30-minute vegan asparagus soup recipe from The Healthy Mind cookbook! Topped with pistachio cream, this is the best soup you will ever eat.
Hello friends! This is an updated post from 2015, but one of my all-time favorite recipes that I thought you would love to see again. Enjoy!
This recipe is for roasted vegan asparagus soup from The Healthy Mind cookbook by Rebecca Katz. It's the best asparagus soup I've ever had, topped with an incredible pistachio cream. Please give it a try!
The Healthy Mind cookbook by Rebecca Katz is completely devoted to 'eating for your brain' and being aware of how food affects our emotions, learning, and consciousness. It begins with a few chapters preparing you for what you need to know to fuel not only your brain, but your 'second brain', the stomach. Rebecca Katz is friendly and personable, making this less like a text book and more like an inspiration to better your life. The Healthy Mind is full of delicious sounding recipes like classic magic mineral broth, arugula salad with roasted cherries and goat cheese, pan seared curried scallops, basil cashew cream, chamomile lavender lemonade, and meyer lemon pudding with fresh strawberries. I chose to make Rebecca Katz' recipe for roasted asparagus soup with pistachio cream. This vegan spring soup really blew me away. Such a simple recipe packed with so much flavor! Rebecca Katz has made me a true believer of "feeding your mind."
30-minute vegan asparagus soup recipe from The Healthy Mind cookbook! Topped with pistachio cream, this is the best soup you will ever eat.
- 7 cups vegetable broth divided
- 1 cup roasted and salted shelled pistachios
- 1 Tablespoon fresh mint chopped
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 lbs fresh asparagus trimmed
- 3 Tablespoons olive oil divided
- 1 cup yellow onion diced
- 2 leeks white part only, chopped
- 1 yukon gold potato diced
- Salt and pepper
- 2 cloves garlic chopped
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
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Make your pistachio cream. Combine 1 cup vegetable broth and next 3 ingredients, through lemon juice in a blender. Puree until smooth.
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Roast your asparagus. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Cut off the asparagus tips and spread evenly on the lined baking sheet. Drizzle 1 Tablespoon olive oil onto asparagus and toss with tongs until evenly coated. Roast for 10 minutes. Place asparagus tips to the side for serving.
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Meanwhile, start your soup. Heat remaining 2 Tablespoons olive oil in a large soup pot over medium high heat. Add the onion and leek and saute until they begin to soften, about 3 minutes. Add potato and season with salt and pepper. Saute until onions are browned and potato is soft, about 10 minutes. Add garlic and stir to combine.
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Add 1 cup of vegetable broth, and scrape the bottom of the pot to loosen browned bits. Add remaining 5 cups of broth, and asparagus stalks, and bring to a boil. Simmer for 5 minutes. Using an immersion blender, blend until smooth. Stir in 1 cup of the pistachio cream.
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Serve with remaining pistachio cream, asparagus tips, roasted pistachios, mint leaves, and lemon slices.
Try our amazing vegan split pea soup recipe!
Cheers!
Trish
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Disclaimer: I was given a copy of The Healthy Mind in exchange for a review by Bloggingforbooks. The photos and opinions are all my own. Recipe copyright 2015 by Rebecca Katz.
Jenny
Could Cashews be substituted for the pistachios by chance??
Patricia Bozeman
They definitely could! For cashews though, it might be better to use raw ones that are soaked overnight so they get nice and creamy.
Ushmana Rai
Asparagus soup is the perfect epitome for spring! The soup looks hearty and perfect for a warm evening.
Definitely making this for the weekend!
Patricia Bozeman
This is one of my favorite recipes ever! I hope you like it as much as I do.
dishofdailylife
This looks so good! It has been so damp and rainy here that I am craving soup! I'll be giving this a try!
Jenna
This is a beautiful soup. Love your blog name!
Holly | Twisted Tastes
That looks decadent. I love asparagus. I'd love to try it paired with pistachio. Cheers!
Ali @ Home & Plate
I love asparagus and think this soup sounds delicious especially with the addition of pistachios. Yum.
Holley Grainger
Love this recipe so much that I included it in my asparagus recipe roundup today! Check it out! http://holleygrainger.com/ways-to-make-asparagus/
Patricia Bozeman
Awesome thanks Holly!
Ttrockwood
Step 4 says add your onion and leeks.....
What onion??? Not listed in ingredients-should there be onion too?
Patricia Bozeman
Woops! Yes, there should be a cup of diced yellow onion in the ingredients. I fixed it. Sorry about that!
Carolsue
My favorite soup is Boston Clam Chowder
fromcalculustocupcakes2013
This looks delicious! I love asparagus!
jacquie
lentil soup
Holly E
I love homemade Minestrone Soup.
Brittany Koelmel (@BrittanyBellKoe)
My mothers home made chicken soup!
Jen and Emily @ Layers of Happiness
This looks soo comforting and yummy! Snow is on the forecast for tomorrow and I could totally go for a big bowl of this soup! 🙂
Patricia Bozeman
Thanks Jen and Emily! Pretty sure Spring is hitting us for good at this point. Totally not complaining. I'm ready!
Maikki
Pistachio cream is such a brilliant idea 🙂
sarahcttrsarah
plain ole veggie soup!