A light and warming carrot and celery soup. Mildly sweet from the carrot, this vegan soup is low-fat, healthy and perfect for dunking freshly baked bread into.
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Sometimes a light soup is exactly what your body needs. This carrot celery soup is a clear soup (thinner texture) using inexpensive ingredients with a mildly sweet taste from the vibrant carrot pieces.
- I find that a carrots and celery recipe just can’t ever go wrong, the union of these two vegetables are perfect, especially with added onions.
- I like to make this soup whenever I need something warm, a light meal, or feeling under the weather.
- Easy to make, only one pot is needed and the whole soup is made with a few simple steps and is ready in less than 30 minutes, perfect for a chilly day.
- Healthy eating can taste great! Gentle on the gut and adaptable.
- Caters for specialty diets; vegan, gluten free, nut free, dairy free, grain free, vegetarian.
Ingredients and Variations
Notes on some of the ingredients, the full list of ingredients and their measurements can be found in the recipe card below.
This healthy soup uses basic ingredients.
Fresh celery only select plump light green celery this will yield a lighter taste and less bitterness.
Fresh carrots in soup are wonderful. You don’t need to peel the carrots, so long as they are cleaned well. If you decide to use different colored carrots, note that this may change the color of this soup
Brown onion will need to be diced. Sometimes I use red onion or even white onion, whatever I have on hand.
Ginger - use fresh ginger for the best peppery taste. I like to use about a 2" chunk (5cm in length).
The flavorings include extra virgin olive oil, salt, fresh garlic cloves, black pepper (or cayenne pepper) and thyme. Sometimes, I feel like taking this soup up a notch by replacing the water and salt with vegetable stock, or water and vegetable bouillon cubes.
This soup can be used as a base soup to add some of your favorite ingredients too, fresh herbs such as fresh parsley or dry herbs such as a small amount of rosemary are always wonderful, and for something a little more filling try adding beans such as navy beans.
Add freshly squeezed lemon juice for a little bit of sourness, I love a bit of fresh lemon in soup.
There are also times when I make this an oil-free soup by sweating the onions with a splash of water instead of olive oil (low calories) I opt for this method when I'm aiming to cleanse, also omitting the salt. For more on cleansing, take a look at my 369 Cleanse review
How To Make Carrot and Celery Soup
Prepare the Veggies
For the best results dice the celery, carrot, and onion as uniformly as possible, this creates an aesthetically pleasing soup and even cooking.
Sweat the Onions, Carrot and Celery
In a large pot, heat up olive oil on medium-high heat and add the diced onion. Sweat until softened and semi-translucent.
Stir through the diced carrot and celery, evenly coating in the onion and oil, and sweat for another five minutes with the lid on.
Cook and Simmer Soup
Add the cups of water, crushed garlic, crushed ginger, thyme and salt and bring to a soft boil, with the lid on.
Once boiling turn the heat down to medium-low and simmer until all veggies are tender (about 10 minutes), again with the lid on. Serve warm.
Pro Tips
Use a bottom heavy pot (affiliate link) such as a dutch oven to prevent contents from burning.
This soup can be made smooth by using an immersion blender (affiliate link) or a regular blender to blend all the ingredients. To do this, let the soup cool down for 5 minutes after simmering and then blend.
Storage
Leftover soup can be stored in an airtight container once it has cooled to room temperature and then kept in the fridge for up to 7 days.
Can be frozen for up to 3 months in a reusable freezer bag (affiliate link), I lay these flat in my freezer so I can stack them.
What to Serve With?
Dunk some fresh crusty bread into this vegetable soup, try it with either freshly baked dinner rolls, damper, for something a little more special, try my fresh oregano bread scrolls.
This soup is a great option as a starter, follow it with vegan shepherds pie, vegan vegetable and nut rice, gluten free vegan lasagna or even vegan mushroom pasta.
Or for something more fun try my vegan sausage rolls, which are made with real vegetables (vegan recipes can be so much fun!)
More Vegan Soups
Did you enjoy making this carrot and celery soup recipe? Here are some similar simple recipes perfect for those winter months.
Check out my vibrant vegetable borscht recipe featuring carrots and beets.
If you’re looking for another recipe with carrots in soup, try this pumpkin and carrot soup or another soup using celery carrot and onion is my popular Lebanese lentil soup recipe, it’s one of my all-time favorites.
You can also check out this ginger and carrot soup.
Did you make this? I'd love to know! Leave me a comment below with a ★★★★★ rating or tag @plantbasedfolk on social media.
Recipe
Carrot and Celery Soup (Easy + Vegan)
Ingredients
Instructions
- In a large pot, heat up olive oil on med-high heat and add diced onions. Sweat until semi-translucent. Add the diced carrot and celery, stir them through the onion ensuring they are coated in the oil and sweat for another five minutes with the lid on.4 med Carrots, 4 ribs Celery, 1 small Onion, 1 tablespoon Olive oil
- Add water, crushed garlic, grated ginger, fresh thyme (see note #1) and salt and bring to a boil. Turn the heat down to med-low and cook until all veggies are tender. Serve warm.2 inches Ginger, 4 cloves Garlic, 1 handful Thyme leaves, 1 Salt, 6 cups Water
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Nutrition
N.B., nutrition info is an estimate based on an online nutrition calculator. This will vary based on the specific ingredients you use.
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Kendra
This carrot and celery soup recipe was a saver! It’s the only food I could get my sick kids to have, even a few sips here and there. Thank you
Nada
what a lovely and easy soup. perfect when you want a little warm side!
Cori
Thank you for this simple recipe!! I have lots of carrots and celery leftover from another recipe. This will be perfect!
Michelle
succchhh a delicious and simple soup!
Ned
I looked up celery soup and came across this one, it caught my eye as I had a bit of carrots to use too. If you’re looking for a light soup, I recommend this one.
Eddy Van Beeck
It turned out delicious since I take medicine for cancer I was looking for a meal that was easy on the stomach and at the same time delicious, thanks.
Janelle
Hi Eddy,
Thank you for making this soup, I am happy to read it was delicious and what you needed.
Have an amazing day.
J
Carole
Was looking for a celery soup that did not have cream in it, this one is perfect, I have everything to make right away. I will make enough to freeze. Probably will make into a cream like soup, by putting all into food processor. (Old lady cannot handle to much chunky food, as much as I love them)
Janelle
Processing this carrot and celery soup is a wonderful idea Carole.
Enjoy!
Gen
Made a large batch of this celery and carrot soup, froze a portion of it which I defrost for when a light soup is needed
Kerri
Exactly what I needed. A light vegetable soup. Thank you
Janelle
I am happy to read it!
monika
HOW MUCH SALT?
Janelle
Hi Monika,
As the recipe advises, it's per your taste. Start with a small spoonful and work your way up from there until you like the level of salt.
Enjoy
J