Super Green Sheet Pan Soup (2024)

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This super green sheet pan soup is the perfect recipe to make when you need an extra dose of vegetables. It's packed with nutritious ingredients like leeks, zucchini, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, potatoes and peas and it's topped with the most delicious pesto grilled cheese croutons. This is an easy 45-minute recipe that everyone will love!

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Why We Love This Recipe

  • Packed with vegetables: This is the perfect soup if you feel like you haven't been eating enough veggies. With leeks, potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, spinach and zucchini, this is definitely a super green soup.
  • Still delicious: Even though this soup is full of veggies, there's no overpowering earthy/vegetal taste. It's super smooth, fresh, and delicious.
  • Grilled cheese croutons: These are fun to make and add some nice crunch and flavor to the soup.

Ingredients and Notes

Here's what you'll need to make this super green sheet pan soup:

  • Leeks: Leeks grow in sandy soil, so be sure to wash them thoroughly after cutting them in half lengthwise to get rid of all the dirt.
  • Vegetable Broth: If you're using low-sodium or no sodium, be sure to taste your soup after blending to ensure the salt content is right for your palate.
  • Potatoes: We used Yukon Gold, but pretty much any kind should work.
  • Spinach and Parsley: Just note, these are added during the blending and aren't cooked before hand.

Step-by-step Instructions

PREP: Preheat oven to 400˚F and cut your veggies into evenly-sized pieces. Slice off the top of the head of garlic, exposing the cloves.

STEP 1: Place the leeks, cauliflower, broccoli, zucchini, potatoes and garlic on a large sheet pan. Drizzle with olive oil, 1 teaspoon salt and pepper and toss gently. Roast for 30 minutes, until all vegetables are fork tender.

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STEP 2: About 10 minutes before the vegetables are done, add the broth and peas to a small pot and heat until simmering.

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STEP 3: Add all of the vegetables (only add half of the garlic cloves) to a blender, along with the hot broth + peas, spinach, parsley, remaining ½-1 teaspoon salt (this depends on your preference and type of salt used) and red pepper flakes and blend until smooth.

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Grilled Cheese Croutons:

To make grilled cheese croutons, add butter to a pan over medium low heat. Begin toasting bread in the pan until it's golden brown and caramelized, then flip one piece over and add 2 cheese slices to the caramelized surface. Spread the pesto on top of the cheese, then place the other 2 cheese slices on top (this prevents the bread from getting soggy). Place the other slice, cooked side down, on top of the cheese. Cover with a lid. Cook until bottom is brown and crispy, then flip again and cook until other side is brown and crispy, and cheese is completely melted. Remove from heat and slice into small cubes.

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Tips and FAQs

  • Heat the broth:To ensure your final soup is hot, make sure the broth you're adding has been heated up in a sauce pan until simmering. We also add the peas to the broth so they are cooked before blending.
  • Heat safe blending: Be sure your blender is heat safe before blending. Heat safe blenders typically have vents on the top cap that allow heat to escape. If your blender isn't heat safe, you will need to make sure the top isn't completely closed so that steam can escape as you blend.
  • Customize: Feel free to use whatever veggies you like. However, we wouldn't recommend skipping the potatoes and cauliflower, as they add body to the soup.
  • Croutons: These are totally optional, but they're easy to make and add a nice crunch and heartiness to the soup.
  • Storage:Store leftovers in the refrigerator for 4-5 days. Reheat over medium-low heat until warmed through.
  • Freezer:You can also freeze this soup for up to 4-6 months. Defrost overnight in the refrigerator before reheating.
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  • Author: Lexi
  • Total Time: 40 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x
  • Diet: Vegetarian
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Description

This super green sheet pan soup is the perfect recipe to make when you need an extra dose of vegetables. It's packed with nutritious ingredients like leeks, zucchini, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, potatoes and peas and it's topped with the most delicious pesto grilled cheese croutons. This is an easy 45-minute recipe that everyone will love!

Ingredients

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Soup:

  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 large leek, trimmed, washed & cut into 1” pieces
  • 1 head garlic
  • ½ of a head of cauliflower, chopped into florets
  • ½ of a head of broccoli, chopped into florets
  • 1 medium-large zucchini, diced
  • 2 medium Yukon gold potatoes, peeled and diced
  • 1 ½-2 teaspoon kosher salt, divided
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • 3 cups chicken or vegetable broth
  • 1 cup frozen peas
  • Juice from 1 large lemon (3 tbsp)
  • 2 cups spinach
  • 3 tbsp fresh parsley
  • Optional: ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes

Pesto Grilled Cheese Croutons

  • 1-2 tablespoon butter
  • 2 slices of bread (we used sourdough)
  • 4 slices pepper jack cheese
  • 2 tbsp pesto

Instructions

Soup:

  1. Preheat oven to 400˚F.
  2. Slice off the top of the head of garlic, exposing the cloves.
  3. Place the leeks, cauliflower, broccoli, zucchini, potatoes and garlic on a large sheet pan. Drizzle with olive oil, 1 teaspoon salt and pepper and toss gently. Roast for 30 minutes, until all vegetables are fork tender.
  4. About 10 minutes before the vegetables are done, add the broth and peas to a small pot and heat until simmering.
  5. Add all of the vegetables (only add half of the garlic cloves) to a blender, along with the hot broth + peas, lemon juice, spinach, parsley, remaining ½-1 teaspoon salt (this depends on your preference and type of salt used) and red pepper flakes and blend until smooth.

Grilled Cheese Croutons:

  1. To make grilled cheese croutons, add butter to a pan over medium low heat. Begin toasting bread in the pan until it's golden brown and caramelized, then flip one piece over and add 2 cheese slices to the caramelized surface. Spread the pesto on top of the cheese, then place the other 2 cheese slices on top (this prevents the bread from getting soggy). Place the other slice, cooked side down, on top of the cheese.
  2. Cover with a lid. Cook until bottom is brown and crispy, then flip again and cook until other side is brown and crispy, and cheese is completely melted. Remove from heat and slice into small cubes.

Notes

Heat the broth: To ensure your final soup is hot, make sure the broth you're adding has been heated up in a sauce pan until simmering. We also add the peas to the broth so they are cooked before blending.

Heat safe blending: Be sure your blender is heat safe before blending. Heat safe blenders typically have vents on the top cap that allow heat to escape. If your blender isn't heat safe, you will need to make sure the top isn't completely closed so that steam can escape as you blend.

Customize: Feel free to use whatever veggies you like. However, we wouldn't recommend skipping the potatoes and cauliflower, as they add body to the soup.

Croutons: These are totally optional, but they're easy to make and add a nice crunch and heartiness to the soup.

Storage: Store leftovers in the refrigerator for 4-5 days. Reheat over medium-low heat until warmed through.

Freezer: You can also freeze this soup for up to 4-6 months. Defrost overnight in the refrigerator before reheating.

  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Category: Soups
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: American

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 bowl
  • Calories: 504
  • Sugar: 8.3 g
  • Sodium: 1289.7 mg
  • Fat: 17.9 g
  • Carbohydrates: 54.2 g
  • Fiber: 6.7 g
  • Protein: 16.5 g

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  1. Skye

    Okay, wow. I stumbled across this recipe on instagram reels and felt inspired by it, as I’ve been trying maximize my veggie intake. When I went to the grocery store, they were out of leeks so I substituted shallots and found no problem with this. I definitely will want to try leeks next time to see what the difference might be in terms of flavor, but the shallots seemed to suffice just fine. I also used the entire head of garlic, it was fairly small. Lastly, I am not a huge measurer and think I ended up using more lemon juice than called for, as mine is fairly lemony. I personally enjoy this and think it really added to the flavor. There were a lot of veggies to cut, but I found the prep to be pretty easy and didn’t take too much time. Also, the fact that oven-roasting and using a blender are the main “soupify-ing” instructions makes this a really easy recipe. I was extremely skeptical about the flavor profile of this soup, due to the color and raw spinach involved, and the fact that i thought it would be bland, but i was BLOWN AWAY by how much I enjoyed this soup, and will be adding this recipe into the mix. Furthermore, I am not as worried about weight loss but more just getting more nutrients in- so instead of the ‘croutons’ I made just myself half of a pepperjack and pesto grilled cheese to in my soup and loved this aspect of it as well. I will definitely be making this for years to come! Thank you Crowded Kitchen!

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    • Lexi

      Hi Skye, wow, thank you so much for the kind review! We are so glad you enjoyed this soup. Have a great day!

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  2. ELH

    Exquisite, fabulous, delicious, flavorful. Wonderful clear directions. Instead of veggie broth, I used 2 cups of chicken stock and 2Tbs miso paste dissolved in hot water. My soup needed extra liquid before my spoon would stop standing up in it. Use the whole head of garlic- it's mellow and sweet after the roasting! I mixed gruyere with the other cheese, LOVED these grilled cheese pesto croutons. Note: the pic is quite misleading, this soup does not actually LOOK green, it looks more like you'd expect a soup filled with lots of light-coloured and tan veggies would look.

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    • Lexi

      So glad you enjoyed!

      Reply

  3. Daphne

    So good I eat it a cup for breakfast to start my day!

    Reply

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