This delicious Courgette Soup (Zucchini Soup) is smooth and creamy and can even win over courgette haters!
I never liked courgettes as a kid, I think it was mainly to do with the texture. Despite loathing them, I did love this Courgette Soup.
Most of the time when I visited my Gran and Grandad I was served a big bowl of this soup. Their neighbour was always giving my Gran bags full of courgettes and she would use them to cook and freeze large batches of this soup.
Even though I knew the soup was made with courgettes I still happily ate it. This is why I am always telling my kids that just because you don’t like a food prepared one way doesn’t mean you won’t like it prepared other ways.
I first published this post in March 2014. I have updated it with new photos and more recipe information.
Is Courgette Soup Good for You?
Soup is fantastic for getting more veggies into a kids diet. Both my kids love soup and will happily eat bowl after bowl of it. We want our kids to eat a range of different vegetables for maximum nutrition, soup is one way that we can do that.
Courgettes are rich in minerals and vitamins that include potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, calcium and vitamin C. Its peel (which is blitzed into the soup) is a good source of dietary fibre which will help if your little one is suffering from constipation.
Courgette Soup – Making it Dairy Free
What I love about this soup is how thick and creamy it is, even before you add cream. The courgettes blend together to make the soup smooth and silky in texture.
Therefore, if you want to make this soup dairy free you can easily skip the cream altogether and replace the butter with some olive oil.
How to Freeze Courgette Soup
This soup freezes really well. Allow to cool down, transfer to freezable containers, with good lids, and freeze for up to 3 months.
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Courgette Soup (Zucchini Soup)
Ingredients
- 30g (2 tbsp) Butter * SEE NOTE 1
- 1 Large onion, chopped
- 2 Garlic cloves, minced
- 1 kg (2lb) Courgettes (zucchinis), halved lengthways and sliced. * SEE NOTE 2
- 1 litre (4 cups) Vegetable / Chicken Stock * SEE NOTE 3
- 120ml (1/2 cup) Cream * SEE NOTE 1
Instructions
- Melt butter, over a medium heat, in a large pan. Add the onion and garlic and cook for approx. 5 mins (until lightly golden)
- Add the courgettes, reduce the heat and allow the vegetables to sweat for 10 mins (lid on)
- Add the stock and simmer for 25 mins, until the courgettes are very soft.
- Using a stick blender, whizz until smooth.
- Add the cream (optional) and stir through.
- Delicious served with some freshly grated parmesan.
Recipe Notes
- To make dairy free you can replace the butter with olive oil. You can miss out the cream, the soup is actually quite creamy without the extra cream.
- 1kg is roughly 6 medium courgettes
- Use homemade stock or low sodium stock if serving to baby / young child. You can also replace some of the stock with water to reduce sodium levels.
Val peteva says
Great tecipe!
Amy says
Thanks Val!
Michal says
This recipe looks great! I forgot to sweat the zucchini beforehand – do you think it’ll still come out okay? It’s on the stovetop now and the kids are hungry 🙂
Amy says
Hi Michal, it should be fine, you just may not have the same depth of flavour and may have to simmer longer. How did it go?