This super easy Spring Pea Soup combines some favorite flavors: sweet protein-rich English peas, white miso, avocado and some simple spices like fine black pepper and optional cayenne. This silky soup is served warm instead of steamy hot and will be ready in minutes. The taste is ah-mazing. I made this as a quickie lunch and felt super energized and satisfied after this creamy bowl.
So grab some spring peas at the store and make this soup! Plus - please take my easy/two-question HHL reader survey..
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It is funny how so many of the vegan protein powders and even plant-based "faux meat" products are now proud that they include "pea protein" instead of soy protein as their protein source. Well in spring it is delicious to go straight to the source by enjoying plenty of sweet, nutty, bright green fresh English peas.
These fresh and perky rounds are quite superior to their frozen year-round pea friends. If you have never tried fresh peas, now is your chance. This recipe is super easy and quite yummy. You can whip this up in ten minutes, easily!
White Miso Paste. If you do not keep this stuff in your fridge: do it. Why? Well it is a super easy ingredient to add salty, savory flavor to just about any food. I love miso flavors in fresh pesto, to season veggies, as a glaze for tofu and tempeh and of course miso soup! Miso is a fermented food which means it contains healthy "good" bacteria, aka probiotics. Other fermented foods include sauerkraut, kombucha, non-dairy yogurt, tempeh and kimchi.
recipe!..
Easy Miso Avocado English Pea Soup
vegan, serves 1-2
2 cups fresh English peas
2 teaspoon white miso paste
¼ - ½ avocado
½ cup water (or thicken to taste)
spices: dash of pepper, dash of cayenne
(no salt needed since the miso is quite salty!)
optional: ½ teaspoon tahini
Directions:
1. Boil some water on the stove. Add your peas to the boiling water and allow to cook for just under 2 minutes.
2. Drain the peas and pour the warm boiled peas in your high speed blender or food processor. Add the avocado and miso.
3. Start blending on low and slowly pour in the water until a sloshy mixture forms. As the peas blend the mixture will thicken nicely. Add spices as desired.
4. When the mixture is velvet-y and silky smooth, pour and serve. Enjoy as is, the temperature will be warm-ish and lovely.
Garnish: fresh avocado
Get creative! So many flavors you could add to this bowl. Harissa, mint, fresh herbs like basil or cilantro, some lemon zest and more.
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And more fresh pea soup.. Also try my Fresh Pea Almond Soup from last spring!.. 
Craving HOT pea soup? Try my homestyle pea soup.
Elizabeth says
Just made this for the first time and loved it. I made some changes to the recipe, I doubled everything. I used Mushy Peas because I couldn't find English peas. I used vegetable Better then Bouillon mixed with the water. I couldn't find white miso near me so I had to use red miso. It tasted sooo good though! I also decided to just put everything into my crock pot and let it cook all day and then used a potato masher to blend everything together which did leave some texture to the soup which was nice.
Cathy Pollack says
Brilliant! Absolutely delicious, and couldn't have been any easier. My teenage daughter is getting over a stomach bug and asked me to make "something bland" for her school lunch tomorrow. Given her physical state and specific request for "bland" I did not add anything to your basic recipe except a tiny twist of ground black pepper before I blended it. The flavor was so fresh and interesting with the savory undertone and slight saltiness from the miso, I wanted to eat it all myself. Fortunately it made plenty for her thermos and a small serving for me. 🙂 She's kind of picky but she loves your cookbooks so I know she will be eager to try this. (Can't believe we never made it from the HHVK book!)
Nicole Marie Edine says
This was super tasty. Thanks. I topped it with some chopped Italian field roast sausage. 🙂
kllmaca says
HI-
I was going to take your survey but none of the question 2 options applied to me. (and there was no option for 'none of the above') - I've been vegan (diet, and I try to stay vegan in my other non-food purchases) for almost 2 years.
LRFoto says
I'm allergic to soy. Is there an alternative to the miso paste for people like me?
Carly Van Hof Thomson says
Might have to try this tonight 🙂
I've been vegan for 13+ years, but find that I have gotten less strict about it as time goes on. I chose 75%+ of my meals are vegan, but truthfully, 100% of my meals are vegan, though I will occassionally taste something non-vegan (but always vegetarian).
I chose that I do use processed vegan foods, but truthfully try to avoid them, though I have a few staples: Earth Balance, Vegainaise, and Daiya.
Bonnie says
Gorgeous photos! I never though of combining avocado with miso, so I can't wait to try this recipe!
Jos says
I use the same recipe for the summer but I do not cook the peas. I place them frozen with the cold water and miso and check the seasoning. I have a Vitamix so it makes the job easy. Miso is salty so taste and either I add some salt or a little bit more miso as I like the taste. Also as a variation you can add some orange juice with the water. Great soup for the summer as I live in Arizona and try not to use a stove.
Nicole Brors says
This looks amazing! Have you ever thought of using ziplist for the recipes? I have a ziplist account and it's pretty awesome to be able to add recipes from all over the web and keep them in one place (besides Pinterest).
Jennifer says
LOVING everything about this! WOW! YUM!
Jo @ Including Cake says
This might be a silly question…but what are 'English' peas? I am English and I just thought peas were peas! 🙂
Guest says
This looks so comforting and warming. Love the survey! I personally choose not to use any fake meat/cheese or added oil (but don't avoid unprocessed fat like <3avocado/seeds/tahini) but I just choose/alter your recipes to meet my tastes. I particularly love all your natural, healthy hot/cold topped salads, which has made me really crave salad again!! Everything I've made has turned out amazing. Thank you for all you do.
Guest says
This looks so comforting and warming. Love the survey! I personally choose not to use any fake meat/cheese or added oil (but don't avoid unprocessed fat like <3avocado/seeds/tahini) but I just choose/alter your recipes to meet my tastes. I particularly love all your natural, healthy hot/cold topped salads, which has made me really crave salad again!! Everything I've made has turned out amazing. Thank you for all you do.