Creamy Vegan Pumpkin Soup with Spiced Savory Granola. Warm, comforting with a crunchy savory granola topping, a real crowd-pleaser for Thanksgiving and all winter long.
Isn’t fall just awesome? The slight chill in the air, the beautiful colors, the beginning of hockey season (oh, wait, scratch that), the feel of the holidays slowly approaching… I love it. I mean, what’s not to like, right?
And you know what else is awesome? Pumpkins.
Pumpkins are like the superhero of the veggie world. You can pretty much do anything with them: pick them, carve them, use them to decorate your front porch and of course, my favorite, eat them.
I don’t think there’s one single pumpkin dish I don’t like. Sweet, savory, you name it. If it looks, smells or tastes like pumpkin, I’m all over it.
So over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing some of our favorite recipes, but we wanna know… What’s YOUR favorite pumpkin dish and why?
I’ll start: I have to say… Naomi’s (Vicky’s mother in law) pumpkin pie. Because it was the very first one I ever tried and it brings back great memories of the first fall I ever spent here in the US. And Vicky's vegan pumpkin soup. Because it's just awesome. As simple as that 🙂
Enjoy!
Ruth
Creamy Vegan Pumpkin Soup with Spiced Savory Granola
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
- Total Time: 55 mins
- Yield: 8-10 1x
Description
Creamy Vegan Pumpkin Soup with Spiced Savory Granola. Warm, comforting with a crunchy savory granola topping, a real crowd-pleaser for Thanksgiving and all winter long.
Ingredients
- 2 cups sliced leeks
- 3-15 ounce cans of organic pumpkin puree (make sure it's not pumpkin pie filling!)
- 3 medium gala or golden delicious apples, cored and quartered
- 2 medium sweet potatoes peeled and cut in large cubes
- 4 cups of water or enough to just cover the vegetables and apples
- 2 tsp powdered vegetarian "chicken" flavor bouillon
- 1 ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp black pepper ( or less if you don't like it spicy)
- ⅛ tsp ginger powder
- ½ tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 2 tbsp agave or maple syrup
- Savory granola for garnish
Instructions
- In a large soup pot combine leeks, pumpkin, apples and sweet potatoes. Add enough water just to cover
- Bring to a boil. Add bouillon, salt and spices
- Cover and simmer for about 30 minutes or until the sweet potatoes are tender
- Let the soup cool for at least 20 minutes . Puree in a blender, return to soup pot and add agave nectar or maple syrup. Simmer for an additional 10 minutes
- Garnish with savory granola right before serving
- Category: soup
- Cuisine: Vegan thanksgiving
Yolanda Tomas says
I usually don't like sweetening in my soup but the rest of it sounds yummy. I will be giving it a try. I have a couple of small pie pumpkins just dying to be turned into puree. I love the idea of the granola topping.
mayihavethatrecipe says
Absolutely! You can skip the sweetener and it will still be delicious. You can also use granny smith apples instead of gala or golden delicious, to make it more tart. Hope you like it!
Jenny @ BAKE says
This soup sounds incredible! I love the colour it's come out!
mayihavethatrecipe says
Thanks!! The soup by itself is awesome, but adding the granola makes it even better! Enjoy 🙂
Beth says
Your soup looks wonderful.
My favorite pumpkin recipe is probably a pumpkin cake with brown butter icing. Yum!
mayihavethatrecipe says
That sounds sooo good!! Feel free to share the recipe if you have it! 🙂
Valentina Kenney (@cookingweekends) says
the granola garnish is brilliant. love this.
mayihavethatrecipe says
Thanks!! I love your smokey chipotle parmesan fries!! They look soo good!
Rocky says
I LOVE pumpkin soup and this recipe looks delicious! Just bought some pumpkin cant wait to make this!
shosh says
I Love this recipe so much! its amazing, this website is amazing! If you make a cook book im going to be the first person to buy it!
mayihavethatrecipe says
Wow! Thank you!! We'll make sure to keep you posted 😉
alexanderwillowharvey says
yum! i dont have a pumpkin but lotsa butternut squashs so might give this a go
mayihavethatrecipe says
Absolutely! Should be delicious as well. Go for it!
Jenny says
Awesome Recipe 🙂
I love soup... Here is another one you might like.
http://www.wascene.com/food-drink/healthy-butternut-pumpkin-soup/
Thanks for sharing,
Jen
mayihavethatrecipe says
That looks delicious! Love the spices there. Thank you for sharing!