Sweet potato and spinach soup is a quick, easy, hearty and comforting soup. Nourishing, delicious and rich in flavour this healthy green soup is a perfect soup for those winter lunch moments!
Folks, I can guarantee that this sweet potato and spinach soup will warm your bones on any cold winter's day!
It's packed with more nutrients than a traditional potato and spinach soup.
We've made it nice and creamy by adding skimmed milk and low-fat cream cheese.
The sweet potatoes contribute a wonderful natural and subtle sweetness, which tempers the sharpness of the spinach.
Don't be put off by the intense green color!
Just remember all the goodness you're getting from this bowl of healthy spinach soup.
Be sure to check the nutrition label below to see all the benefits packed into this recipe!
I made this sweet potato and spinach soup from leftovers.
That's the beauty of soups.
You can practically make them from any leftover ingredients that you may have.
The other great thing about soups is that they're usually really easy to make.
At least the ones I choose to make and publish here are easy!
Just a little chopping (in the case of this potato and spinach soup, very little), some cooking, some stirring, and then some blending, and you’ve got a healthy lunch option.
You can easily freeze it in individual portions, saving you money too!
And finally, thank you GiGi for giving me the idea for this soup recipe.
Check out the comments in the Potato and Spinach Soup recipe, where she actually suggested this and that was where the idea came from! 😀
And since this recipe has been published I've also got another spinach soup, creamy spinach soup that you should definitely try out if you enjoyed this!
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My Other Popular Sweet Potato Soup Recipes For You To Try
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Sweet Potato and Spinach Soup Recipe
You can choose your own garnishes here for this spinach soup recipe.
But as a suggestion this sweet potato soup recipe is fantastic with some grated cheese or a swirl of plain yogurt.
Or just add some chopped chives just to keep it simple as I've done in the photographs here.
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! 🙂
Sweet Potato and Spinach Soup Recipe
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 large onion diced
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- 1 medium sized sweet potato peeled and diced
- 750 ml vegetable stock
- 300 g baby spinach chopped
- 250 ml skimmed milk
- 100 g low fat soft cheese
- Salt and Freshly Ground Pepper
- Freshly ground nutmeg to season
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a pan and sauté the onion and garlic for 2 – 3 minutes until soft.
- Add the sweet potato and cook for about 5 minutes, stirring.
- Add the vegetable stock, bring it to the boil and allow to simmer for 20 minutes until the potatoes have softened.
- Add the spinach in batches and cook, simmering for a further 10 minutes to allow the spinach to break down. Then remove the soup from the heat.
- Blitz the soup in a blender or food processor.
- Return the soup to the pan and bring it back to the boil and then turn down to simmer, stir in the skimmed milk and low fat cream cheese until combined.
- Season to taste and add desired amount of nutmeg.
- Serve with crusty wholemeal bread.
David @ Spiced
Well done, Neil! This soup sounds like just the thing I need to warm up after our 10" of snow yesterday. In fact, I could've used a bowl of this one last night after all that snow blowin'. 🙂 I've made spinach soup before, but I've never added a sweet potato...I can totally see how it would work. And serving this up with a hunk of whole grain bread? Heaven! Hope you and Lynne have a great weekend ahead, my friend!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Thanks David. Yep, after hearing of all that snow you got, this definitely IS the right sort of soup that you need!
That must have been a nightmare all that snow blowing! Hope you get a chance to make this and it helps to warm you through, and that you have a bit more of a relaxing weekend!
Shashi at SavorySpin
Neil, I couldn't agree more - one of the reasons I love making soups is because I can get away with putting almost any leftovers into them too! You have done a fantastic job in resuscitating leftovers for this and taking Gigi (love her hilarious self) up on her suggestion - loving the spinach sweet potato cheese combo in this one! So looking forward to seeing that stack of Strawberry Banana Valentines Pancakes - hoping you and Lady Lynne have a wonderful weekend!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Glad you like this soup Shashi, thanks! I've yet to find a leftover that cannot in some way be re-formed into a soup! 😉
GiGi Eats
I friggin' adore you Shashi!!!
Ben|Havocinthekitchen
Weirdly, there was the time I didn't make soup at all. I even don't recall the reason, but I hadn't been eating it at all for a few years in a row. Few years back I re-discovered this beautiful dish again, and I've been making it pretty often since that. Well, we've been having soup every week for the last month, and by this I mean that I make a huge pot which is enough for a couple of days. With some toasted bread - that's everything we need during the winter season, right?:) Love this delicious combo of sweet potatoes and spinach!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
With you now living in Nova Scotia Ben this is precisely the sort of food that you'll need. I'd be the same as you with a large pot of soup on the stove, constantly on the go if I lived there too. With, of course, lots of thick chunks of bread for dipping into it! 😀
Megan @ Skinny Fitalicious
What an interesting combo! I definitely need to try. I wish it was cold in Phoenix we've barely had any coole weather. It's going to be a long summer.
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Please send some of your warm weather over to us here in Scotland Megan. Or please send me and Lynne plane tickets so we can experience some heat. Whilst not as cold as David mentions in his comment above, it still feels like its been an extremely long cold winter here. And it's not over yet!
GiGi Eats
Ummmmmmm - do you have any idea how honored I am that you made a recipe INSPIRED BY MOI! The crazy obsessed salmon, spinach and sweet potato girl?! LOL! I am soooo glad you made this - it looks friggin' delicious and does in fact make the BEST soup for winter 😉 Am I being bias... Noooooo NOT at all 😉 THANK YOU Neil. Seriously, I appreciate you being inspired by ME!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
You're welcome, I'm glad you like YOUR soup and thanks for the inspiration GiGi! 😀
I wouldn't have thought to pair sweet potatoes with spinach, as I'd already done a white potato and spinach soup (the one you commented on) but I actually like this one slightly more!
Thanks again GiGi. I'm looking forward to seeing what you inspire me to make next! 😉
rob
looks delicious must give this a try
Neil
Thanks Rob, it is a great dish. Very tasty and rich in flavour too. ?
ROBERT SUMNER
Very pleased with soup. Had tried another Spinach Soup a few days ago due to dental issue in family and was thoroughly thrilled, using frozen spinach. So I looked for a more substantial piece and settled on this one and oh was no one disappointed!
Neil
Glad you liked the soup Robert. And thanks very much for taking the time to comment on it too!
Amy
I am dairy free and have some coconut milk to use up. Would that work instead of milk and cream. And could I add a pinch of chili?
Neil
Hi Amy. Coconut milk might work. I haven't tried it. But you do need the cream cheese really for this recipe.