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Light & Lovely Lettuce Soup

Gardening Guide: Leafy Lettuce

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Light & Lovely Lettuce Soup

You have plenty of options when choosing the kinds of lettuce and potato you use for this Lettuce Soup. With all the variations possible, it’ll be a different soup every time! Serve this soup warm or cold.

By Norann Oleson

Light & Lovely Lettuce Soup

Traditional wisdom says soup is served hot; salad is served cold. But some traditions were made to be broken. Can you say gazpacho?

I think the way we use lettuce in our culinary creations is colored by our earliest experiences with this particular food. I grew up enjoying delicious salads made with ingredients fresh from my family’s garden. It would never have occurred to anyone in my family to put lettuce into soup. Even when we were growing lettuce indoors and it was right there on the counter, no one ever said, “Hey, let’s make lettuce soup.”

Fast forward a bit to the age of the healthy smoothie. If we can put a wide variety of garden greens into a hopped-up blender to make a vitamin-packed drink with the consistency of a shake but the flavor of spinach, why can’t we make soup with lettuce? Of course, we can.

Truth be told, lettuce in soup is nothing new; it just feels that way. There are plenty of international recipes for soup that includes lettuce as an ingredient, and more soup recipes with lettuce as the featured focus.

This is another cooking opportunity to let your imagination take you to the flavors you favor. You can create your own variations of this Light & Lovely Lettuce Soup by changing up the seasonings, adding cream, broth, bacon—even other greens. The beauty of this soup is its simplicity. It’s simple and satisfying, and a great way to transform leftovers into something new and delicious. Serve it hot or cold. It could become a new tradition for you. Let’s hear it for the versatility of lettuce!

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Light & Lovely Lettuce Soup

Light & Lovely Lettuce Soup

You have plenty of options when choosing the kinds of lettuce and potato you use for this Lettuce Soup. With all the variations possible, it’ll be a different soup every time! Serve this soup warm or cold.

  • Author: Norann Oleson
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 40 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x
  • Category: Soups

Ingredients

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  • 1 cup chopped onions (your choice)
  • 1 to 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • Dash of pepper (to taste)
  • 1 medium potato, peeled and diced
  • 8 cups coarsely chopped lettuce leaves
  • 3 cups water
  • Fresh dill, cilantro, or parsley for garnish

Instructions

  1. In a large heavy pot, cook the onions and garlic in 2 tablespoons of butter over low heat for 3 to 5 minutes, until the onions and garlic are softened.
  2. Add the coriander, salt, and pepper and stir for about a minute.
  3. Add lettuce, potato, and water.
  4. Bring mixture to a boil
  5. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for about 10 minutes. Potato should be very tender.
  6. Puree the soup in the pot using an immersion blender if you have one, or process the soup in batches in a blender or food processor.
  7. With all the pureed soup in one pot, bring the soup to a simmer and stir in the last tablespoon of butter.
  8. Season with salt and pepper, as desired.
  9. Garnish each bowl with a fresh spring of parsley, cilantro, or dill.

Growing lettuce is as easy as BLT. A cool-season annual, this leafy crop grows readily from seed, and you can sow seeds every few weeks to have a season full of salad! With hundreds of varieties, there’s a lettuce for you. Grow it indoors or out, in your garden or on your balcony. With our Leafy Lettuce Collection, you get all the details that go into growing and harvesting delicious, leafy lettuce. Get recipes that go beyond the salad bowl and see what’s possible when you grow your own lettuce. Get it all in our Leafy Lettuce Collection right now!

Have you tried this Lettuce Soup recipe? It’s a light, refreshing and satisfying soup—please tell us how it turned out for you.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Curator’s Corner
  • Introduction
  • Feature Articles

  • Types of Lettuce
  • Growing Lettuce from Seeds, Seedlings, or Cuttings
  • Sun and Soil Requirements for Growing Lettuce
  • Planting Lettuce in the Ground
  • Growing Lettuce in Containers
  • Watering, Weeding and Fertilizing your Lettuce Plants
  • Harvesting your Lettuce
  • Dealing with Lettuce Diseases
  • Dealing with Lettuce Pests
  • Essential Tools and Equipment for Growing and Enjoying Lettuce
  • Plant Profiles

  • Red Salad Bowl Lettuce (Leaf)
  • Slobolt Lettuce (Leaf)
  • Ice Queen Lettuce (Crisphead/Iceberg)
  • Red Iceberg Lettuce (Crisphead/Iceberg)
  • Vivian Lettuce (Romaine/Cos)
  • Cimmaron Lettuce (Romaine/Cos)
  • Buttercrunch Lettuce (Butterhead)
  • Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce (Butterhead)
  • Recipes

  • Light & Lovely Lettuce Soup
  • BLT Boat
  • Grilled Garden Romaine
  • Garlic Garden Lettuce Stir Fry
  • 3 Lettuce Cup Recipes
  • Additional Articles

  • Nutrition Facts about Lettuce
  • Home Remedies and Health Benefits of Lettuce
  • Resources about Lettuce
  • Lettuce Glossary
  • Related Articles

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  • How to Store Leafy Greens and Other Produce Without Plastic
  • How to Stop Lettuce Downy Mildew for Good
  • How Does Lettuce Get E. coli and How to Prevent it in a Home Garden
  • 17 Quick Growing Vegetables For Restless Gardeners
  • Easy Container Gardening for Beginners: How to Grow Your Own Salads
  • 10 Benefits of Growing Lettuce in Pots
  • Different Types of Lettuce by Flavor

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