Vege-licious chef and owner, Bettina Thomas shared her recipe for a delicious vegan soup with Chanel 5’s Lelan Statom on Talk of the Town during their “meatless Monday” segment on Feb. 24, 2020.

The soup is a sweet potato and collard green soup filled with flavor and so hearty it’s like a vege stew!

Watch the segment here!

To try this 100 percent vegan soup at home for your “meatless Monday,” follow Bettina’s own original recipe.

Vege-licious Vegan Soup

Ingredients:

1 Tbsp coriander

1 tsp cumin

4 bay leaves

1/4 cup oil

6 oz can tomato paste

1 sprig fresh thyme

1 sprig fresh rosemary

1 tsp paprika

1/4 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)

1 quart vegetable broth or water

6 garlic cloves

3″ piece of fresh ginger (finely chopped)

1 cup almond butter

2 sweet potatoes, diced

1 large onion, chopped

1 bunch of collard greens, trimmed

1 small container of cherry tomatoes

salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Blend ginger, garlic and almond butter in water (or broth if using). Add first nine ingredients to stock pot. Add sweet potatoes, onion, collards and whole cherry tomatoes to the pot. Stir in blended ingredients. Add salt and pepper to taste. Simmer until sweet potatoes are tender, 10 to 15 minutes. 

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We hope you’ll try this receipe at home. If you do, come tell us how your soup turned out!

Vege-licious is located at 513B Fisk Street. We are a 100% plant based, vegan soul food restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee. We are open Tuesday – Friday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. with brunch available from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.