Vegan Broccoli Cheese Soup – This soup has quickly become a blog favorite! It tastes just like “regular” Broccoli Cheese Soup … without the dairy! It’s like a dream come true!
Vegan Broccoli Cheese Soup
I am beyond excited to share this Dreamy Dairy-Free Broccoli-Cheese Soup with you guys!! As someone that is allergic to dairy, I SO crave a creamy and delicious bowl of broccoli cheese soup whenever the weather turns cool …. and FINALLY I have created the most amazing dairy-free broccoli cheese soup I have ever tasted! I mean, it tastes exactly the same as “regular” broccoli cheese soup!
How to Make the Best Vegan Broccoli Cheese Soup
The secret is in the amazing cashew “cheese” sauce made with cashews, unsweetened almond milk and nutritional yeast. I have been playing around with this mixture FOREVER and this is not the last recipe you will see it in!
But, if you want to make this you are going to need the following:
This will be on rotation this fall/winter for sure!!
What is Nutritional Yeast
It is a deactivated yeast that has a strong nutty, cheesy flavor and is really good source of B-complex vitamins! It is a very common cheese replacement for those who are dairy-free/vegan. It is also Whole30 compliant!
Love broccoli + cheese – make sure you check out my “Cheesy” Broccoli Twice Baked Potatoes!!
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Dreamy Dairy-Free Broccoli Cheese Soup
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 3–4 servings 1x
- Category: Soup
- Method: Stove Top
- Cuisine: American
Description
Dairy-Free Broccoli Cheese Soup – A incredibly creamy broccoli “cheese” soup – you won’t believe it is dairy-free and vegan!
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon minced shallots
- 1–2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1/4 cup very finely chopped celery
- 4 1/2 cup chopped broccoli into bite-sized pieces
- 2 cups vegetable broth (if Whole30 check your ingredients)
- 1 1/2 cup raw cashews (soak overnight in water)
- 1 1/4 cup Califia unsweetened almond milk
- 1/2 cup + 2 Tablespoons nutritional yeast
- 1 Teaspoon salt (more to taste)
Instructions
- In large sauce pan, add olive oil and shallots and bring to medium high heat; stir shallots and let reduce for approximately 1-2 minutes.
- Add celery and continue cooking for 2-3 minutes (add another Tablespoon of olive oil if you need to).
- Once celery has cooked down, add broccoli and vegetable broth.
- Bring to a simmer.
- In high-powered blender, add cashews (drain first), almond milk, nutritional yeast and salt.
- Blend on high until smooth and creamy (use spatula to scrape down sides several times) approximately 4 minutes.
- Once your the vegetable broth has been simmering for about 5 minutes, add your cashew sauce and start stirring to combine.
- Bring to a simmer and continue stirring – soup will thicken after a couple of minutes.
- Taste and add additional salt, as desired. (I added another 1/2 Teaspoon).
Notes
Don’t forget to soak your cashews overnight (I just leave mine out on the counter), but if you forget you can always let them soak in boiling water for at least an hour and you should be fine!
Keywords: vegan broccoli cheese soup, dairy free broccoli cheese soup
Sam says
This was absolutely delicious! I am absolutely delighted with how this turned out! Yummmmmm!
★★★★★
Carli says
So good! It’s delicious and creamy and tastes so much like the real deal. We make this at least once a month!
★★★★★
Brooke says
We make this recipe all the time. My family loves it so much. Sometimes I add potatoes or I at least serve it over baked potatoes. I always add carrots too. Thanks for the recipe!
★★★★★
Dani says
Thoughts on substituting the vegetable broth with chicken broth? I have a bunch on hand I would like to use up, but don’t want to sacrifice the flavor you have created!
Erin says
Hi Dani! I think you should be fine with chicken broth!
Lynn F says
Wow!!! Delicious! Followed it exactly and at the end added some garlic powder and smoked paprika. Awesome recipe. So creamy.
★★★★★
Erin says
So glad you enjoyed this one, Lynn!
Nicole G. says
This soup is absolutely delicious!! I’ve made it multiple times and it’s so simple as well. You would never know that it is dairy free. It’s thick and cheesy. It’s a definite must to make!!
★★★★★
Erin says
So happy you are enjoying it, Nicole!
Juli says
This recipe is delicious! I wanted to share my substitutes, as I didn’t have everything the recipe called for but it turned out delicious!
Shallots = onion
Broccoli = I didn’t have 13 cups so I also added cauliflower, and extra celery.
Vegetable broth = I did Bone broth because I am no longer vegan and wanted the extra collagen bonus
Cashews = I only had 1 cup of cashews in the house so I used 3 cups of canned chickpeas that I had!
During the onions and olive oil part, I added bag leaves, salt and pepper 🙂
Everything else was the same.
I was amazed all my substitutes turned out great and that it worked out so well! A really delicious recipe!!
Erin says
So glad you enjoyed it, Juli! And thanks for sharing your substitutions and how they worked – always so helpful to everyone!
Laurel says
day 22 of whole30 and missing cheese! this hit the spot. i ended up soaking the cashews for 36 hours and can’t believe how thick and creamy this is. thanks for keeping w30 interesting!
★★★★★
Terry says
It’s really good! Do you have an estimated amount of calories for this soup?
Erin says
So happy to hear that, Terry! Sorry, I haven’t calculated calories!
Carey says
Amazing! Totally shocked at how great this is!
★★★★★
Erin says
So happy to hear that! And thanks so much for leaving a review + feedback – I really appreciate it!