Light, tasty and perfect for Spring, this sugar snap pea and asparagus soup is a healthy light meal or starter. If you're craving green vegetables it's a great way to eat them!
With the weather now getting warmer it won't be soup time for much longer. I'm enjoying making soup for my lunch at home these days though.
Often I make soup just for one day but usually I make enough for two days. It's great to keep in the fridge and easily reheats. Sometimes I plan to have leftovers for the next day but I end up eating it anyway. Yes, it's that good!
I find soup can be so addictive. Luckily, soup is healthy or at least this sugar snap pea and asparagus soup is. It's also virtually fat-free!
You might not think of adding sugar snap peas to a smooth soup that you blend but they really do work well. As asparagus is in season in Spring it's a great time to make this soup.
I've even topped the soup with some green spring onions! I loved the fresh end result. It tastes of exactly what it is: Pea and asparagus soup and it's a lovely colour too!
What ingredients do you need for this asparagus soup?
You'll need:
- Asparagus spears
- Sugar snap peas - You can replace these with mange touts or peas as an alternative.
- Onion - I usually use a normal brown onion but spring onions work really well too.
- Garlic - I prefer fresh garlic but garlic puree or even garlic powder works.
- Vegetable stock
- Black pepper
- Yogurt - This is optional but I like to swirl a little on top when serving. You can use cream, sour cream or creme fraiche as an alternative. Or use an alternative topping altogether. Croutons are also delicious.
How could you adapt this asparagus soup?
This asparagus soup is a great way to make a meal out of green vegetables. You could add any spring greens to it and you'd have a super tasty green soup. If you don't have any sugar snap peas then mange tout or normal green peas would be fine. I often add a few frozen ones!
I haven't used any spices in this soup. Well, I added a little black pepper but that was all. I really wanted to be able to taste the green vegetables. You could add a few herbs though. A little basil would work well but not too much.
What other toppings would be great on asparagus soup?
I added a spoonful of yogurt to each bowl of soup and then a few chopped spring onions. If you don't have or don't like yogurt then sour cream, cream or quark would work.
Another great idea would be a spoonful of pesto swirled in at the end. Garlic croutons or indeed any croutons are always great on a simple soup too!
What to serve with this green vegetable soup?
I think there is nothing better to eat with this sugar snap pea and asparagus soup than some freshly baked bread. Of course, that might not be practical so any bread would go well.
If you do want to make your own bread these basic white bread rolls are lovely. If you're looking for quick bread recipes then my garlic and herb butter quick bread is delicious and indulgent. Or why not just make some soda bread?
Tips when making this asparagus soup?
This green vegetable soup is a really simple soup so it's important you use ingredients that taste great. It tastes of exactly what it's made of i.e. peas and asparagus. So, make sure all the ingredients are good quality if you can.
I often add lots of spices to my recipes and they are a great way to add flavour, especially if I'm making a soup to use up veg that is going a little soft. However, this soup only has black pepper in so that is not the case here!
More Easy Soup Recipes
I love soup and you'll find lots of soups in my easy homemade soups recipe collection. Here are just a few of my favourites:
Sugar Snap Pea and Asparagus Soup
Ingredients
- 250 g asparagus spears `
- 200 g sugar snap peas
- 1 onion or 4 spring onions
- 1 clove garlic
- 800 ml vegetable stock
- pinch black pepper
- 2 tbsp yogurt to serve
Instructions
- Remove the woody ends of the asparagus. Bend the asparagus and they should snap just above the woody bit.
- Dice the asparagus, onion and the sugar snap peas and put in a small saucepan. Add the crushed garlic.
- Cover the vegetables with hot vegetable stock and simmer for 5 minutes or until tender.
- Transfer to a blender or use a hand-held blender to blend till smooth. Season to taste.
- Put in a bowl. Add a drizzle of yogurt to garnish.
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Sisley White - Sew White
Such a beautiful colour and absolutely delicious!
Corina Blum
Thanks Sisley!
Eb Gargano | Easy Peasy Foodie
Ooh yum - what a wonderful combination! Eb 🙂
Corina Blum
Thanks Eb! I'm so pleased you like it.
Cat | Curly's Cooking
What a beautiful colour and a delicious way of using tasty Spring produce.
Kate
What a beautiful soup full of lovely spring flavours, such a lovely colour!
Corina Blum
Thanks Kate! I do love making soups for lunch still and this is a really nice easy one!
Carrie Carvalho
Lovely and fresh! I was looking for a good pea soup recipe for spring time lunches and this is perfect.
Corina Blum
Thanks Carrie! I hope you enjoy it.
Choclette
I so want a big bowl of your soup right now. It looks stunning and I'm now craving both asparagus and peas. I've never tried blending sugar snaps before. Will have to give this a go.
Corina Blum
They taste very much just like peas when blended and are really tasty in this soup! I hope you like it.
Magdalena - Cocoa & Heart
Such a great recipe for spring soup and the fried bread toppings look delicious.
Corina Blum
Thanks Magdalena! The garlic croutons were really delicious on top of this soup.
Karen Burns-Booth
WOW Corina, this looks FABULOUS and is such a great recipe for spring too! Saved! Karen
Corina Blum
Thanks Karen! I'm so pleased you like it.
Jacqui – Only Crumbs Remain:Recipes Made Easy
This soup looks beautiful and sounds really tasty. Ive never used sugar snaps in a soup before but will try this soup.
Corina Blum
They are delicious in the soup but could easily be replaced with peas. I think if you didn't know and tasted it you would think it had normal peas in rather than sugar snap ones!
Deb in Hawaii
This looks like the perfect soup to welcome spring. Love the pairing of the asparagus and peas. Thanks for sharing it with Souper Sundays. 😉
Rosh
Excellent recipe! Looks mouthwatering. Thanks a lot for sharing this wonderful recipe on my space 🙂 You have such a lovely blog!
Corina
Thank you Rosh
frugalfeeding
This must have such a good taste - what a wonderful recipe for this time of the year.
Tandy
this is a great idea! And I am sure it would be perfect as a cold summer soup as well 🙂
Corina
Actually Tamy suggested serving it cold as well as hot in her blog so I'm sure it would be great cold.
Jayanthi
The soup looks very sumptuous. I love the yogurt and spring onion toppings, it makes the soup more inviting.
Kelly
Wow this looks fantastic, what a great recipe! Love your blog, so glad to be your newest follower! xoxo
ourkrazykitchen
I'm so glad you enjoyed this recipe - one of my favorites. I have tried it with regular peas, but prefer it with sugar snaps, they just have a little more umpf!
I hope we get paired again some day, but I won't wait for that to try several more of your recipes.
ourkrazykitchen
P.S. OURkrAzYkitchen is part of ALWAYS Eat On The Good China 🙂
Corina
me too! I'll be trying the Moroccan beef and noodles for sure.
Big Hungry Gnomes
I think soup should be welcomed all year round, as it change from something rich and comforting for the winter to something fresh and light when sun comes out. Your asparagus and sugar snap pea soup looks and sounds delicious. The colour of it makes me think of a sunny spring day and I think it's perfect for this time of year. I can't wait to try it out but I was wondering if you think I could substitute frozen peas for the sugar snaps as we always have frozen peas, whereas sugar snaps are more of a rare treat in our house?
Corina
I'm sure ordinary peas would be just as good. I'd made pea soup before but never used sugar snap ones in soup and the flavour is very similar.