Use up all that fresh garden zucchini with this kid friendly, smooth creamy gluten & dairy free Cream of Zucchini Soup!

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Sweet summer & a recipe update…

I made a decision to use the last part of summer to start updating some older posts on the blog that we use frequently, and this recipe is a very loved and used staple in our house all summer long. You see, we spend all of the warm summer days that we can on Lake Michigan, and I typically take the summer “off” from new recipe development while the girls are the ages that they are. When I originally wrote this recipe, I was knee deep in 3 kids under the age of 6, and photography wasn’t something I had a lot of time for! I love give you guys as much of a step by step as possible, so I’m starting with this beloved soup we use so much. If you are a long time follower and have used this recipe for years, there is literally zero ingredient changes! It is the exact same as all those years ago…If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it – right?!

From babies to big kids, teens & adults – a family favorite!

I’ve been serving cream of zucchini soup since the girls’ babyhood! As soon as they were able to take little sips from my mug or spoon around 6 months old, serving zucchini in soup form is a great introduction to this power packed vegetable! I still make batches and batches of cream of zucchini soup every summer when zucchini is at in season prices and stash it away in my deep freezer for the fall and winter. If you have kids that love taking a thermos of warm soup to school, this is a super easy one to pack with a little straw to slurp it right up!

An underrated vegetable…

I remember years ago when a natural health practitioner I was working with told me that me and my exhausted adrenals to get some zucchini into our diet. I remember thinking she was crazy – what could this boring, bland vegetable have that could help my adrenals?! Turns out zucchini is a very good source of vitamin C, potassium, sodium, magnesium, and B vitamins…all absolutely crucial to adrenal health and stress reduction. Zucchini also has a high water content – and when you are in adrenal fatigue, drinking glass after glass of plain water is just diluting vital electrolytes your body needs to function. When we get water from fruits and vegetables, it is packaged up with the electrolytes our body needs to truly hydrate! I’m here to tell you drinking veggie soups like this cream of zucchini soup from a mug every morning was absolutely key in my recovery and digging myself out of adrenal issues.

The method :: The veggies

Where does all that amazing flavor come from, you ask? Zucchini is quite the blank canvas when it comes to flavor, so instead of a bland, boring soup, this cream of zucchini soup has the help from the magic that comes from getting some flavorful veggies down into some butter first to develop that amazing rich and savory flavor everyone is going to love. The best part is that this soup ends up getting all blended up in the end anyway, so just a quick, coarse chop is all you need to do – no need for a pretty dice. This is the perfect first time soup cooking recipe, and also why it was my favorite kind of soup recipe as a busy mom with babies at home!

The method :: Getting the soup started

After you get the veggies chopped, get them down into some butter or other cooking fat of choice to saute. This will help the veggies soften and sweeten.

The method :: Adding the broth and simmering

Once your veggies are soft, its time to add the broth. Whether you have homemade bone broth on hand or a store bought better ingredient brand broth, either will work just fine for this soup. When you cook your next whole chicken in the slow cooker or the Instant Pot, put a good few cups of water or more into the pot with the chicken so you can strain of the meat stock for soups like this – look at that gel from the collagen on the meat stock I’m pouring into the soup here! Once you add the broth, just simmer for 5 minutes, and you’re ready to blend it up!

The method :: Blend it up!

Whether you have an immersion blender, or a regular blender, simply blend the soup up at this point, and you’re done! It is as easy as that! Season it to your taste with salt and pepper, and I also like a swirl of sour cream or yogurt into the bowl, OR you can pour some coconut milk or raw milk or cream into the whole pot to add extra creaminess.