Weekly Spotlight: Creating Creamy Soups Using Cauliflower, Pumpkin, and Butternut Squash!

Creating warm and velvety creamy soups is simple if you’re following a plant-based or vegan diet. Creamy soups are perfect for the chillier months and are excellent to keep on hand for a quick and easy meal. Depending on what vegetables you like, you can create a soup that you not only enjoy, but can also reap the health benefits of, as well. This week, we’re exploring how to create creamy soups depending on what autumn vegetables you have on hand.

Usually, to get a creamy texture from soups, you can use either a non-dairy milk like cashew or oat, or even use a non-dairy creamer to achieve that smooth flavor. And to get the texture of creaminess, you can use an immersion blender or use your high-speed blender. Make sure you blend your soup in batches to get the right consistency and not overload your blender. If you’re looking for more soups to make in your blender, try out these 15 Creamy Vegan Soups You Can Make In Your Blender!

If you’re looking for other creamy soups to try, check out our roundups for 15 Creamy Dairy-Free Pea Soups, 15 Dairy-Free Creamy Corn Soup Recipes, and add a few of these creamy soups from these 10 Creamy Plant-Based Soups for Any Season to enjoy creamy soup all year round! There are all sorts of soups to enjoy, and you can even try these 15 Comforting and Creamy Chowders to Fill Your Cravings!

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This week, we’re bringing delicious, fully vegan, and plant-based ways to enjoy creamy soups using cauliflower, pumpkin, and butternut squash!

Cauliflower

Source: Creamy Vegan Cauliflower & Leek Soup

Cauliflower makes a wonderfully creamy soup and once it’s pureed together, it becomes an easy melt-in-your-mouth meal. For these cauliflower soups, you can add the soups into a blender to get to the creaminess you’d like. Combining cauliflower with other flavors like chickpeas or leeks adds another dimension of flavor to these soups.

• Creamy Cauliflower Soup by Jesse Lane Lee
• Creamy Cauliflower Curry Soup by Christin McKamey
• Creamy Roasted Vegan Cauliflower Soup by Teri Macovei
• Creamy Vegan Cauliflower & Leek Soup by Katia Martin
• Creamy Cauliflower Chickpea Soup by Stacey Isaacs
• Creamy Thai Cauliflower Soup by Meredith Youngson

Pumpkin

Source: Creamy Pumpkin Soup With Pumpkin Sour Cream

Pumpkins aren’t just great for decorating, they’re excellent to add to soups! With the addition of creamy non-dairy milk, you’ve got a silky dinner that’s excellent to share! Don’t be afraid to serve these wonderful soups in a pumpkin, as well!

• Creamy Pumpkin Sage Soup by Kristen Genton
• Creamy Pumpkin Spinach Soup by Wendy Irene
• Pumpkin Spinach Creamy Lentil Soup by Kristina Jug & Mitja Bezenšek
• Easy Creamy Pumpkin Soup by Olivia Budgen
• Creamy Pumpkin Soup With Pumpkin Sour Cream by Gina Fontana

Butternut Squash

Source: Lemon Thyme Roasted Butternut Squash Soup

Butternut is another wonderful root vegetable to use in creamy soups! Start by roasting the butternut squash to cook it before making the soup. Feel free to roast the squash with other aromatic herbs like rosemary or lemongrass to add another dimension of flavor to your soup.

• Creamy Ginger, Pear, and Butternut Squash Soup by Alison Marras
• Creamy Turmeric Butternut Squash Soup by Silvia Ribas
• Curried Coconut Butternut Squash Soup by Tara Binder
• Lemongrass Infused Butternut Squash Soup by Zuzana Fajkusova and Nikki Lefler
• Butternut Squash Soup by Marina Yanay-Triner
• Coconut Roasted Butternut Fennel Bisque by Stephanie McKinnie
• Lemon Thyme Roasted Butternut Squash Soup by Teri Macovei

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