Asparagus and Sweet Potato Soup | Slimming Eats Recipe (2024)

May 11, 2021 · 8 Comments

Asparagus and Sweet Potato Soup - delicious silky and creamy fresh asparagus soup with a subtle sweetness from cubes of sweet potato - pure comfort in a bowl.

Creamy Asparagus Sweet Potato Soup with Coconut Milk

What's not to like about soup? I think even the most simple ingredients can be combined to make a delicious bowl of soup and that's pretty much how many of the soup recipes on Slimming Eats are created.

Whenever I have some ingredients on hand that need to be used, I grab a few other store cupboard ingredients and some stock and turn them into a filling bowl of soup.

So with some coconut milk left in the fridge from previously making a curry, a little bit of that added in at the end for that extra creaminess was a must.

Sweet Potato vs Butternut Squash

Wondering if you can swap out the sweet potato for some butternut squash? Butternut Squash is a perfect replacement for sweet potato, and it has less calories and sugar too so great if you want to up the vegetable slightly in this recipe. However the sweet potato does generally have more fibre.

Can I use regular potato?

While regular potato in the soup will work if you want to make the swap, you won't get the same subtle sweetness or colour, so it is entirely up to you if you prefer to us that.

I do recommend using a golden waxy variety of regular potatoes though instead of floury varieties as they tend to add a better flavour and texture to soup.

Can I use swap regular coconut milk for light coconut milk?

I tend use regular coconut milk in this soup, but have used light before too, both are fine, but you do get a much more silky and creamy result with the full fat.

Also another thing to bear in mind is that the only different between full fat and light coconut milk is that light has a higher water ratio. So really if you want to use light you could just use less full fat and dilute with more water.

I don't recommend using coconut milk that comes in a carton, this has a far too high water ratio and is generally used as a replacement to regular dairy milk.

Can I freeze leftover coconut milk?

Wondering what you are going to do with the leftover coconut milk? Firstly if you want to cook up another meal we have all these yummy recipes using Coconut Milk

Coconut milk also freezes fine, you can either freeze the lot in one container, or add little portions to an ice cube tray so you have these on hand for other recipes.

How can I add some protein to Soup?

Need some extra protein to increase satiety. There is lots of great choices of items you can add to soup either as a topping or by mixing into the soup

Some of my favourites are:

• Grilled Chicken
• Cooked Shrimp
• Cooked Sliced Sausage
• Any leftover roast meat (lamb, chicken, pork, beef etc)
• White Beans (canned)
• Sauteed Chickpeas - pan fry in spray oil with some seasoning (I like paprika, salt, garlic and onion powder)
• Feta, Cheddar (or other cheese of choice)
• Poached eggs are another great topper for soup

Here I added a grilled sliced chicken breast to the top. Delicious!!

More Soup Recipes

Looking for some other soup recipes? Check out these:

• Chicken, Chickpea and Spinach Soup
• Carrot and Butter Bean Soup
• Chicken Tortilla Soup
• Butternut Squash Soup with Herby Garlic Croutons
• Coconut Chicken Rice Soup
• Split Pea and Bacon Soup

or if you would like some more sides to choose from - check out theSide Dish Recipeson Slimming Eats or head on over to theFULL RECIPE INDEXwhere you will find over 900 delicious recipesand can search by ingredients, course, diet and more.

All with estimated calories and Slimming Eats and Weight Watcher Smart Points values.

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Recipe Card

Asparagus and Sweet Potato Soup

Yield: SERVES 4

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes

Asparagus and Sweet Potato Soup - delicious silky and creamy fresh asparagus soup with a subtle sweetness from cubes of sweet potato - pure comfort in a bowl.

Ingredients

• 1 onion, diced
• 1 leek, trimmed, sliced and washed
• bunch of asparagus (approx 450g/1lb) - trim ends and slice
• 450g (1lb) of sweet potato, peeled and chopped
• 3 cups (720ml) of chicken or vegetable stock
• ½ cup (120ml) of coconut milk (I use aroy-d)
• salt and black pepper
• olive oil spray

See Also

Vegan Bacon Bits - TVP Recipe

Instructions

1. Heat a large lidded saucepan over a medium high heat
2. Spray with olive oil and add the onion and saute to until lightly golden and translucent.
3. Add in the leek and continue to saute to soften
4. Add in the asparagus, sweet potato and stock, bring to a boil, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
5. Add half the soup to a blender and blend till smooth (always be careful not to overfill blender with hot liquid). If you prefer you can also roughly blend with an immersion stick blender.

1. Add it back to the saucepan, stir in the coconut milk and continue to heat until silky and creamy, taste and season as needed with salt and black pepper
2. Enjoy!

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Nutrition Information

Yield 4Serving Size 1 SERVING
Amount Per ServingCalories 194Total Fat 4.7gSaturated Fat 3.1gTrans Fat 0gCholesterol 0mgSodium 539mgCarbohydrates 34.5gFiber 6.7gSugar 9.6gProtein 6g

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