A few nights ago I posted a photo of this soup on Instagram, and many of you requested the recipe. And I do not blame you! This creamy, vibrant, warming, wellness-infused soup is off-the-charts delicious and healthy. I hope you can cozy up to a bowl of this soup very soon! Get my recipe for Meyer Lemon, Ginger Garlic, Turmeric Curry, Pasta-Potato Soup..
Sunshine Broth. Sometimes I crave a hearty stew, but with a non-tomato-y base. One that is rich and creamy, but infused with unique and vibrant flavors like lemon, ginger, garlic, bay leaf, onion, turmeric and potato. This soup gets thick and creamy from the pasta and the potato starch, yet stays thin and light from the astringent lemon. Using a Meyer lemon makes things less tart than a normal lemon. The Meyer lemon serves up smooth and sassy, sunshine-filled spoonfuls.
The ingredients for these photos got a bit softer than the first day I served everything -- but still delicious, so who cares! 🙂
Wellness Soup. Oh my gosh, this soup is an immunity-boosting powerhouse! Check out these ingredients which may help boost your immune system..
- lemon
- cayenne
- garlic
- ginger
- turmeric
- shiitake
Lemons! I have to give a big shout-out thank you to my friend Cat who gave me these freshly-picked, giant, kinda-oddly-shaped-and-unique, beautiful, fragrant Meyer lemons from her tree. Thank you! Produce ALWAYS tastes better when it is home grown, and especially when given as a gift!
I love serving this soup with a fresh roll, toasted and slathered in vegan mayo. But that's just me.
Meyer Lemon Ginger Garlic Turmeric Curry Pasta-Potato Soup
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Published 03/09/2015
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 large sweet onion, chopped
- 1 Russet potato, peeled and chopped
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 cup spelt pasta, pennè used
- 4 cups vegetable broth
- 5 shiitake mushrooms
- 1-2 teaspoon fresh ginger, peeled and chopped
- 5 cloves garlic, whole or chopped
- 2 Meyer lemons (or 1 large), juiced (no seeds)
- ¼ cup+ nutritional yeast
- 1 heaping teaspoon curry powder
- 2 teaspoon turmeric (Ojio brand used, love its color)
- ½ teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
- ½ teaspoon pink salt
- 4+ pinches cayenne
- 1-2 cups leafy greens
- optional: add cooked chickpeas or white beans or lentils for a little ore oomph + added nutrition
Instructions
- In a large soup pot, add the olive oil, onion, bay leaf. Saute until onions become browned on edges.
- Pour in the veggie broth and add the potato, lemon juice, mushrooms, ginger and garlic. Bring to a boil, then cover with lid and reduce head to low. Simmer, covered for about ten minutes, to cook the pasta and potatoes.
- Stir in the curry, turmeric, nutritional yeast, salt, cayenne and black pepper. Simmer uncovered, on low until the soup is thickened to your desired consistency.
- Right before serving, add the leafy greens over top the soup and cover pot with lid for a few minutes to wilt the greens. Serve steamy and warm with a few pinches of nutritional yeast on top. I always serve with a toasted roll slathered in vegenaise. Note: You can add some legumes like chickpeas to this stew if you'd like, you may want to add more broth also.
Yield: 4 large servings
Prep Time: 00 hrs. 10 mins.
Cook time: 00 hrs. 25 mins.
Total time: 35 mins.
Tags: soup,turmeric,dinner,wellness,lemon,curry,ginger,
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Lou says
This is one of my favourite soups. I keep coming back to the recipe and it has never failed. So delicious. My husband and I call it sunshine soup. Thank you for posting it.
Srivani Yogini says
I made this soup on the weekend. I LOVE anything lemon and this soup is just so chock-full of healthy tasty goodness, I had to try it. It was delicious!!!! A huge it. I did add some chickpeas since I had a half-can left over from a separate meal... very good addition. The only problem with the soup: it was eaten way too quickly... hubby left me no leftovers! 🙂 I'll be making this again. Thanks for the great recipe Kathy.
Anna says
This soup was such a big hit with my family, I made it two nights in a row! I can always count on Healthy Happy Life for unique and flavorful recipes. Thank you!
Kathy Patalsky says
So happy to hear that Anna!
RockMyVeganSocks says
I love lemons! And love finding creative, new ways of using them. I'm *just* starting to see meyer lemons at the farmer's market up here in NorCal and this looks like the perfect way to use them =)
Anni says
Wow, pasta AND potatoes in one dish, that´s brilliant!! gotta try this one out, the texture looks so smooth and creamy. Thanks for the share!
Kelly says
This looks so flavorful! I Love lemon in soups, and I will have to try this out!
Nicole {VeganShowOff.com} says
This looks like such a delicious spring stew! I love vegenaise and put it on everything. I've actually started buying the reduced fat kind since I go through so much of it (really good as well!). I've never thought to put in on a roll and dunk it in soup before though! Awesome idea : )
Kathy Patalsky says
The reduced fat kind is actually really really good!! I am loyal to the purple cap grape seed 🙂 And oh my gosh vegenaise and soup = perfection. Gives any soup an edge.
Florian @ContentednessCooking says
Very neat combination you have here. Can imagine the mouth-watering combination of flavors. I like to make my own vegan mayo and have made one based on avocado and cashews in one of my blog's recipes. I wonder if you have a recipe for the vegan mayo here?
Kathy Patalsky says
I am such a hardcore Vegenaise / Follow Your Heart fan that I know I 'could' make vegan mayo, but I love the brand and product, so that is one ingredient I always buy. Maybe one day I will get adventurous though.
Julia Ralston says
This looks wonderful, can't wait to try. And a "high-five" to the vegan mayo toasted roll, I so love veganese, on just about everything. 🙂
Kathy Patalsky says
thank you! 🙂 I love how we are all connected via our Vegenaise passion, haha
Millie | Add A Little says
This looks amazing and the lemon rice soup sounds wonderful too!
Kathy Patalsky says
Thanks millie! The rice soup is another soup perfect for spring, a little sunshine in a bowl.
Mary Lawrence says
I feel the same way about tomato-based soups, I like them, but it can get a little repetitive. All that wellness-goodness in this soup is amazing. It looks like love in a bowl.
Kathy Patalsky says
Yes, right?? I love tomato-infused soups, but the astringent, obvious tomato flavor can drown out or just not mesh well with lighter flavors like ginger and curry and mushroom. So i adore a lemon-turmeric broth!