Name: Simple Carrot Potato Soup
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Vegetarian
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups potatoes, peeled and chopped; 2 carrots, chopped; 1 medium onion, chopped; 2 tbsp olive oil or butter; 2 cups water / to cover; 4 tbsp cheese of choice; salt

This simple carrot potato soup is creamy, easy to make and just amazing. Incredibly uncomplicated, super comforting, healthy, filling and delicious. You need six ingredients and under 30 minutes to make this luscious kid-friendly soup for a tasty lunch or dinner.

Modern Food Inspiration

My son loves the show “Ben and Holly”. And honestly, being forced to watch most of his favorite shows about superhero dogs and ladybugs, it’s the one children’s show I actually love as well. It’s actually funny and pretty magical.

In one of the episodes, Nanny Plum – a fairy and the best cook in the world, has to make modern food for a special dinner party with snobby boring guests. And in case you have been living under a rock, modern food is:

delicate and special
not porridge
very very tiny servings.

So, after a bit of wondering, the elf Ben and fairy Holly find a magical book with the recipe for modern food: potatoes, peas, carrots, onion and cheese. Nanny makes these into a soup and serves only the steam to the guests. They love it, but then sit with the children and eat the actual soup and discover it tastes better.

Well, this episode inspired us to make modern food, the same recipe and it’s so good. My husband and my son actually love it (both very annoying when it comes to food – I don’t eat this, I don’t like that). It’s the one thing besides bread my kid eats without any discussion, being the picky eater he is. We did not eat the steam, we ate the actual carrot potato soup. And OMG it is so simple, wonderful, smooth, the definition of comfort food, but also healthier.

The Changes We Made

We did make some changes since we didn’t have peas this time, but feel free to add about 1/2 to 1 cup of frozen peas to the soup too.

Another thing we changed is we added olive oil and sometimes it’s butter – for an even more buttery flavor.

The last change we did is we blend the soup in the last stage. SO so good. Can’t recommend enough.

Why You’ll Love This Carrot Potato Soup

because it’s:

easy to make
made with simple ingredients
perfect comfort food
healthy
buttery and smooth
light and delicious

Also, if you ever have tummy ache, this carrot potato soup is the perfect meal to make to soothe you.

Carrot Potato Soup Ingredients

Here are the ingredients you need to make this smooth carrot potato soup:

potatoes
carrots
a small onion
cheese – it’s actually optional, but if using we go for Parmesan or shredded mozzarella
water and salt or vegetable stock
olive oil or butter

Yes, all super simple foods, but make the best potato soup ever.

How To Make Carrot Potato Soup

Peel and chop the potatoes, onion and carrots.

Add them to a pot, cover with water, add a few pinches of salt (or use vegetable stock) and bring to a boil.

Once boiling, reduce heat to medium and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until the potatoes and carrots are tender. Have a taste and add more salt if needed.

Add in the olive oil or butter and cook for 2-3 more minutes.

Take off heat and blend until smooth.

Serve with some shredded cheese of choice and croutones if desired.

More Options

Here are some changes and additions you could try:

add peas – as mentioned in the original modern food recipe. All you need to do is add them when you add the potatoes and carrots
use leeks instead of onion
add in some pumpkin or butternut squash when in season
my son also loves the soup served with some boiled and chopped up hot dogs

I hope you enjoy our carrot potato soup as much as we do!

More Easy Soup Recipes

If you enjoyed this soup, you might also enjoy some of these healthy vegetable soup recipes. And if you’re not vegetarian, you might enjoy these other cozy soups too: