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Healthy Roasted Sweet Potato Soup – No Butter No Cream

Make a delicious roasted sweet potato soup to warm up in this cooler weather. Roasting veggies add so much more flavor and can be done ahead of time. Sweet potatoes are in plenty this time of the year as well healthy, nutritious and inexpensive. Use fresh cream or yogurt for an indulgent treat or coconut cream to make it dairy-free or vegan.

Nothing is more perfect in winter than a bowl of comforting roasted sweet potato soup made with yogurt or coconut cream.

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Is it cooler where you are already? It’s supposed to be a rainy weekend here for us. The evenings are fairly cooler these days too. The old feeling in the throat from the change of weather is getting the kids edgy so I started making my spiced ginger tea this week. We love the warmth that drink brings during this cooler weather.

And of course, now it’s that time of the year when soup always is a treat. The kids are already talking about going to our winter default menu of soup, salad, and bread. Works great this time of the year.

One of my favorite things about veggie soup is when I can roast the veggies. The flavor added to the veggies when you caramelize them is different than just chopping them and adding them to the soup. If you have not tried it you must – It does take a little longer to make the soup but the flavor added is huge.

Roast veggies ahead of time.

To make my life a little simpler? I often roast veggies ahead of time. For example, I would roast a batch of sweet potatoes, butternut squash, potatoes, carrots all together on one day and save them in the fridge. Then during the week I just use the veggie I need to make my soup. That way soup is a 2o minute job in the evening.

Nothing is more perfect in winter than a bowl of comforting roasted sweet potato soup made with yogurt or coconut cream.

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Let’s talk ingredients and substitutes (Save/Pin)

  • Sweet potatoes – I like using the orange sweet potatoes which gives a pretty color to the soup but the other sweet potatoes no matter what color are just as delicious.
  • Onion – I love the sweet red onion adds to soups. Normally I would prefer to roast the onion and garlic as well. But in this case, I try to keep the pretty orange color of the soup.
  • Garlic – a little goes a long way so, add small fresh garlic. If you are like me that a few roasted garlic works a treat.
  • Nutmeg – freshly grated nutmeg over soups is always a great flavor but feel free to omit it.
  • Thyme – add a nice flavor to sweet potato. If you don’t want thyme another great addition would be half a teaspoon of cumin powder.
  • Milk – I love adding milk to my soups instead of cream. This one, in particular, is already thick and smooth when blended so the milk adds just the right amount of richness and thickness. 
  • Cornstarch – the purpose of the cornflour in this recipe is to prevent the milk for curdling when cooking. It’s best to never overheat the soup once milk is added.
Nothing is more perfect in winter than a bowl of comforting roasted sweet potato soup made with yogurt or coconut cream.

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Nothing is more perfect in winter than a bowl of comforting roasted sweet potato soup made with yogurt or coconut cream.

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Ingredients

  • 3 large (1lbs) Sweet potatoes
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1/2 onion chopped finely (about 1/2 cup chopped)
  • 1 small garlic minced (about 1 tsp)
  • 2  Bay leaves
  • 1 tbsp Fresh thyme leaves or (1 tsp dried)
  • 1/4 tsp Freshly grated nutmeg
  • 4 cups (1 ltr) stock
  • 1/2 tsp Salt (as per taste)
  • 1/4 tsp Pepper (as per taste)
  • 120 ml  Milk (or almond milk) (1/2 cup) 
  • 1 tsp cornstarch
Nothing is more perfect in winter than a bowl of comforting roasted sweet potato soup made with yogurt or coconut cream.

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Method

Roast Sweet Potatoes

  • Preheat the oven at 180C / 360 F
  • Wash and clean the sweet potatoes
  • Cut in half and place on a baking tray cut side up.
  • Sprinkle with salt and pepper
  • Drizzle some of the olive oil over the potatoes
  • Roast for about 30 to 40 minutes.
  • When cooked it should be fork tender.
  • Remove from the oven, transfer potatoes to a bowl and cover with cling/plastic wrap or aluminum foil
  • After 15 minutes – uncover and the potatoes should be easy to peel.
  • Roughly chop the cooked sweet potatoes and set aside.
Nothing is more perfect in winter than a bowl of comforting roasted sweet potato soup made with yogurt or coconut cream.

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Make soup

  • Have all your ingredients ready – finely chop the onion and mince the garlic.
  • In a saucepan – add remaining olive oil
  • Saute the chopped onion for a minute on medium-low until translucent but not colored.
  • Add the garlic, bay leaves, thyme, and chopped sweet potatoes
  • Saute a minute more than add stock
  • Cook on medium until it comes to a boil.
  • Add the cornstarch to the milk and add it to the soup (cornstarch prevents the milk from curdling)  
  • Using a hand blender (or blender) blend until smooth.
  • Season with salt and pepper.
  • Heat thru again on low – then remove from heat
  • Serve – garnished with a dab for butter for flavor.

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Nothing is more perfect in winter than a bowl of comforting roasted sweet potato soup made with yogurt or coconut cream.

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Nothing is more perfect in winter than a bowl of comforting roasted sweet potato soup made with yogurt or coconut cream.

Easy Roasted Sweet Potato Soup

Author: Veena Azmanov
5 from 13 votes
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Course - Soup
Cuisine - American
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 50 mins
Total Time: 1 hr
Calories: 120
$10
Adjust Servings Here: 4 servings

Description

Make a delicious roasted sweet potato soup to warm up in this cooler weather. Roasting veggies add so much more flavor and can be done ahead of time. Sweet potatoes are in plenty this time of the year as well healthy, nutritious and inexpensive. Use fresh cream or yogurt for an indulgent treat or coconut cream to make it dairy-free or vegan.

Equipment /Tools

Ingredients

  • 3 large Sweet Potato
  • 3 tbsp Olive oil
  • 1/2 small Onion chopped finely
  • 1 small Garlic minced
  • 2  Bay leaves
  • 1 tbsp Fresh thyme leaves or 1 tsp dried
  • 1/4 tsp Freshly grated nutmeg
  • 1 ltr Stock
  • 1/2 tsp  Salt as per taste
  • 1/4 tsp  Pepper as per taste
  • 120 ml Milk (almond milk works too)
  • 1 tsp Cornstarch/cornflour
Metric - US customary
ADJUST SERVINGS HERE - 4 servings

Conversions - Switch between Metric & US for other measurement options

Instructions

Roast Sweet Potatoes

  • Preheat the oven at 180C / 360 F
  • Wash and clean the sweet potatoes
  • Cut in half and place on a baking tray cut side up.
  • Sprinkle with salt and pepper
  • Drizzle some of the olive oil over the potatoes
  • Roast for about 30 to 40 minutes.
  • When cooked it should be fork tender.
  • Remove from the oven, transfer potatoes to a bowl and cover with cling/plastic wrap or aluminum foil
  • After 15 minutes - uncover and the potatoes should be easy to peel.
  • Roughly chop the cooked sweet potatoes and set aside.

Make soup

  • Have all your ingredients ready - finely chop the onion and mince the garlic.
  • In a saucepan - add remaining olive oil
  • Saute the chopped onion for a minute on medium-low until translucent but not colored.
  • Add the garlic, bay leaves, thyme, and chopped sweet potatoes
  • Saute a minute more than add stock
  • Cook on medium until it comes to a boil.
  • Add the cornstarch to the milk and add it to the soup (cornstarch prevents the milk from curdling)
  • Using a hand blender (or blender) blend until smooth.
  • Season with salt and pepper.
  • Heat thru again on low - then remove from heat
  • Serve - garnished with a dab for butter for flavor (optional) 

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Nutrition Information
Calories: 120kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 0g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 41mg | Sodium: 345mg | Potassium: 45mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 0g | Vitamin A: 655IU | Vitamin C: 3.5mg | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 0.3mg

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Keywords - autumn, cold, fall, soup, sweet potato
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Comments

  7. Melissa

    I love soup especially at this time of year, and Sweet Potatoes are one of my favourites!! Great tip to roast up your veg earlier in the week too, that makes for an easy weeknight meal which we ALWAYS need!

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  9. Marisa Franca

    I’ve never made sweet potato soup although I have with squash. I don’t know why. We love sweet potatoes and I bet roasting them first brings out even more flavor. I’m coming down with a cold — haven’t had one in several years and this soup sounds so good. I think I’ll pick up some extra sweet potatoes at the store today.

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  15. Claudia Lamascolo

    I bet roasting the sweet potatoes makes this soup super delicious I love roasting vegetable it brings out more sweetness and this soup looks amazing!

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