This Low Calorie Purple Sweet Potato Soup is just 149 calorie, plus it’s vegan and gluten-free.
Packed with good for you ingredients, this healthy purple sweet potato soup is the perfect snack. Or have 2 servings for a light lunch or dinner.
You can make this purple sweet potato recipe with any color of sweet potatoes. But inspired by the “Blue Zone” book and show I wanted to make a blue zone meal that anyone can have.
Low Calorie Purple Sweet Potato Soup
What You’ll Find in this Article:
Ingredients in Healthy Purple Potato Soup
I like to use canned coconut milk in this recipe. But you can swap it for heavy cream if you prefer.
And I used red onion to further boost the pretty colors in the purple sweet potato recipe, but any color of onion will work.
Shopping List for Healthy Purple Sweet Potato Soup:
- Olive oil spray
- Red onion
- Celery
- Garlic
- Dried oregano
- Ground ginger
- Ground cumin
- Vegetable stock
- Purple sweet potatoes
- Salt and pepper (see nutrition section for low sodium tips)
- Lite coconut milk (see recipe card below for more information)
Special Note: See the recipe card below to choose how many servings you want to make. It will then supply you with measurements.
How to Make Healthy Purple Sweet Potato Soup
If you don’t have an immersion blender you can use a countertop blender. Simply let the soup cool, then add to the blender. Vent it (because of pressure) and blend until smooth. Then add back to the pot and continue cooking.
This healthy soup will hold for 5 days in the fridge and up to a month in the freezer.
How to Make Healthy Purple Potato Soup:
- Heat a large pot over medium heat. Spray with olive oil.
- Add in the onions and celery and cook until softened (about 10 minutes).
- Add in the garlic, oregano, ginger, and cumin. Cook for 1-2 minutes until fragrant.
- Pour in the vegetable stock, and add in the purple sweet potatoes, salt and pepper.
- Simmer for 20-30 minutes until the potatoes are for tender, then remove the pot form the heat.
- Use an immersion blender to blend the soup well (alternatively you can cool it and add to a blender to blend).
- Pour in the coconut milk and mix well.
- Return to the heat and simmer for an additional 10 minutes.
- Taste and add more salt and pepper as needed, then serve hot.
Low Calorie Purple Sweet Potato Soup Recipe
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Low Calorie Purple Sweet Potato Soup
Equipment
Ingredients
- Olive oil spray
- 1 red onion chopped
- 2 celery stalks chopped
- 3 garlic cloves chopped
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 3 cups vegetable stock
- 6 small purple sweet potatoes peeled and cut into cubes
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 can (13.66 oz) lite coconut milk
Instructions
- Heat a large pot over medium heat. Spray with olive oil.
- Add in the onions and celery and cook until softened (about 10 minutes).
- Add in the garlic, oregano, ginger, and cumin. Cook for 1-2 minutes until fragrant.
- Pour in the vegetable stock, and add in the purple sweet potatoes, salt and pepper.
- Simmer for 20-30 minutes until the potatoes are for tender, then remove the pot form the heat.
- Use an immersion blender to blend the soup well (alternatively you can cool it and add to a blender to blend).
- Pour in the coconut milk and mix well.
- Return to the heat and simmer for an additional 10 minutes.
- Taste and add more salt and pepper as needed, then serve hot.
Nutrition
Nutrition and Calories in Purple Sweet Potato Soup
Low Sodium Tips: To lower the sodium remove the salt all together and at the very end add the juice of 1/2 lemon. Taste and add more lemon juice as needed.
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