You won’t believe it’s celery! This creamy celery soup is everything a soup should be – healthy, comforting, and delicious. It has celery, potatoes, onions, garlic, broth, and olive oil. So easy and so good.
Celery can taste good!
So there’s this new craze out there about celery juice. I’m in awe of anyone who can down a glass of celery juice like it’s water! I certainly can’t. But I still love my greens and eating healthy. This soup provides a way to incorporate celery into your diet but with a lot more flavor.
I came up with this recipe when I realized I often had extra celery. I always seem to have extra celery in the refrigerator from when I buy it to make chicken soup. If only the store would let me buy one or two stalks of celery at a time! But they don’t, hence this recipe. So I whipped this up and was pleasantly surprised! Who knew celery can be so good?
creamy celery soup Ingredients List:
- Olive oil
- Onion
- Garlic
- Celery
- Potatoes
- Vegetable broth
- Salt and pepper
Soups are not a science:
If there is any category of food that doesn’t have to be exact, it’s the soup category. I rarely follow a recipe when it comes to soup; it’s always just a little bit of this and a little bit of that. That’s what’s so great about soups – you taste as you go and adjust to make it right! It’s not like a dessert where you need exact measurements or the right ingredients. If you have some olive oil, veggies, and spices you are good to go!
Salting soups:
People have different preferences when it comes to salt, therefore taste as you go and adjust as you like. If you’re using vegetable broth keep in mind that it often comes salted so you may not need salt at all. If you’re using a low sodium broth or water you’ll probably need to add salt. The less salt you use the healthier it is and you can’t take away salt so add it slowly! If you did add too much by mistake add a potato and some water and that will help balance it out.
Variations and substitutes:
- You can use purple onions, shallots, or leeks instead of regular onions.
- Any kind of oil to sauté the onions will work.
- Use water instead of broth.
- Use any potatoes you have or like.
- Add any herbs or aromatics that you think would go well!
- Add any veggies you want 🙂
Serving suggestions:
- Toast a piece of bread, dip it in, and enjoy the crunch!
- Have a small bowl as an appetizer followed by our healthy brown rice sushi.
- Add some sour cream for a dairy option and an extra creamy taste.
- Enjoy our colorful quinoa salad and some crackers on the side to turn it into a complete meal.
Creamy Celery Soup
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 cloves of garlic, peeled
- 6 stalks of celery
- 3 yukon gold potatoes, peeled and cubed
- 1 cup vegetable broth
- 1.5 cups water
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- Water to dilute if too thick
Instructions
- Heat oil in a saucepot over medium-high heat and add the onion. Cook for around 3 minutes or until the onions have softened and are lightly browned. Mix them as they cook.
- Add the celery, potatoes, and garlic, and mix well. Stir for around 5 minutes or until the vegetables have softened a bit.
- Add the broth and bring it to a boil.
- Lower the heat to a simmer and let it cook for around 30 mintues or until you can easily stick a fork through the potatoes.
- Let the soup cool and then use a hand blender to blend it up. If the soup is too thick add some water until you like the consistency.
- Taste the soup and adjust the seasoning as needed.
