A simple healthier Scottish leek and potato soup. Still as deliciously creamy and smooth tasting as the original but as it’s not made with butter or cream, it’s so much more healthier!
Folks this is Scottish cookery at its very best.
Here, I’ve given a traditional Scottish soup recipe a healthy makeover. This is a healthy leek and potato soup.
More likely known to Scottish readers as “tattie and leek soup” this version of Scottish leek and potato soup has an extra twist to it. Which is completely optional.
I like to add a little bit of mustard in at the very end. Just to add a really nice warming extra heat. Which on a cold winter’s day is very welcome!
Secondly this soup is completely suitable for lactose intolerant and vegan readers alike. It’s made with no butter or cream and its gluten free too.
Watch the 1 minute recipe video to see how I make this simple Scottish soup much healthier than the traditional recipe.
I just couldn’t go back to adding butter or cream to the recipe. Not now when you can clearly taste the delicious vegetables.
I’d recommend this soup as a lunch option with a couple of slices of wholemeal bread.
This is a low calorie, low fat leek and potato soup. So having bread with a soup that only has 156 calories per serving isn’t going to add to your waistline.
The bread helps to mop up any leftovers from your bowl. Leaving nothing to waste.
And if you enjoyed this leek potato soup be sure to try my leek sweet potato and rosemary soup!
Curry Fest
We had an absolutely brilliant time with our friends Catherine and Liam on Saturday night when I did our “curry fest”.
The 4 different curries I did, which you can find in the curry recipe section, were the beef curry casserole, lamb Rogan josh, lighter chicken korma and chicken vindaloo.
I’d spent the previous few weekends making batches of these curries, otherwise it would have taken me all day!
I made the chicken vindaloo one fresh on Saturday though. Just to give the house those wonderful authentic Indian smells you associate with such cooking!
I’d made vegetable pakoras for starter, and I do recommend Shashi’s Date and Tamarind sauce which I’d made to see if it would accompany the pakora’s along with my own selection of dips. It certainly did. Thank you Shashi! 😀
At this point I would have loved to have brought you a photograph.
Yes, I did take photographs, however Neil had had a couple of glasses of wine by this point and on checking the photographs ready for editing on Sunday, discovered he’d left the manual focus switch on.
That meant that the photographs were completely blurred!! Ooops…… 😳
Oh, and yes, we had pudding, this chocolate chip and vanilla bread and butter pudding, complementing the evening just nicely! 🙂
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I recommend this potato masher to use in this leek and potato soup recipe for mashing it up!
It’s made of high quality stainless steel and can be used for mashing potatoes and other vegetables too.
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And watch the short video I made to show you how to make this delicious Scottish leek and potato soup. It shows you how easy it really is!
Scottish Leek and Potato Soup Recipe
This delicious and filling Scottish leek and potato soup is great at any time of the year. A healthy and filling lunch.
And best of all, guilt free as it’s not made from any cream or butter!
I’d love to hear what you think of my recipe in the comments below and please do rate my recipe 5* if you like it! 🙂
Scottish Leek and Potato Soup
Ingredients
- Low calorie oil spray
- 440 g leeks sliced
- 440 g potatoes diced
- 1 L vegetable stock
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 2 tsp mustard optional
- Chopped fresh parsley for garnish
Instructions
- Spray the bottom of a large soup saucepan 5 times with the low calorie oil spray.
- Heat the saucepan on a high heat, then when the oil spray begins to bubble turn the heat to medium.
- Sauté the leeks for approximately 3 – 4 minutes, but do not allow them to burn.
- Add the potatoes and vegetable stock.
- Bring to the boil and simmer for about 30 minutes until the potatoes are soft. Then turn off the heat and allow to cool a little.
- Using a potato masher or blender/food processor, mash / blend the soup to a required consistency.*
- Add the mustard (optional) and season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Garnish with parsley and serve.
Shashi @ runninsrilankan
Thanks so much for this recipe! As a lactose intolerant who adores potato and leek soup – I’ve always avoided the real deal – opting for ones made with coconut milk instead- but I so love the sound of this clean er soup – I bet the leeks and potatoes really stand out in this!
And I am so glad y’all enjoyed my date and tamarind concoction – thank you for the link luv, Neil! That Chocolate Chip and Vanilla Bread and Butter Pudding was an awesome end to what sounds like a wonderful night!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
You’re welcome Shashi!
And we all loved your date and tamarind recipe, and you are right, I still have some left in the fridge, it gets even better every day. 😀 (Not that there will be much of it left soon). 😉
GiGi Eats
Leeks are just the BEST! 🙂
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Definitely agree with you there Gigi! 🙂
Cheap, versatile, tasty, nutritious and in season here in Scotland. So many meals to make from them! 😀
Angela Crouse
From Scotland, living in US. I just made, sooooo gooood! Thank you so much. I had left over leak , potatoe and parsley (as supermarket sells a huge bunch, not just two leeks)from Veggie lentil so I went online and was delighted to see you recipe; as was my daughter…✌????️????
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Hi Angela, thanks for your comment.
I’m so glad that you made and enjoyed my soup. 🙂 I hope it reminded you of Scotland? (Although not the weather 😉 )
Mika
Can I ask how many potatoes and leek 440 grams equals out to? Thanks
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Hi Mika, approximately 3 medium sized white potatoes and approximately 2 medium sized leaks.
But that depends on the sizes of your potatoes and leaks so that’s why it’s best to weigh them out!
Thanks! 🙂