Creamy Vegan Sweet Potato Red Lentil Soup with Hemp Hearts
This vegan sweet potato red lentil soup recipe is a creamy blend of sweet potatoes, red lentils and hemp hearts. It features a slight sweetness rounded out with notes of garlic, ginger and cider vinegar. Makes a great side or main dish for those chilly fall or winter days.
Course Main Course, Soup
Cuisine Canadian
Keyword sweet potato and red lentil soup, sweet potato soup, vegan sweet potato soup
1cupdried red lentilspicked over, rinsed and drained
1398ml candiced tomatoes
5cupsfiltered water
⅓cupshelled hemp heartsoptional
1cupfull-fat coconut milkor light coconut milk
sea salt & black pepper to taste
2tablespoonapple cider vinegaroptional
Instructions
In a large pot or dutch oven, heat the olive oil over medium. Add the diced onion and cook until softened, translucent and slightly browned (about 5 minutes). Add in the garlic and ginger and stir just until fragrant. Add in the the turmeric and stir until fragrant. Add the sweet potatoes, red lentils, diced tomatoes and filtered water and stir to combine.
Bring the soup to a boil then reduce heat to simmer for 25-30 minutes or until the sweet potatoes are easily pierced with a fork and lentils are soft and fully cooked.
Remove the pot from the heat. Add in the hemp hearts (if using) and coconut milk and optional apple cider vinegar and stir to combine. Using an immersion blender, puree the soup until smooth. Season with salt and pepper as desired.
Serve with a sprinkle of hemp hearts for garnish and fresh cracked black pepper.
Notes
Optional: hemp hearts and apple cider vinegar are optional. You can omit these ingredients and the soup will still be great. Storage: this vegan sweet potato soup recipe should be kept covered in the fridge for up to two days.Freezing: This recipe can be frozen in an airtight, freezer-safe container for up to 3 months; be sure to allow the soup to cool before portioning it in the storage containers for freezing. When you're ready to enjoy it, defrost the soup in the fridge and transfer it to a large pot and bring it to a light simmer to reheat.