Smooth Sweet Potato Soup

Course
Healthy Soup Recipes, Healthy Thanksgiving Recipes

Servings

1 family

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup Onion, Diced
1/3 cup Celery, Diced
3 Tbsp Leeks, Diced
2 Cloves of Garlic, Minced
6-7 cups Low Sodium Vegetable Stock
1 1/2 lbs Sweet Potatoes, Peeled and Diced
1 stick Cinnamon
1/4 tsp Nutmeg
1 tsp Real Salt (Optional)
1 tsp White Pepper
1/2 cup Almond Milk or Coconut Milk
2 Tbsp Fresh Sage, Finely Chopped
1/4 cup Sunflower Seeds (Optional)
1/8 cup Cranberries, for Garnish (Optional)
Cinnamon, for Garnish

INSTRUCTIONS

Heat ¼ cup of vegetable broth in large soup pot over medium heat. Sauté onions, celery, and leeks for 2 minutes. Then add garlic and sauté for another minute.

Add 4 cups of remaining vegetable broth, sweet potatoes, cinnamon stick, and nutmeg. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until potatoes are tender, about 10 minutes.

Remove cinnamon stick.

Use immersion blender or pour contents into a blender in batches. Blend until smooth.

Pour soup back into pot (if using a blender). Add almond milk. Then slowly add remaining broth according to preferred consistency.

Add salt and pepper.

Ladle soup into bowls. Sprinkle sunflower seeds, sage, and cranberries in each bowl and serve.