Need a Healthy Vegetable Soup to warm your bones this winter? This hearty soup with quinoa and chickpeas has you covered (and takes just under 30 minutes to make!).
Why this recipe works
Why? Well for starters, they’re almost impossible to mess up. Throw everything in a pot, heat it up, boom soup.
Flavors not right? You can adjust them! Don’t have a certain ingredient? Substitute it! They’re flexible and forgiving and have won a special place in my heart, especially in these cold-weather months.
How To Make Vegetable Soup
Get all measurements, ingredients, and instructions in the printable version at the end of this post.
To make this soup we’ll start with a flavorful base of onions, garlic, carrot, and celery. Let those cook until soft, then add in vegetable (or chicken) broth and some herbs.
Bring it to a boil then add in the quinoa, cooking until the quinoa is done. Then just throw in some chickpeas and chopped parsley and serve! It’s that easy (and SO delicious).
Get ready to throw this healthy vegetable soup recipe into your bookmarks page, it’ll become a family favorite in no time!
More Soup Recipes
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- Chicken Bean Soup
- Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings
- Cheddar Cheese Potato Soup
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Healthy Vegetable Soup
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Print It Rate ItIngredients
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 medium yellow onion chopped
- 2 medium carrots chopped
- 3 stalks celery chopped
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 12 cups vegetable broth
- 1 tsp fresh thyme
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- 2 whole bay leaves
- 1 cup dried quinoa
- 2 15-ounce cans chickpeas drained
- 1/2 cup chopped parsley
Things You’ll Need
Instructions
- Heat oil over medium heat in a large pot. Add onion, carrots, celery, and garlic, and cook until softened (about 10 minutes.
- Add broth, thyme, oregano, and bay leaves, then bring to a boil. Once boiling, add quinoa and cook until done (about 12 minutes).
- Right before serving, stir in chickpeas and garnish with parsley.
Nutrition
This recipe was originally published on January 3, 2018
Sarah Bond
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Meg says
It’s a very easy soup to make. The addition of chickpeas and quinoa is a nice change to the soups I usually make. The chickpeas and parsley really bring the soup together. I would make this again. I like the protein value of this soup too!
Stella Andrews says
How could I lower the amount of salt? Need to watch my sodium in take.
Sounds and looks delicious.
Amanda Formaro says
Hi Stella! The easiest way to reduce the sodium is to skip the canned chickpeas and soak them from dried. Or you could leave them out altogether. Also, make sure your vegetable broth is “no salt added”.
Natalie says
Looks delicious!