Description
This easy and healthy homemade vegetable soup with vegan dumplings is tasty, comforting, and you won’t spend all day in the kitchen!
Ingredients
For the dumplings:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1 tsp fresh thyme
1/4 tsp cracked pepper
2 tbsp olive oil
1/2 cup warm water
For the soup:
1 tbsp. olive oil
1 medium-sized white onion, finely chopped
2 celery stalks, finely chopped
2 medium-sized carrots, finely chopped
5 stems of green onion, finely chopped
1 tbsp. vegan butter
1 heaped tbsp. all-purpose flour
1 tsp sea salt
1 tsp fresh cracked pepper
1 tsp fresh thyme
1 tbsp. vegetable stock paste mixed with 1 1/2 cups boiling water
7 cups boiling water
Instructions
Start by making the dough. Combine your flour, baking powder, sea salt and herbs. Create a well in the center of your flour mixture and pour oil and warm water into the middle. Using a spatula fold together until sticky and well combined. It will be wet and sticky but this is what you’re looking for. Form into a ball and place a tea towel on top and let it rest while you make your soup.
To a large pot add your olive oil and heat on medium heat for 1 minute before adding onions. Cook the onions for 7-8 minutes or until translucent. To the pot add your carrots, celery and green onion. Cook them for 7-8 minutes while stirring often to avoid burning. Scrape any brown bits that develop at the base of the pot with a wooden spoon.
To the pot, add your vegan butter and let it melt. Add your flour and stir till everything is coated. Now season with salt and pepper and add your fresh thyme. Give everything one more stir to ensure everything is well coated with flour. Increase heat to high and add 1 tbsp of vegetable stock paste + 1 1/2 cups of boiling water to the pot. Stir and scrape any loose bits from the bottom of the pan. Once your water has almost reduced and the rest of the water and bring soup to a boil. Cook till the vegetables are tender.
Grab your dough mixture and using a tbsp. begin scooping little balls and dropping them into the soup. It’s not an overly fancy or particular process, just make sure you’re using a tbsp. Cook for around 5 minutes before removing from heat.
Serve with fresh dill and your favourite vegan sour cream!
Notes
Let the vegetable soup base simmer a lot to develop the flavour
Don’t skip the good quality herbs in your dumplings to really add a pop of flavour
Sweat your vegetables out on a lower heat than blasting them on high heat, this helps with the flavour as well
Switch up the vegetables in this recipe to whatever you have in your fridge – throw in kale, broccoli, squash, etc.
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This is so delicious! I added kale to mine. It’s my first time eating dumplings in soup and this recipe is going into my collection of favorites. Thank you, Maria!
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YESSS!!! I am so glad you loved it. Seriously such a favourite. I couldn’t stop eating them lol
Hehe! Yay!
I’ve just made it again 😄
YES!! How was it this time around love?!
what kind of vegetable stock base do you use? I made this with Better Than Boullion vegetable stock paste and the flavour was not great, but I certain it was because of poor stock choice. Any advice?
I use Better Than Bouillon always and it is always delicious. Do you think you ended up with a bad batch, perhaps? Hoping it works out for you next time my love!
I love vegan vegetable soup with dumplings, and that looks delicious! After reading your blog, I am thinking of making this soup tomorrow.
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Great soup, Easy and Tasty! Loved it
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Thanks so much for the love Cloe!
SO EASY AND SO DELICIOUS! ALL HAIL SOUP QUEEN!
Isn’t it seriously the best soup!!!?
Wonderful recipe!! Great flavor. Next time I will add more veggies and make them a bit more chunky. It was my boyfriends first time trying dumplings and he said the dish is a keeper!! Thank you Maria ♥️
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Yes!!! Try cauliflower, brocoli, kale, spinach etc. It’ll be terrific! So glad he liked the dumplings in the soup! So easy right?
enjoyed this soup on a chilly day! loved lots of extra fresh dill, fresh ground pepper, and hot sauce!!! next time I will for sure top with cashew cream!!!
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You’re so welcome my love! Thanks for the support. It means a lot to us!
I made it 3 times in one week! So good.
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Hey Tabitha!! Thanks so much for the love. This soup is one of my favourites, so glad you love it too!
Made this soup last night and man oh man was it delicious! The broth is perfectly seasoned and warms you from the inside out! I did add some minced garlic with the green onions. Loved the dumplings and think this would be great with pasta too as a veggie noodle soup. Highly recommend when in sickness and in health! Will be making again and again!
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Thank you so much for the love Kimberley!
Who knew some dumplings bouncin’ around a boiling pot of soup could bring so much joy! 🙂 I loved making this soup and it turned out wholesome, balanced, and packed with delicious fresh flavors! I added kale and mushrooms too! Thank you for this soul warming recipe, Maria! Keep on dancing and making magic in the kitchen!
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Hey Kristen!!! I am so glad you loved this recipe. It is such a favourite of mine. If you have access to vegan sour cream be sure to try that with this soup next time too!
This recipe is the BOMB!! Thank you for always brining something new! ❤️
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You’re so welcome Milica! Thanks so much for the love sweet thang xxx
Added 3 cloves of garlic because I just love garlic.. but this soup was amazing! Exactly what I needed on this cold January day. Will definitely be making this again and adding it into my regular soup rotation. Thanks Maria!
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Hey Jodi! Thanks so much for the love, so grateful you loved this soup as much as we do. Also, good call on the garlic 😉
So good! Finally found my go-to when I’m craving chicken noodle soup. Added corn & chili miso oil to it. Delish.
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Oh my gosh, those additions sound so dope! Giving kind of Ramen ish tasting vibes, I love it!
Made this soup on a whim and it was delicious! Hit the spot. Savory, comforting and easy to make. Excited to add different veggies next time. Loved the flavor <3 Thank you!
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Thank you so much for the love Jasmine!
Another amazing soup! Really well developed flavors. Added black kale at the end and adding some beautiful colour
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What a great addition, thanks so much for the love, Mackenzie!
So nourishing and tasty, I was hesitant to make this now, being summer heat in Australia but it was still so good.
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YASSSS babe, this makes me so damn happy! let me know what you make next!
Loved the flavor!!! My dumplings were a little dense however.. Any suggestions or tips?
I’m not sure, it sounds like the type of the dumpling versus what we provide in the recipe! I would try a different dumpling brand next time!
Hmm.. I made the recipe exactly as is. Do you think it has to do with how long it sits before making them into tsp balls? Or maybe how I folded the dry and liquid ingredients?
Hey! I am not sure what the issue is that you’re having? What happened with the dumplings?
So yummy! This is the third time I’ve made it. Can’t get enough:)
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Thank you so much for the love, Amy!
This recipe was amazing! My boyfriend and I literally ate the entire pot in one sitting. I made the dumplings gluten free with cup4cup all purpose flour and they turned out great! Next time I would add more fresh thyme and salt because the gluten free flour taste I find is a bit strong.
I added more fresh thyme into the soup too because we just loooove fresh herbs.
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This sounds so lovely, Emily! And I agree, whenever you had add more fresh herbs you should absolutely do it!!
I made this for my vegan clients recently and they loved it! I added garlic to the dough and it was 10/10. Another amazing recipe girl!
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Great tip!!! Thanks Marcy!!!
I just found this recipe and would like to try it. Can the soup be kept in the fridge for a couple of days or will the dumplings go all mushy? Especially with soups I just love to make a bigger batch and eat it for a few days.
I just found this recipe and would like to try it. Can the soup be kept in the fridge for a couple of days or will the dumplings go all mushy? Especially with soups I just love to make a bigger batch and eat it for a few days.
So yummy! I just wasn’t sure if my dumplings were cooked the whole way. I used bobs red mill gluten free 1 to 1 baking flour so is that why???
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Thank you so much for the love hun!
Of course! But how do I know if my dumplings are cooked enough? They came out sort of gummy
Hey Nicole, in the instructions it says 5 minutes or so. They will firm up and float to the top while fluffing up as well. I hope that helps. It they was doughy you may have added a bit to much moisture to the batter. And to follow up with your second response, please give me more than 20 minute to reply to your comments. I am a team of 1 managing this account and we have different tasks that happen everyday. I appreciate your support so much and hope this helps!
Love love love this simple and delicious soup! My 2 year old and husband loved it even more. Thank you so much for sharing. I did read through comments before making this myself. I used minced garlic in the soup and a touch of garlic powder in the dumplings. Also, used a bit more thyme in both soup and dumplings. Oatly cream fraiche worked great for vegan sour cream. Looking forward to making again!
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Thank you so much for the love, Chrissy!!!!!
maybe it’s my bad english but I don’t understand what’s the filling of the dumplings ??
But looks delicious 🙂
Hello! It says it right in the ingredients/recipe box. For the dumplings: then the list of ingredients.
Everything about this recipe is AMAZING. I’ve recently stumbled upon Maria’s, IG while looking for vegan recipes… I’ve made this soup twice in a week-it’s THAT good. Made g.free dumplings and dough stays together, a plus. My two 1/2 yr old loves the soup and devours the dumplings:) Second time around I made gnocchi sized and it makes a perfect spoonful bite. His dad isn’t a soup fan but loves this one WOOT!. I have some heath issues and this has been a God-send to eat, a plus for good-nutrition, healthy and the perfect comfort food. Really inspiring to try other tasty recipes. Thank you Maria!
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You are such an angel, thank you so much for the love, Kristen!