Cheesy Hemp Veggie Soup

This has become a new favourite weekly soup, it’s one of those soups that doesn’t feel like you are having soup but rather something so much more satisfying! It’s so creamy, cheesy and packed full of so many amazing nutrients!

Ingredients

-1 brown onion, diced

-2 garlic cloves, minced

-1/2 tsp dried thyme

-1/4 tsp smoked paprika

-1 celery stalk, diced

-1 carrot, diced

-4 medium potatoes 300g, diced

-1 sweet potato, diced

-1 Broccoli, cut into florets

-4 cups Veggie stock

-1/4 cup nutritional yeast

-1/2 cup hemp seeds

-1/2 tsp sea salt

-1 cup frozen peas

-1 cup kale, chopped

Directions

Bring a large pot over medium heat with a drizzle of oil. Add in onion, garlic, herbs, carrot and celery and let sauté for 5-10 minutes until softened. Next add potatoes, sweet potatoes, broccoli and vegetable stock and bring to a simmer for about 10-15 minutes or until potatoes are fork tender.

Whilst the soup is simmering, add hemp seeds and 3/4 cups water  to a blender and blend until smooth then add 1 cup of the soup (try to get mostly vegetables in and less stock), nutritional yeast and salt and blend until smooth. Pour this back into the soup and stir to combine. Add in peas and kale and stir to combine, let this simmer for a further 5 minutes until kale has wilted slightly.

Serve with some hemp parmesan and fresh dill or basil.