This vibrant and flavorful Zesty Cauliflower Potato Corn Soup is a wholesome bowl of comfort with a spicy twist! Made with cauliflower, hearty potatoes, sweet corn, tender carrots, beans, red lentils and fresh zucchini, it’s infused with the warmth of smoked paprika and a kick of chipotle chili powder.
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The addition of almond milk creates a luscious, silky texture, while Herbs de Provence and dill add aromatic depth.
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Perfectly cooked in the 8 QT Instant Pot, this soup is a quick, one-pot wonder that’s oil-free, salt-free, and 100% plant-based. If you have a 6 QT Instant Pot simply cut the recipe in half. If you don’t have a pressure cooker it can be made on the stove top in a large pot or Dutch oven.
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Substitutions
Cauliflower – broccoli – you will have a more green soup
Gold potatoes – any type of white potato will work but gold potatoes are creamy
Cannellini beans – navy beans – black beans
Zucchini – yellow summer squash, green beans cut into small pieces
Carrots – parsnips
Spinach – kale
Let’s talk about Spices
If you want less kick to the recipe, cut the smoked paprika in half and also the chipotle chili powder. It will still be very flavorful.
If you don’t have Herbs de Provence – you can sub an Italian seasoning blend
Once your soup cubes are frozen transfer the cubes to a gallon size freezer bag. Then your molds are ready for another batch prep item.
Zesty Cauliflower Potato Corn Soup
Equipment
- 8 qt. pressure cooker
Ingredients
- 1 pound cauliflower, cut into small bite size pieces
- 1 1/4 pounds gold potatoes, peeled and diced
- 3/4 cup red lentils
- 1 zucchini, diced
- 1 yellow onion, diced
- 1 tbsp garlic, minced
- 1 cup celery, diced
- 2 cups carrots, diced
- 3 cups frozen corn
- 8 cups vegetable broth
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1/2 tsp chipotle chili powder
- 1 tbsp dried dill
- 1 tbsp Herbs de Provence
- freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 2 15 oz cans cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
- 4 ounces fresh spinach, chopped – add as much as you like or use kale
Instructions
- Put everything "except the spinach" in an 8 QT Instant pot. If you have a 6 QT, cut the recipe in half.
- Set on high pressure for 6 minutes, when the cooking cycle is done, manually release pressure. Carefully remove the lid. Using a ladle, remove about 2 cups of the soup and place it in a blender container with 2 cups of your favorite unsweetened plant milk. Blend until smooth and creamy. Pour the blended mixture back into the Instant pot and stir well.
- Chop the spinach into small pieces and stir it into the pot. It will wilt in just minutes. Add as much as you like.
- Taste and adjust seasonings if needed. Serve with a side salad and a cornbread muffin.
Stove Top
- I have only made this in the Instant Pot but you could make it on the stove in a large pot or Dutch oven. Add all of the ingredients, "except the spinach" bring to a boil, then turn the heat down to a simmer. Simmer until vegetables are fork tender, then add the chopped spinach.
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I just got a Ninja Foodie Air Fryer pro and would love to get some tips about how to air fry. Can you guide me to the videos you have on this topic? I saw your review of an earlier version of this product and you mentioned how knowledgeable you are with air frying. I’m a recovering food addict and I’m trying to make healthy sugar and flour free meals so I have a variety and get sober from food. Your help is greatly appreciated Tammy. 😊
Congratulations on choosing to improve your health! I mostly use the air fryer to air fry no oil potatoes and no oil corn tortilla chips. If you Google Nutmeg Notebook Air Fryer you will get links to all of the videos I have made on air frying. They will mostly be with the Breville brand but the concept will be the same with your Ninja. You may have to adjust the cooking times or temperature for your appliance. Also you can go to YouTube and search Nutmeg Notebook Air Fryer and all of my videos will pop up. If you use the search bar on the blog here and enter in Air Fryer – all of the recipes for air frying will show up.
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Hi Tami & Tom
Happy New year from Dublin Ireland!
Made this easy soup today & it’s a great warming ” stick to your ribs” soup.
Just what’s needed here with our cold spell -2°C .
My husband ,who’s not plant based, really liked it ( minus the beans & Smoked paprika.)
Thanks
Denise McMahon
Hi Denise, Thank you so much for your review. I am delighted that your husband liked the soup! I hope to visit Ireland one day – it looks so beautiful there.
I am going to make the Zesty Cauliflower Potato Corn Soup and I came across something in the recipe instructions that I don’t understand. (I will cut this recipe in half because I have a 6Qt IP.) At the beginning of the soup Instructions, you write “Put everything except the spinach” in the SS insert of an 8 QT Instant pot.” I don’t know what an SS insert is. I do have a metal insert that holds food that is solid and put in whole, but what is an “ss” insert? Is this a typo and if not why would I put soup ingredients into an insert? Please feel free to email me if you prefer unless others wonder about this comment too. Thank You,
Hi Diane, The SS stands for stainless steel and the insert is the SS pot that is inserted in the base of the pressure cooker. It is sometimes also called the inner pot. Hope that helps.
Tami, this is exactly the soup recipe I needed today! Thank you for sharing! Comfort food at its best!
You are welcome Rosie! I have had a bad cold and this soup has been so comforting!
What a wonderful soup this is, and the corn muffins were perfect with the soup. Maybe Tamis best recipe yet!❤️
Joyce,
Thank you so much! I am so glad you liked the recipes.
I made a half batch in my 6qt IP. So delicious. I added a handful of cashews with the soup and milk in the blender. Thanks, Tami, for a wonderful soup recipe. It was perfect on this snow covered evening.
Just made the soup tonight. It tasted great and my husband also said how good it was.
Thank you JoAnn – I am so glad you both liked it!