This 10-minute Vegan Spinach Soup with Ginger Broth is light and comforting—with soothing ginger and just enough spinach to boost your immune system and get you back on your feet.
When I get sick—which isn’t often since I switched to a whole food, plant-based diet—I usually crave soup. This Vegan Spinach Soup with Ginger Broth is a healing vegetable soup that’s light and comforting—with its stomach-soothing ginger, and anti-oxidant rich spinach to boost your immune system and help get you feeling better in no time.
I had been making this soup for years. But I only realized what an easy, healing vegetable soup it is one Spring, when I was down-and-out with a particularly nasty virus. Living alone at the time, I needed something quick and easy I could make for myself.
My sister offered to shop for me, and since the basic version of this vegan spinach soup has just three ingredients, it was a quick trip to the store. Once I talked her through where to find the fresh ginger.
It's easy to chop fresh spinach by cooking it first!
Why I Love this Vegan Spinach Soup
I love this healing vegetable soup because it’s light, delicious and comforting, whether you’re sick or perfectly healthy.
It can be made with fresh ingredients or with stuff you keep on hand in the pantry and freezer. This is especially helpful if you don’t have someone to cook or run to the store for you.
I also love that you can make a truly satisfying version of this vegan spinach soup with ginger broth with only three ingredients.
Or add sliced mushrooms and scallions, minced garlic, rice noodles or the cooked whole grain of your choice—and you’ve got a heartier, but still quite light and soothing soup.
How to Make this Healing Spinach Soup Recipe in 10 Just Minutes
The basic version of this vegan spinach soup with ginger broth—the one I recommend if you’re feeling really unwell—only takes about 10 minutes total.
I’ve even included my ‘neat-and-lazy’ method for chopping fresh spinach. Because the last thing you want to do when you’re unwell is be on your feet in the kitchen.
Even if you choose the optional add-ins, you can still pull this healing vegetable soup together in about 10 minutes with very little effort. Doesn’t that make you feel better already?
-Elizabeth xo
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Check out these other comforting soups: Vegan Broccoli Cheese Soup, Lemony Lentil Turnip Chowder, Easy Gnocchi Soup, and Red Lentil Dal Soup.
📖 Recipe
Vegan Spinach Soup with Ginger Broth
Ingredients
- 4 cups fresh pre-washed spinach leaves (or 3 ounces chopped frozen)
- ½ to 1 tablespoon fresh ginger root peeled and minced (See notes. Sub ½ to 1 tablespoon jarred, or ¼ teaspoon ground if desired)
- 4 cups low sodium vegetable broth
- Sea salt to taste
- Optional: 2 teaspoons cornstarch to thicken
Optional add ins:
- Optional: Sliced Mushrooms
- Optional: Sliced Green Onions
- Optional: Minced Garlic
- Optional: Brown Rice or Rice Noodles or other whole grain
Instructions
- Heat 1 tablespoon of water in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the minced ginger with a pinch of salt, and saute about 1 minute, or until ginger becomes fragrant.
- Add the hot broth, increase the heat to high to bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium low and simmer 5 minutes. (Simmer longer if you want a more intense ginger flavor. If using chopped frozen spinach, add it now.)
- If using fresh spinach, while the broth and ginger are simmering, place the spinach leaves and 1 tablespoon of water in a microwave safe dish, cover, and cook on high for 2 minutes. Then simply cut the spinach with a fork and butter knife. Remove any stems, if desired, then add it to the soup.
- Optional: To thicken the soup, while the spinach is cooking, ladle about a cup of broth 2 teaspoons of cornstarch into a bowl, and whisk completely until there are no lumps. Add the mixture back to the pot.
Notes
Nutrition (approximate)
Myr S.
Overindulged at a restaurant last night and my stomach was not happy today. Found this recipe while looking for a simple soup for dinner. I didn't have any fresh ginger so I had to use ground but this still fit the bill, especially with some sliced mushrooms, carrots, and green onion added to the bag of fresh spinach. Even my vegetarian wife who famously doesn't actually like vegetables enjoyed this 😉
Elizabeth Shah
So glad this soup helped you reset! Nothing like ginger to soothe an upset stomach. Much thanks for your review 🙂
Vanessa
Light and soothing. Perfect meal for me after a long vacation and needing a detox and reset :). Love the immunity quality of the ginger and the nutrient dense spinach.
Elizabeth Shah
Thanks Vanessa! I know exactly what you mean about needed a post-vacation reset. :))))
John Joseph
Hi Elizabeth
This sounds great. New to cooking LOL but as a Vegan want to eat healthier. Trying this tonight. It sounds great. Is there a reason you do not cook with oil? Is it because of the fat?
Elizabeth Shah
Hi John, Welcome to the wonderful world of vegan cooking! I don't cook with oil, and avoid it as much as possible in my diet because it's a refined, high fat/low nutrition food. But I do include healthy, whole food fats like nuts, seeds, avocado, etc. (We do need fat in our diets!) While avoiding oil can be challenging, I find cooking without it is pretty simple.
Here's an article from a very trustworthy source on the topic: https://nutritionstudies.org/new-to-an-oil-free-diet-heres-what-you-need-to-know/
Best of luck on your journey!
S
I'll try this but the steps are so confusing! You got me all over the place with the tablespoon of water
Elizabeth Shah
I don't cook with oil, so I use a little water (or broth) to keep things from sticking. Hope this makes things clearer!