Earlier this year my friend, Kathleen, texted me a recipe for Bieler’s Broth. If you haven’t ever heard of it, you aren’t alone! It was new to me as well. Apparently this healing blended vegetable soup has been used for decades to detoxify the body.
It’s super simple to make, and you can flavor it with your fav spice blend for a deliciously soothing recipe.
This healing, cleansing vegetable soup recipe will soon become a staple at your house like it is at mine. Upgrade it to a meal by adding collagen powder.
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Steps for Blended Vegetable Soup
The broth starts with garden fresh veggies – bonus points if you actually have these in your garden. 😉 It’s a great way to use garden zucchini. The combination of zucchini, green beans, celery, and parsley yield a vegetable soup recipe that is simple, cleansing, nourishing and totally plant-based. So much to love.
- Wash and chop all the vegetables. They can be roughly chopped, since they will be blended after cooking.
- Add all veggies + water to a large stock pot and bring to a boil. Once boiling, lower to a simmer and cook until all vegetables are tender, about 15 minutes.
- Pour the contents into a heat-proof blender and blend until smooth. Before pouring the scalding soup into your blender container, make sure your blender can handle hot liquids. An immersion blender is also a great option, or wait until the soup is lukewarm before blending.
- And now you have a nourishing, tasty blended vegetable soup!
While this blended vegetable soup recipe as written can be a bit plain, it’s a great base for adding some extra goodness in there to season it up a bit.
A little garlic, salt, and pepper gives the soup a lot of flavor without taking away from its healing benefits. I prefer it very mild and simple, especially if I’m feeling a little under the weather. Fresh turmeric and/or ginger added before the blending stage can boost its anti-inflammatory properties.
Vegetable Soup Storage Options
This blended vegetable soup recipe makes a LOT of soup. Yay for you! I recommend storing the left overs into pint sized mason jars (leave space for them to safely expand!) then store in the freezer. You can heat this soup up whenever you’re ready to enjoy it again.
Alternatively, freeze the left overs in soup-sized ice cube trays. Then you can use a freezer-safe storage bag to store the cubes until you’re ready for more soup. Feel free to heat these cubes up with a mix of my alkaline smoothie cubes for even more nutrients.
The Origins of Bieler’s Broth
Dr. Henry G Bieler was a prominent physician who viewed whole food as therapeutic. He wrote the book Food is Your Best Medicine which included a recipe for Bieler’s Broth. This is a detoxifying and cleansing broth used to help cleanse the body.
This vegetable soup recipe is perfect for when you’re stressed out and craving high sugar, high carb meals. Those foods can mess with your adrenal glands and make your body more acidic that it should be.
This recipe (plus green smoothies + plant-based meals!) is how we can balance our body out. I just had it for dinner and it’s doing the body some good. The heavy dose of fresh greens is a great way to help restore your body to an alkaline state and reset the “sodium-potassium” balance to your organs and glands. You ready for some green soup?!
This makes a TON of soup, so it also ticks off the box of creating something healthy and delicious that I can freeze in smaller portions for later.
Blended Soup FAQs
It’s literally soup that’s been blended. You can puree soup or blend so there are still some chunks left, completely your preference. If you want to take your soup to-go, blend it then pour into a thermos. Super delicious fast food!
Absolutely! Homemade soup is full of veggies + made completely of ingredients you know and can pronounce. Canned soups often contain additives, extra sodium, and chemicals, so make sure you read the ingredients on any store bought soup. My blended vegetable soup is simple, quick, and incredibly delicious + full of healing veggies.
Once you’ve thoroughly cooked your soup ingredients, you can blend them together for easy consumption. Yet not all blenders are made for blending hot ingredients. Make sure you blender is safe for hot ingredients before pouring your piping hot soup mix into it. If your blender can’t handle hot ingredients, let your soup mixture cool to luke warm temp before blending, or use an immersion blender instead.
More Blended Soup Recipes
Interested in more delicious, plant based soups that are blended together? Check out these tasty ones:
- Vegan pumpkin soup: perfect autumn soup using roasted pumpkin
- Creamy carrot soup: warming spices make this soup a favorite during our Seasonal Cleanse
- Gazpacho Soup: tomato lovers will fall in love with this simple Italian soup recipe
- Tortilla soup: this is a family favorite recipe and can easily be made with chicken if you prefer
- Roasted red pepper soup: I didn’t realize how tasty a red pepper soup could be until I had this one
Don’t forget to rate + review this recipe once you’ve made it! I love getting your feedback.
Bieler’s Blended Vegetable Soup
Equipment
- stock pot
- blender
Ingredients
- 4 zucchini chopped and ends discarded
- 1 lb green beans ends trimmed
- 2 stalks celery chopped
- 1 bunch fresh parsley tough stems removed
- 4 cups alkaline waterâ €
- ¼ cup coconut oil
Instructions
- Place all ingredients (except coconut oil) in a large pot and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer until the vegetables are tender, about 15 minutes.â €
- Puree soup and coconut oil in a blender in batches (covered!).
- Eat warm and season with salt and pepper, if desired.â €
Notes
- Use caution and make sure to vent the blender lid and cover with a towel and start blending on low speed to prevent the hot soup from splattering.
- Make sure your blender container is heat resistant.
- An immersion blender can be used during the blending step.
- Feel free to spice this soup up with your spices of choice: garlic can help detox, fresh ginger and/or turmeric added before blending can boost the anti-inflammatory properties.
Not really a fan of celery so I replaced it kale instead. Also added some paprika, garlic, and nutritional yeast for flavor.
I also added kale and collard greens to mine. I love the extra zing they added!
I was a little skeptical, but pleasantly surprised. Would make this again.
Excited to try this. Can I add fruit, such as blueberries, pineapple, or avocado to this? I am already a smoothie drinker and would like to combine. Will that present any problems?
Thank you.
Susan
However, I just mixed the plain version in my blender (with olive oil and salt and pepper) and it is delish!
Delicious! I subbed olive oil for coconut oil since I’m not a fan of coconut. It’s still delicious!
Making this recipe this week. Can I add in collagen or homemade protein powder to make it a little more substantial?
You very much can, Olivia! Great question! In fact, each scoop of homemade protein powder you add will increase protein by 10g and go toward making this special soup a more complete meal.
I do. I add it after I cook it those into each individual serving of soup I eat. I use vital proteins collagen peptides unflavored mostly. I also like Paleo Protein Powder unflavored.
I had never heard of this soup and was a little skeptical making it (I’m not a huge fan of parsley and boiled string beans) but made the recipe as is. It was delicious!!! Another recipe to stay in this household!
Me and my friend want to do a cleansing so we look forward
Cleansing with a friend is the way to go, Gilla!
Sounds like an interesting recipe that is like to try. I’m not familiar with alkaline water though. What is it and where would I get it?
Awesome question Kim! Alkaline water, as well as alkaline foods, can help to balance the pH levels within a body that needs it. You can find alkaline water lots of places these days – the bottled water section of your grocery store, local health food stores or even on Amazon. Also, check out our 18 Alkaline Recipes article for more info!
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Definitely making this for lunch next week. I use everything bagel seasoning to add a flavor boost.
Hi! Sounds delicious! Can I replace all or part of the parsley with fresh cilantro? Or add? Thanks!
Hey Marie-Claude,
Definitely! Cilantro is a great substitute for parsley! You can sub all, part or just add in some cilantro with the recipe!
I love cilantro! Enjoy!
I LOVE this recipe! I remember when you posted it probably 3 years ago?? I’ve been making it ever since. I usually use cilantro instead of parsley, but otherwise make it as is. So delicious, warming, hearty and fresh tasting.
I had never heard of this soup and was a little skeptical making it (I’m not a huge fan of parsley and boiled string beans) but made the recipe as is. It was delicious!!! Another recipe to stay in this household!
It’s an amazing soup.
One day I came back home from work felt so cold and hungry, as it is winter. As I was sitting down and relaxing for awhile, I came across this recipe, without any hesitation I dump all the engridients inside the pot. After 20 mins I have this soup.
Felt relieve and satisfied. And have my energy back. Highly recommended.
Thank you for sharing.
I recently had gum surgery and am dealing with pretty bad mouth pain as well as no real desire to eat. I made a batch of this soup and included MCT oil and Vital Proteins collagen powder and it’s been a lifesaver. I sprinkled Trader Joe’s Umami Seasoning on top and it was delicious. This recipe surprised me and I’ll be making it again, both with and without the fat + protein additions.
I’m excited to try this! How much collagen powder do you recommend adding? I don’t think I see that listed in the recipe.
Sarah, the recipe serves 6 so I would add 6 servings of collagen powder. That amount will vary, depending on the brand of powder you’re using.
This is one recipe that does not require upgrading with the addition of oil and protein. I have made the original recipe and others in my family have been making Brieler broth for decades. Although it is tempting to alter, there is a reason to keep it vegetable based and bland. The benefits of Bieler Broth are toward restoring the imbalances in the body, and for detoxifying and that is probably why Dr. Bieler did not include oil and protein. Don’t get me wrong, your additions are great to any soup recipe for that matter, just don’t use the name “Bieler Broth” in the title “Upgraded Vegetable Soup Recipe – Bieler’s Broth”.
Hey Marie,
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on this recipe. We love Bieler’s Broth on it’s own as we said in the article. This option is for those who are wanting to make it into a meal so that is why we have you add in the protein and the fats 🙂
Right on! Stick with the original. That is what Dr. Bieler had success with. Also, I read on another site where 3 people who knew Dr. Bieler commented on its benefits to their families. One mentioned that he recommended cooking the ingredients in a pressure cooker to be sure the vegetable cell walls were broken down for max absorption. I use my Instant Pot.