It doesn't need to be soup season to enjoy this fresh pea and mint soup. Made with healthy ingredients, this tasty soup is a vibrant color, with lots of health benefits, and is low fat and low calorie. You can also make this pea soup in a soup maker - not just stove top!
Are you ready to tuck into the best pea and mint soup in the world for a starter, lunch, or dinner?
We love this minted pea soup because it's delicious and nutritious and super quick and easy if you're short of time. It's also comforting with crusty bread and easy to customise, whatever your diet.
And the great thing is, I developed this recipe as a soup maker pea and mint soup with a capacity of 1.6L as well cooking it on a stove top.
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✔️ Why You'll Love This Recipe
Here are just a handul of reasons why we think you'll love this great recipe too!
- Minimal prep
- Made in minutes
- Elegant for a dinner party
- Full of fibre and antioxidants
- Perfect soup for busy weeknights
- Soup maker friendly - not just for pans!
- Budget friendly to feed the whole family
- Simple recipe made with basic ingredients
- Fresh peas don't need a long time to cook
- An unofficial Slimming World soup for weight loss
🛒 Ingredient Notes
Please see the printable recipe card with exact ingredient quantities and preparation instructions at the bottom of the page.
Low calorie cooking oil spray - this is for an unofficial Slimming World pea soup that is estimated as syn free. Or, you could use olive oil, or melt butter to saute the onions and garlic
Fresh peas - these are bright green frozen peas, which I believe makes a more fresh pea soup than shelled from a supermarket. Or use baby peas like petit pois, fresh summer peas, etc. I don't recommend marrowfat peas as
Potato - this is peeled and finely diced and added at the same time of the peas for a creamy taste, or you can replace it with another 200g of peas as we sometimes do
Onion - this is a whole brown (yellow onion), or red onion if that's all you have. You could also add a bunch of green onions (spring onions)
Garlic clove - I mince and saute 2 to give this simple soup extra depth
Fresh mint - these are fresh mint leaves blended at the end after cooking for a delicious soup.
Lemon - I add zest to the stock and lemon juice at the end so that the acidity balances the sweet flavors from the green peas. Or you could use a lime
Stock - I use chicken stock cubes, or you could use homemade chicken broth, vegetable stock or 3 cups broth of your choice
Seasoning - this is a pinch of salt and black pepper
📋 Instructions
1. First, spray or add your oil in a large pan and saute the onions and garlic over high heat
This should take a couple of minutes until softened.
2. Next, add the stock or warm water and stock cubes, peas and potatoes.
Note: if you prefer thinner soups, skip the potato
Soup makers: transfer everything into your machine
3. Cover and cook over low heat until a gentle simmer for 6-8 minutes.
Soup makers: and set to smooth.
4. Now add the lemon juice, fresh mint and use a stick blender (immersion blender) to purée soup until smooth.
If not on a weight loss plan, feel free to whisk crème fraîche or sour cream into the pot, and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and serve.
Tip: Garden peas don't need long to cook, so avoid overcooking as they will lose their lovely bright green colour
👩🍳 Substitutions
Depending on your dietary requirements, here are a few simple swaps you can do and still make a delicious meal:
- Garden peas - use green beans instead, or replace some with baby spinach leaves or watercress
- Mint - swap the garden mint with your favorite fresh herbs
- Medium potato - as this is used to thicken and make it a creamy pea and mint soup, instead, you can blend it a can of chickpeas, kidney beans, cauliflower or just add more peas
- Stock - use gluten free, vegetarian or vegan options
- Cooking oil spray - swap for a little butter or plant based vegan butter to saute the onions
⚖️ Variations
Here are some different ways you can enhance and truly personalise this recipe for now or next time:
- Spicy - add some chili flakes for a delicious warming soup
- Pea and coconut soup - replace 400g/14oz of stock with a can of coconut milk
- Deluxe - serve each bowl with some grated parmesan cheese, and creme fraiche at the end
- Unofficial Slimming World Pea and ham - for more protein, serve with lean cooked shredded ham
- Kid friendly - serve with cookie cutter shaped toasts for some fun dipping
You might also like my pan and soup maker split pea and ham soup maker recipe.
🔪 Equipment
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- Large saucepan or Soup maker
- Garlic press
- Weighing scales
- Measuring jug
- Potato peeler
- Chopping board
- Chopping knife
- Hand blender or food processor
❄️ Storage
Storing - we prefer eating this spring pea soup recipe freshly cooked, but it can be stored in airtight containers and refrigerated for up to 3 days.
Freezing - let your soup cool to room temperature and again, store in a freezer-safe container for up to 3 months.
Reheating - If you want to eat the next day, defrost in the fridge if required and microwave until piping hot, or on the hob or stove. You may need to add a little water if it has thickened
💡Pro Tips
- Garden peas don't need long to cook, nor any higher than medium heat, so avoid overcooking as they will lose their lovely bright green colour
- Warm soup bowls in the bottom of the oven before serving so they stay hot for longer
- Only add salt and pepper to season soup to taste at the end if preferred
- For extra flavour, make a zesty creme fraiche mixture with lemon or lime zest in a small bowl before spooning into the soups to serve
🍽️ Serving Suggestions
Bread: For dipping, we love some focaccia, damper bread or crusty bread. If you want to some artisan bread, I recommend trying this olive and parmesan cob loaf from Fab Food4All
Savory muffins: make a batch of healthy cheese and onion muffins made with leftover mashed potato if making unofficial Slimming World pea and mint soup
Crackers: dip or break some seedy crackers into the soup for crunch and texture
❓ FAQ
Yes, you can cook pea and mint soup in a slow cooker, but I recommend on low heat for 2 hours, or high heat for 1 hour to prevent overcooking the peas.
If using a pressure cooker like an Instant Pot, I would only cook it for 3 minutes. However, it is quicker on a hob as you don't need to wait for the machine to heat up.
➕ More Tasty Soups
Here at Tastefully Vikkie, we love making winter warming and summer soups - many are soup maker recipes, so we have hundreds on the blog! But here are our readers' favorites to help you get started:
🍽️Pairing
Here are some of our favorite side dishes for dipping in soup:
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📖 Recipe
Super Easy Creamy Pea and Mint Soup Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- Onion peeled and diced
- 2 cloves Garlic minced
- 700 g Garden peas frozen (5 cups)
- 1 medium Potato peeled and diced *or swap for more peas
- 700 ml Boiling water (3 cups)
- 2 Stock cubes chicken or vegetable
- Seasoning (salt and pepper)
- 1 bunch Mint leaves or 2 tablespoon dried mint
- 1 Lemon Zest and juice
Instructions
- First, spray or add your oil in a large pan and saute the onions and garlic over high heatThis should take a couple of minutes until softened.
- Next, add the stock or warm water and stock cubes, peas and potatoes.Note: if you prefer thinner soups, skip the potatoSoup makers: transfer everything into your machine
- Cover and cook over low heat until a gentle simmer for 6-8 minutes.Soup makers: and set to smooth.
- Now add the lemon juice, fresh mint and use a stick blender (immersion blender) to purée soup until smooth.If not on a weight loss plan, feel free to whisk crème fraîche or sour cream into the pot, and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and serve.
Disclaimer
*This is an unofficial page and has no affiliation or endorsement from Slimming World. Slimming World's website can be found at https://www.slimmingworld.co.uk/. Any syn values are personal estimates and not verified by Slimming World.
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Notes
- Garden peas don't need long to cook, nor any higher than medium heat, so avoid overcooking as they will lose their lovely bright green colour
- Warm soup bowls in the bottom of the oven before serving so they stay hot for longer
- Only add salt and pepper to season soup to taste at the end if preferred
- For extra flavour, make a zesty creme fraiche mixture with lemon or lime zest in a small bowl before spooning into the soups to serve
Anonymous
Delicious, as are all your recipes. Didn't have any mint so used ham instead. Am going to use Gannon next time as I usually have some left over. Can't wait to try more!!!