and enjoy this Creamy Vegetable Soup!

In this recipe, I have provided my favorite way to make a soup creamy – a good mix of butter, flour, milk, and cream. However, there are lots of other ways to make a soup creamy. Read on for alternate solutions.

How Do You Make The Soup Creamy?

If you are vegan or lactose-intolerant, you can replace the butter with vegetable oil and use almond milk as well as dairy-free cheese.
For a gluten intolerance, the flour can be replaced with cornstarch, using half the amount called for.
If you are working to make this meal shelf-stable, replace the milk and cream with evaporated milk.

Shortcuts

Creamy Vegetable Soup admittedly has quite a bit of chopping required, but below I’ve got a few shortcut ideas to help save some time in the kitchen.

To save yourself chopping time, pick up a mirepoix (also called soup starter at some stores). Lots of stores sell pre-chopped mirepoix (a French phrase for diced onion, carrot, and celery) in the produce section. If you’re in a hurry, get that fresh-chopped mirepoix or you can even use frozen mirepoix.
To save yourself chopping time, use jarred garlic or a garlic press. Instead of mincing your own garlic, you can use jarred to save time. Alternatively, a garlic press gives you fresh minced garlic in a fraction of that time that hand mincing requires.

The secret to the great flavor of this soup and most vegetable soups in the stock it is cooked in. I used Kroger’s Simple Truth® Organic chicken stock in this recipe and it is delicious! There are a lot of spices you can also add to enhance the flavor of your vegetable soup.

What Spices Are Good In Vegetable Soup?

Italian seasoning – Italian seasoning is a great addition to most savory dishes, and it is delicious in this soup. Creamy Vegetable Soup calls for 1 ½ teaspoons of Italian Seasoning, but feel free to add more if desired. (Kroger’s Private Selection Italian Seasoning blend is my favorite!)
Paprika – If you like a little heat in your soup, you may want to add some paprika (up to 2 teaspoons).
Black pepper – Freshly ground black pepper is a great addition to any vegetable soup.
Other fresh herbs such as thyme or basil would taste great in this soup – add according to your personal preferences!

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Tortilla Soup in 20 minutes!
Creamy Tortellini Soup with Italian sausage
Beef and Barley Soup made in the slow cooker

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