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Creamy Spinach Potato Soup with Lemon

A velvety, bright green blended soup of potatoes, white beans and spinach, finished with lemon, a swirl of Greek yogurt and crunchy toasted pepitas.

Creamy Spinach Potato Soup with Lemon

Ingredients

  • 1½ tbsp20 gOlive oil
  • 1½ medium160 gYellow onionchopped
  • 2 stalks80 gCelerychopped
  • 4 cloves12 gGarlicminced
  • 2 medium450 gRusset potatoespeeled and cut into 1-inch cubes
  • 2 cups354 gGreat northern or cannellini beans, canned, drained and rinsed
  • 4 cups960 gLow-sodium chicken broth
  • 1 tsp1 gDried thyme
  • 8 cups loosely packed240 gBaby spinach
  • ¼ cup chopped15 gFresh parsleyleaves only
  • 2 tbsp30 gLemon juice
  • 7 oz200 gPlain Greek yogurt, nonfat
  • ½ tsp3 gSalt
  • ½ tsp1 gBlack pepper
  • ⅓ cup40 gPumpkin seeds (pepitas)

Steps

  1. Prep first: chop the onion and celery, mince the garlic, peel and cube the potato, and drain and rinse the great northern beans.
  2. Toast the pumpkin seeds in a dry large pot over medium heat, stirring, until they pop and smell nutty, 3 to 4 minutes; tip them into a bowl and set aside for garnish.
  3. In the same pot, warm the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onion and celery and cook until soft, about 6 minutes. Stir in the garlic and thyme and cook 1 minute.
  4. Add the potato, great northern beans and chicken broth. Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer until the potato is very tender, about 15 minutes.
  5. Turn off the heat. Stir in the spinach and parsley until wilted, about 2 minutes.
  6. Blend the soup until smooth with an immersion blender, or in a countertop blender in batches with the lid vented.
  7. Divide the Greek yogurt in half. Whisk the first half with a ladle of the hot soup in a bowl, then stir it back into the pot with the lemon juice, salt and black pepper. Warm gently without boiling.
  8. Ladle into 4 bowls and top each with a spoonful of the remaining half of the Greek yogurt and the toasted pumpkin seeds.

Check labels: Gluten-free when you buy low-sodium chicken broth labeled gluten-free.

Contains: Milk. Some brands contain gluten.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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