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Home » Vegan Soup Recipes » Lazy Potato Leek Soup

Lazy Potato Leek Soup

October 13, 2013 By Shannon @ Yup, it's Vegan 8 Comments

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potatoleeksoup

…and finally, a Vegan MoFo retrospective!

This soup is easy easy easy. We’ve still got at least 10 pounds of summer potatoes to go (thank god they keep forever and ever), and sweet potatoes are starting to come in now so we need to make room. Luckily, they’re one of my favorite foods – I could just eat a baked potato with some salt and pepper for dinner, probably. But J is a little harder to please, so I whipped up this soup the other day so that he could help me eat up our stash.

Before I get to this laughably easy recipe… it’s time for a reflection on my first Vegan MoFo!

My recipes

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I managed to do 13 posts during September. Considering that August 26th was my first day at a new job, I have decided that 13 posts is actually damn good. Despite not getting to 20, I kept up a decent pace and posted about some really awesome stuff! Look how well I ate in September! What with leftovers and the like, that is pretty much all of the things that I ate last month, in fact… I don’t have any problem with that. Check out my recipes page to get any of the recipes for the treats pictured!

The potato spelt bread (left, second row) was probably my favorite thing that I made, but by far my most popular post was for these AMAZING, no-sugar-added banana fudgesicles (bottom left). We have made them at least once a week since I originally posted about them.

Recipes from the blogosphere

I saw So. Many. Delicious. Recipes. in my blog feed during September, so here are just a few of my favorites. Some of these might not have been officially part of Vegan MoFo… but were too good to pass up!

Chipotle Mac n’ Cheese from Wing It Vegan – looks crazy creamy and tasty
Creamy Chickpea Casserole from Attune Foods – I think this could satisfy J’s tuna casserole cravings!
BBQ Jackfruit Stuffed Sweet Potatoes from Luminous Vegans – because, just look at it.
Bacon Lentil Crunchies from Fo Reals Life (I wanted to just list everything they posted this month, but I refrained)
Zucchini Noodles with Cilantro Pesto from GI 365 – so fresh and bright!
Coconutty Cinnamon Roll Pancakes from Produce on Parade – every time I look at the pictures of these, I think, DESSERT IS WORTH IT.

Where Yup, it’s vegan is headed

This month of frequent posting came only a few months after I actually started the blog, so I still hadn’t established a regular rhythm for posting (um, it just took me 4 tries to spell the word ‘rhythm’). I’ve got my hands full with the new(ish) job, and it’s gotten to that point during the year when there is not sunlight anymore once I get home from work. I also often feel too lazy to cook on weeknights and just want to eat leftovers (hey, I think that’s fine). On the weekends I cook up a storm so my goal is to cook and photograph 2 recipes per weekend, one to post on Saturday or Sunday, and another to post on Wednesday-ish.

I totally love blogging and sharing my straightforward vegan recipes with the {small corner of the} world {who actually reads my blog}. My attitude has always been that this isn’t vegan food. It’s just food. Most people who get freaked out by the idea of vegan cooking don’t realize how much of what they already eat is vegan. I’m just here to offer some more ideas, and with pretty much everything made from scratch.

Also, it’s become pretty painfully apparent that it’s time to stop using my cell phone camera for all of these food pictures. Occasionally I use my ancient point-and-shoot that I got in middle school, and it doesn’t offer much of an improvement. Photography is not a natural gift of mine, but I’m trying my best. So, I’m keeping an eye on the piggy bank to purchase a few things to help make my food look as beautiful on my blog as it does in real life (to me anyway).

Okay. Soup time. I didn’t measure while making this, and neither will you. So I’m not going to pretend to give much in the way of quantities. Just chop up some things, throw it on the stove, and chillax while it cooks.

In my experience, the biggest reason that homemade soups turn out to be disappointing and lacking in flavor is that people are afraid of adding salt. Want to take your homemade vegan food from lame to sublime? Double the amount of salt that you put in it. By making food from scratch, you are already doing a good job of watching your sodium – most of our sodium problems (as a society) come from processed foods, and particularly preservatives. And my second rule of thumb for soup that tastes blah is more acid. Here I’ve used white wine vinegar but I know for a fact that lemon juice, cider vinegar or plain white vinegar also work. Other vinegars do, too… they might just mess with the color of this particular soup.

potatoleeksoup

Lazy Potato Leek Soup
Makes a lot

Olive oil
1/2 a bag of frozen leeks
1/2 white onion, chopped
3-5 cloves of garlic, minced
A bunch of potatoes… about 6 fairly big ones for me, chopped, skins intact
Water or broth
White wine vinegar
Plain, unsweetened almond milk
Salt, freshly ground black pepper, red pepper flakes (optional), and fresh parsley

Drizzle a little olive oil in a big sauce pan on medium heat. When it’s shimmering, add the leeks (yup, still frozen, straight into the pan), onion, and garlic, and a little salt, cooking for a minute or two until slightly softened. Add the potatoes and enough water/broth to cover all of them, plus a splash or two of vinegar. Bring everything to a boil, then reduce to medium and cook until potatoes are soft (45 minutes, ish). Add more acid and salt to taste, plus a ton of freshly ground black pepper. Finish by stirring in some almond milk, and using a wooden spoon to mash some of the potatoes on the side of the saucepan (this will add even more creaminess). Serve with fresh parsley and more pepper.

Filed Under: Autumn, Soup Tagged With: gluten-free, grain-free, nut-free, one pot, refined sugar-free, soy-free, sweetener-free

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Comments

  1. Jane says

    April 29, 2021 at 07:53

    How much stock or water do you add please

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  2. Tina says

    October 9, 2014 at 07:33

    Hi, been looking for a good potato and leek soup for ages. Can’t wait to try this out! Having a bit of an Aussie moment here, but I’ve never seen a bag if frozen leeks before, I always seem to have a fresh one in the fridge though. Could you give me a vague idea of quantity? I’m mostly interested in a vague ratio between the potatoes and leeks, that should help enough I reckon.
    Oh and do you have a suggestion for an almond milk alternative, do you think soy would be ok or has it got too distinctive a taste?
    Thanks, looks delicious!
    Tina

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    • Shannon @ Yup, it's Vegan says

      October 9, 2014 at 07:42

      Hi, Tina! I believe I used half of a 16 oz. bag of leeks, so 8 oz. or about 225 grams. The green parts are already removed before that measurement, although fresh leeks probably have more flavor so you may not need quite as many. I think soy milk would work, as long as you’re used to the taste of it. The one nondairy milk I probably would not use is coconut. This soup is very humble but delicious, hope you enjoy!

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  3. luminousvegans says

    October 15, 2013 at 16:01

    Thanks for including my BBQ jackfruit (even if it wasn’t during MoFOo 🙂 ). I can not agree more about the salt thing. That is definitely something I learned when I started cooking for myself. I think people hear the word sodium and flip out, but unless one is eating like at McDonald’s every day then it’s nothing to freak out about.

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    • shanbogen says

      October 15, 2013 at 23:20

      Exactly :). And I just couldn’t resist including it… I’ve been looking for jackfruit ever since to try it out!

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  4. secretasianjan says

    October 15, 2013 at 14:12

    Reblogged this on Ohh So Fattening! and commented:
    I love simple recipes like this, check it out!

    Reply
  5. shanbogen says

    October 13, 2013 at 20:59

    Thanks! And yeah, they have been on my list ever since you posted it… actually, I finally got around to picking up some more coconut milk today, so they are gonna be happening soon 🙂

    Reply
  6. Katie @ Produce on Parade says

    October 13, 2013 at 18:50

    This soup looks bomb! Thanks for mentioning my coconutty cinnamon roll pancakes! 🙂 Aww.

    Reply

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