Are you a fellow Sweet Potato and Carrot Soup lover? If so, come on over as I have the perfect warm and easy Five Spice and Sweet Potato Carrot Soup. This vegan soup recipe is suitable for Paleo and Whole 30 diets too.
Hey guys, boy do I have a fun post for you today. Some interesting chat, a healthy soup recipe (Five Spice Sweet Potato and Carrot Soup).
But before I get into that, how was your Christmas? Hopefully as fun, food and family filled as mine.
We had fun, beaches, long-lost family get-together, drama, games, play dates, pressies, tinsel, drums, jollof rice, ginger beer, midnight feast, raffia, skype calls, WhatsApp chats, sleepovers, phone photography and much much more. Soooooooo much fun. Soooooooo very exhausting. But I would not change a single minute of it.
Heck, I loved it so much that I am already planning my next Christmas and I have been hoovering up presents in the sales. Anything to extend the festivity period in my life. Because two weeks of it has not been enough. Nope. No way.
Oh, and Five Spice and Sweet Potato Soup is very easy to make – perfect for after-holiday fatigue.
How to make five spice sweet potato and carrot soup in less than 15 mins
- Sauté onions in olive oil for 6 mins
- Add the spices along with the sweet potato and carrots and cook for 2 mins until fragrant.
- Then add the rest of the ingredients and simmer till the veggies are soft, which normally takes only about 10 mins.
- Blend this into a thick and creamy soup, without any of the cream.
If you don’t have five spice then you can use a combination of other spices like cardamom, cloves and star anise.
Toppings for five spice sweet potato and carrot soup
I topped my bowl of lovely Five Spice Sweet Potato and Carrot Soup with chilli oil, but here are a few other ideas:
- Sour cream
- Yoghurt
- Chopped peanuts or almonds
Pumpkin Sweet Potato Soup
You can easily make this a pumpkin sweet potato soup by swapping some of the carrots for pumpkin. You can do the same with other squashes you have. This soup is all about using what is already in your pantry. The squashes all still work well with the five spice flavour.
So easy on the pocket. So moorish. So New Year, New You perfect right?
More recipes like this easy sweet potato soup
Please be sure to check out some other winter warmer soup recipes, like this butternut squash and star anise soup, this gammon laksa, and this peanut butternut squash soup.
A healthy 2018 – How to stay motivated with your health goals
I read that around 80% of people fail their New Year’s resolutions within 3 months. I admit I have fallen into this statistic some years, but not always. I started thinking about what I’ve done right in those ‘good years,’ and I’ve come up with a list of 5 tips to share.
- Pick 1 or 2 resolutions, not 10 or 20. It’s sooo easy to dream up a gazillion resolutions on Dec 31 and say we’re going to keep them all. Problem is, this approach is destined for failure. Focus on 1 or 2 reasonable goals (see #2) instead.
- Set reasonable goals. You probably won’t run 27 marathons this year if you’ve never run more than a few mins before. Set realistic, reasonable, and achievable goals.
- Plan your meals. I didn’t give you a meal plan just for fun — meal planning really works. Instead of giving in to temptation when you’re tired or grumpy or busy, meal planning helps you focus on eating healthy meals.
- Celebrate your ‘small wins.’ Treat yourself (but not with food) when you achieve small goals on your way to bigger goals. Lose 1kg? Treat yourself to a new book or your favourite Netflix show.
- Don’t be so hard on yourself. If you don’t stick to your resolution perfectly every day, don’t be too hard on yourself. Everyone has bad days. Take a deep breath and refocus.
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What to serve with Sweet potato and carrot soup recipe
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Sweet potato and carrot soup recipe
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Five Spice Sweet Potato And Carrot Soup {Vegan, Paleo, Whole 30, Gluten Free}
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 150 g onions
- 1 tbsp minced ginger
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1.5 tsp Chinese Five spice
- 400 g sweet potato, peeled and cubed
- 500 g carrots, peeled and cut
- 1 litre (4 cups) vegetable stock
- Chilli flakes to taste
- Salt
- Ground black pepper
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a pot and fry the onions for about 6 mins till soft.
- Add in the ginger, garlic, Chinese five spice, carrots and sweet potato and stir for 2 mins until flavours develop.
- Add in the stock, chilli, salt and pepper and bring to a boil.
- Reduce the heat and simmer for about 10 mins until the sweet potato and carrots are soft.
- Switch off heat, allow the soup to cool and then puree with hand blender before adjusting the seasoning.
- Warm soup thoroughly and garnish before serving.
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This soup looks lush! I love buying frozen veg from Iceland, very convenient.
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That soup sounds so fragrant with Chinese five spice and chilli oil – perfect with the mild creamy veg. Great meal plan ideas and healthy eating ideas too.
This is such a gorgeous sounding soup recipe, and that chilli swirl…. swoon! I need this in my life!
My work here is done.
Great job Bintu! That soup looks like just the ticket for such a cold, grey day 🙂
I know right?
This soup looks super delicious and super healthy. Yummy. Will be really perfect right about now.
I love the addition of five spice in this soup, I never would have thought of that!
Five Spice and Sweet Potato Carrot Soup looks delicious and simple to make. I love how it jumps off the page at me too! I love the ingredient combo.
This soup looks delicious! I hardly ever use Chinese Five Spice but I think I need to start using it more!