Spooky Halloween vegetable soup
This bean broth based vegetable soup is loaded with vegetable cut out skulls, bats, pumpkins and bones. CREEPY! So much fun to make with kids!
Equipment
- Mini Halloween themed cookie cutters
Ingredients
- 1 liter bean broth* (or use vegetable stock plus a can of white beans)(another option is to use this homemade vegetable broth**)(1 ilter is approx. 4 cups or 34 liquid ounces)
- 2-3 large carrots
- 1 medium butternut squash
- 1 large red bell pepper
- 2-3 large potatoes or sweet potatoes
- 1-2 tsp chili flakes (optional, to taste)
- salt and pepper (to taste)
Optional flavoring
- 1-2 tbsp miso paste/soy sauce/tamari/coconut aminos (to taste)
- 1-2 tbsp worchestershire sauce (to taste)
For garnishing
- 1 bunch parsley (chopped)
Instructions
- Start by making the bean broth*
- When the bean broth for this vegetable soup is simmering (or thawing), peel the vegetables and cut them in ⅓ inch/¾ cm slices. With mini Halloween themed cookie cutters press out skulls, bones, pumpkins and bats from the sliced vegetables.
- Once your bean broth is ready and sifted, add the cut-out vegetables and (optionally) the saved beans from the broth. You can even add chicken to it (see Notes below). And to spice the soup up you can add some chili flakes to the soup (optionally). Let the soup simmer for 20 minutes until the veggies are cooked, but still crunchy.If you are using vegetable stock and canned white beans, add the stock to enough water to end up with 1 liter of soup, add white beans from the can to it and continue as mentioned above.
- Taste the soup and add salt and freshly cracked black pepper if necessary. Optionally you can add miso paste, soy sauce, coconut aminos or tamari to intensify the flavor. Another great added flavor is worchestershire sauce.
Notes
*bean broth
*no waste vegetable soup
Note: If you'd like to add chicken to the soup I would suggest to add a whole chicken or a double chicken breast with the skin still on to the soup. Add it to the broth, simmer for 10-15 minutes, then add the cut out vegetables. Once the vegetables are done after 20 minutes, take out the chicken, shred it and put it back in the soup. Now your chicken vegetable soup is ready!
Nutritional information:
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