Nothing beats soup and homemade bread on a cold winter’s night… This hearty root vegetablesoup feels creamy without the cream. It is healthy, warming, has subtle spicy undertones and tastes divine with a slice of seeded loaf.
Our youngest has quite a few allergies, and I always try to either make something we can all have as a family, or cook for us and make sure her dinner looks the same, just because she always seems to notice it when she eats something different (or maybe it is all in my head! Paranoid, me?).
I used to follow a nice carrot and parsnip soup recipe we all very much enjoyed, but it is full of butter and cream, both of which Jumpy cannot have because of her milk protein allergy. When putting this recipe together, I made sure I kept the sweet combination of carrot and parsnip as the main flavour. I then added my own little personal touches to make it absolutely perfect for us.
Spiced Root Vegetable Soup
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 large onion chopped
- 5 large carrots 500g, diced
- 2 parsnips 160g, diced
- ½ small swede 200g
- 1 tbsp grated fresh root ginger
- ¼ tsp ground coriander
- 1 litre vegetable stock
- Salt and pepper
- Pumpkin seeds to garnish
Instructions
- Warm the olive oil over a medium heat for a minute in a large pan. Add the onions and cook, stirring until soft (about 4 minutes).
- Add in the remaining vegetables, reduce the heat and cover your pan for another 15 minutes, stirring from time to time.
- Stir in the grated ginger and ground coriander.
- Bring to the boil then simmer for 35 minutes and when the vegetables are tender, blend.
- Ladle into soup bowls, season and garnish with a few pumpkin seeds. Serve with seeded bread.
Recipe Notes
The soup can be frozen for later.
For the bread, just use my easy crusty bread recipe and add two tablespoons of sunflower and pumpkin seeds.
Noe this is my kind of soup. Spices work so well in root veg.
… and it tastes really lovely! Let me know if you give it a go. x Mel
Your soup looks heavenly. I love the spices you have used with the root vegetables. Delicious.
Thanks, Julie! It really is yummy, and quite filling actually. I had it for lunch at work on Friday with a couple of slices of bread and did not feel hungry for hours afterwards. x Mel
This looks like a delicious recipe, and I love your photos. A really lovely blog. #recipeoftheweek
Thanks a lot, I always put a lot of thought into my pictures. Try the soup, it fits your trying to get your little ones to eat more veg. My three loved it! x Mel
They generally aren’t very keen on soup but I will definitely give it a go!
Buttered bread to dip in the soup might help! x Mel
Wow this looks wonderful. Hope you can join in with #tastytuesdays again this week!
I will, Vicki! x Mel
Yay! Thanks x
I do love spices, soups and bread…yummy!
Then you might enjoy this soup! x Mel
This sounds delicious – I am really into making soups at the moment – great way of getting veg into the Monkey! Loving the lack of butter and cream in this recipe too will have to give it a try! #recipeoftheweek
My toddler’s allergies are making me experiment with more healthy food and I have to say not using butter or cream in soup does not make much difference to the taste (to my big surprise!). Mel
Wow that was quick, you even beat me to it (adding my own posts)-what a star!
I know, I saw that, hihi! x Mel
this looks delicious! I love root veg and haven’t ever tried spicing them up like this… definitely going to try it out! I’m a huge fan of dry roasted seeds, so I think I’ll go for a crispy top then 🙂
Roasting the seeds is a great idea! I might try that next time for even more flavour. Mel
Root vegetable soup is the bee’s knees! Looks lovely and the bread would be a perfect accompaniment.
Nipping over from #TastyTuesdays.
Thanks! The bread definitely works well with it. Mel
This looks gorgeous. I made parsnip soup before but it was a bit bland, this combination looks fab
Thanks Alison, this soup is definitely not bland! Mel
This looks like a lovely healthy combination…love the spices as they always seem to make me feel as though I’ve had a good meal and lessen my cravings for pudding, #TastyTuesday.
It really is an easy, tasty recipe. Mel
I definitely need to book mark this recipe, I love making homemade soups. The flavors sound amazing together! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Jenny. I have already pinned it on Pinterest if you want an easy way to save it. Mel
Oh great idea. Thank you. I love Pinterest. I try to put all my own recipes on there too. Will check it out.
Gorgeous photos as always Mel, and a lovely recipe. Funnily enough I’m just about to start roasting up some parsnips to make soup for lunch 😉 #TastyTuesdays
Nice compliment, thanks. Are you going to share the soup recipe you are making? Roasted parsnips sound perfect for soup! Mel
That looks delicious! Just what you need on a cold, rainy day. x
Thanks, that soup is definitely a winner in our house, with its sweetness and creamy texture, yummy! x Mel
This looks really delicious, I love soup and especially love that you didn’t add cream and that you added the spices. Will definitely give this a try. Coming over from #TastyTuesdays.
Thanks. Not having cream or butter in the soup made me think it would taste bland, but in the end, I honestly could not even taste the difference! Mel
This looks amazing (love the food styling) and is a firm favourite in this house! We like to add a little bit of cinammon when we garnish!Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays
Food styling… you definitely know how to make me blush! Thanks Vicki! Cinnamon sounds like a great idea. I will try adding some at the last minute next time I make this soup. x Mel
Looks and sounds delicious! Nothing better than a bowl of warming, tasty soup! 🙂
Thanks Jessica!
Oooh the spices in this sound perfect and I love your photo styling. Thank you for linking up to #recipeoftheweek. It’s always appreciated 🙂 I’ve Pinned and Tweeted this post and there’s a new linky just gone live – would love you to join in x
Thanks, it really is lovely soup. It took me ages to figure out how to make soup look pretty, and I am glad you found my attempts successful! x Mel
I like the sound of this. I love how easily people recipes to suit their needs. It just proves that feeding children with allergies need not be difficult or expensive.
My thoughts exactly! My next step for my little Jumpy is to try to make cakes with no eggs, dairy or wheat. Now that is what I call a challenge! Mel
This recipe looks delicious, the ginger must add a lovely zing to it! Can’t wait to try it. I’m a veggie so I love food like this. Great photos too. Very happy to discover you through your kind comment on my #PoCoLo post last week. (I’m playing catch-up, as you can tell!)
Ginger really does enhance the soup. I am glad you found me! Let me know what you think if you have a go at making it. Mel
I will do, thanks Mel!