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A few years ago my friend Elizabeth served this soup for Christmas dinner, and she made it vegan for me. I thought I had died and gone to soup heaven! It was creamy without any dairy, and full of flavor without a lot of complicated ingredients. This is a recipe you have to try.  

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By Del Sroufe,

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Ingredients

  • 1 medium yellow onion, peeled and finely chopped
  • 1 stalk celery, finely chopped
  • 1 medium carrot, peeled and finely chopped
  • 1½ tablespoons minced sage
  • 1 tablespoon minced thyme
  • 1 bay leaf
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
  • 4 to 5 cups Vegetable Stock, or low-sodium vegetable broth
  • One 15-ounce can chestnut puree
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley

Instructions

  • Place the onion, celery, and carrot in a large saucepan and saute over medium heat for 15 minutes, or until the onions are tender and starting to brown. Add water 1 to 2 tablespoons at a time to keep the vegetables from sticking to the pan.
  • Add the sage, thyme, bay leaf, cloves, and vegetable stock.
  • Bring the pot to a boil over high heat and whisk in the chestnut puree.
  • Season with salt and pepper and cook for another 5 minutes.
  • Serve garnished with the chopped parsley.
Nutritional Information:

Per serving (¼ of recipe): 167 calories, 34 g carbohydrates, 0.9 g protein, 0.6 g total fat, 0.2 g saturated fat, 0 g cholesterol, 164 mg sodium, 6.1 g fiber, 8.1 g sugar

Note: Nutritional information is provided as an estimate only.

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Claire

This sounds wonderful! I plan to make it for a Fall Harvest dinner with friends. Could I use roasted chestnuts in place of the puree? If so, how many, and what would be the best way to incorporate them? Thanks in advance for your help.

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Del Sroufe

Chef Del Sroufe currently works as Culinary Specialist at the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies (CNS) and host of CNS Kitchen, a free CNS community that offers members all the tools they need to live a successful whole-food, plant-based (WFPB) lifestyle. Sroufe has been cooking in vegetarian, vegan, and WFPB kitchens for 34 years. He has operated his own vegan bakery and a vegan meal-delivery service. He was the executive chef at Wellness Forum Foods, where he ran a successful catering service. He developed a line of in-the-bag mixes that could be shipped all over the country and taught cooking classes to the public and health care professionals looking to offer culinary education to their clients. Del is a public speaker and cookbook author. His first cookbook, Forks Over Knives: The Cookbook, was on the New York Times Bestseller list for more than 37 weeks. He also authored Better Than Vegan, which tells the story of his struggle with weight management and how he lost more than 200 pounds on a low-fat, plant-based diet. Sroufe’s other cookbooks include The China Study Quick and Easy Cookbook and The China Study Family Cookbook.
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