This Creamy Vegan Tomato and Zucchini Soup packs a nutritious punch without sacrificing flavor!
Healthy vegan smoothies really are beautiful things. The fact that I can drink spinach at breakfast and not even realize it always amazes me.
Maybe that’s what I love so much about soup (which I’ve also been craving lately). They are so warming, versatile AND you can easily sneak in lots of veggies…just like a smoothie.
But instead of slurping up a delicious tomato soup with a straw, we eat it with with a spoon. Oh, and I guess there’s a slight temperature difference too. But you know what I mean.
My friend made Joy the Baker’s Tomato Zucchini Soup the other day and I knew I had to turn it into a vegan recipe.
This Creamy Vegan Tomato Zucchini Soup is so healthy and full of plant-based nutrition!! Just look at all the vegetables that go into this soup.
Carrots, celery and zucchini, oh my!
Ingredients You’ll Need for Vegan Tomato Zucchini Soup
Like I mentioned above, this tomato soup is loaded with veggies. Apart from the veggies, this recipe mainly calls for pantry staples, making it an easy meal for any night of the week! Below I’ll list out all the ingredients you’ll need to make this creamy, healthy soup:
- Carrots
- Celery
- Zucchini
- Onion
- Garlic
- Crushed tomatoes
- Vegetable broth
- Cashews
- Water
- Dried thyme
- Bay leaves
- Salt
- Red pepper flakes (optional)
See! Mostly just simple veggies and pantry staples!
How to Make Vegan Tomato Zucchini Soup
To make this Creamy Vegan Tomato Zucchini Soup you begin by sautéing lots of chopped up carrots, celery, zucchini, and onion in a large pot.
Once they’re tender you add in a bunch of tomatoes, vegetable broth, garlic and spices.
Then, just like a smoothie, you blend everything up to create a beautiful, red and flavorful base.
Then comes the special part: the vegan cashew cream!
The cashew cream takes this vegan tomato soup to the next level. It adds richness and creaminess and turns this dish from good to great! It’s comforting and super healthy all at the same time.
Yeah, you’re gonna want to try this one.
Creamy Vegan Tomato Zucchini Soup
This Creamy Vegan Tomato and Zucchini Soup packs a nutritious punch without sacrificing flavor!
Ingredients
- 1 cup diced carrots
- 1 cup diced celery
- 4 cups diced zucchini
- 1 large onion, diced
- 5 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 2 bay leaves
- salt and red pepper flakes
- 2 28 ounce cans crushed tomatoes
- 4 cups vegetable broth
- 3/4 cup cashews, soaked
- 1 cup water
Instructions
- Before making this soup, cover your cashews with water in a bowl and let them soak for a few hours.
- In a large saucepan, sautee the carrots, celery, zucchini and onion for about 10 minutes, until the onion is translucent and the vegetables are soft. Stir in the garlic, thyme, bay leaves, and a pinch of salt and red pepper flakes and stir well. Let cook 1-2 more minutes.
- Add in the tomatoes and vegetable broth and stir everything well. Bring everything to a boil and then reduce the heat to a simmer and allow the soup to cook for about 30 minutes. You want all of the vegetables to be very soft and tender.
- Remove the bay leaves and then with an immersion blender, or in batches in a regular blender, puree the soup until smooth. Pour the pureed soup back into the large saucepan.
- Rinse out your blender and drain and rinse your cashews. Place the cashews and 1 cup of water in your blender and blend until smooth and creamy. Pour the cashew cream into the pureed soup and stir well.
- Heat until warm and serve!
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Nutrition Information
Yield 8 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 181Total Fat 7gSaturated Fat 1gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 5gCholesterol 0mgSodium 891mgCarbohydrates 27gNet Carbohydrates 0gFiber 6gSugar 14gSugar Alcohols 0gProtein 7g
Nutrition information is a rough estimate provided by Nutrionix and should be used for informational purposes only.
Th says
This was such a warming & delicioys soup. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Faith says
So glad you enjoyed it! I’m having it for lunch today!
Pat says
I made this tonight and it is FABULOUS! I like a little more tomato flavor so I pureed two additional cans of diced tomatoes and added a teaspoon of basil. Wonderfully healthy and soooo delicious! I shared this link on my FB page as well. Thank you for this great recipe.
Faith says
Pat, that’s music to my ears! Yay! I’m so glad you enjoyed this recipe and found little tweaks to make it even better. I’ve actually been meaning to make this recipe as it’s so delicious and full of nutrients. That’s for sharing the recipe on your FB page too. And that’s for letting me know that you had a good experience with this recipe. Enjoy!
Aline Charbonneau says
Getting ready to make this soup for supper. I have everything fresh from my garden, except the cashews of course. Can’t wait to taste.
Faith says
Oh yum! I love this soup and have been wanting to make it for a while! Let me know how you like it!
josephine bourke-cockerill says
Thank you so much for this recipe. I’m just about to give it a try. I have one question, do you know if it will freeze OK? I’m hoping to save some in the freezer. Many thanks
Faith says
You’re so welcome Josephine! I hope you enjoy it as it’s one of my favorite recipes on the blog. I’ve never frozen it before so I can’t say for sure. I would recommend freezing it without the cashew cream and then adding that in after you defrost it. Let me know how it works out!
Ashlae says
Made this for dinner tonight and it was SO DANG good. I served it with homemade garlic bread and I’m pretty sure it’s officially my new favorite dinner ever.
Faith says
That’s great news Ashlae!! I’m honored you made one of my recipes…I love your blog! Thanks so much for letting me know you enjoyed it! It’s one of my favorites…I’ve been eating it the past two weeks straight:)
Leigha @ The Yooper Girl says
The cashews look just like cream in the picture! I had a creamy tomato basil soup tonight for dinner but this sounds even better with all the other veggies. Not to mention it’s vegan, which the one that I ate was definitely not, haha 🙂 but it was already made for me so I’m not complaining!
Faith says
Doesn’t it? Thanks Leigha! And you can never go wrong with free food! I’m sure that tomato basil soup was amazing…it sounds like it!
Tina Muir says
You know whats funny Faith, today I HAD oatmeal for the first time in a while, it sounded better than cereal…..maybe we have switched haha. This sounds wooonndderrffuulll! Perfect for a cold day like today! Thanks for linking up 🙂
Faith says
Haha no way! Maybe there’s something in the air;) Thanks Tina!
Liv @ Healthy Liv says
I love smoothies, but being in a college dorm room, oatmeal is the easiest thing to make every day, so I don’t let myself get tired of it 😉 Love creamy tomato soup and grilled cheese! And I love that you snuck zucchini into it, too. I just pinned the recipe!
Faith says
You gotta do what you gotta do in college:) And I’ll always love oatmeal! Nothing beats a warm panini and a big bowl o’ soup. I hope you can make it soon! It’s my favorite soup recipe I’ve made so far!
Sarah says
This sounds so warm and comforting right now! I think I even have everything to make it!
Faith says
Do it Sarah! It’s my favorite soup I’ve made so far:)
Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner says
ooh I love the addition of cashews! Thanks for linking up with us today-there is nothing better than tomato soup!
Faith says
Thanks Deborah! I know this soup is so similar to my last one, but their just so easy, nutritious and comforting! I can’t seem to stop making them;)
Pragati // Simple Medicine says
Your pictures are beautiful! And this soup is right up my ally. I love soup. Filling, warming, easy to pack in a lot of nutrients. It’s basically perfect.
Faith says
Thanks so much Pragati! And I totally agree with you. Soup is just the way to go when you want something comforting, but nutritious!