Heart Healthy "Instant Pot" Recipe - Chickpea Noodle Soup


This nutritious and delicious recipe is perfect for the "winter blues" or for anyone under the weather!  

With our uncontrollable weather here in Texas - temperatures going up to 80 and down to the teens all in a week's time - no wonder there are so many people sick. This soup is a true COMFORT to serve anyone - anytime! 

This is
 a recipe that is PERFECT for a 
PLANT BASED Diet 
that is completed in an
Instant Pot
(this recipe can be made without an instant pot - just not as fast!)

This recipe has

NO dairy, 

NO meat & 

NO oil!  


Here's a healthy method of making a traditional creamy & tasty soup WITHOUT the standard chicken!   It's convenient to use a can of chickpeas (aka garbanzo beans) along with the ease of the instant pot and BOOM!  A quick hot soup to serve!   

This recipe was found at Cookie and Kate; here is a link here.  I've tweaked it a little to accommodate an instant pot preparations!



Chickpea Noodle Soup


1/4 cup Vegetable broth
1 Onion; chopped
1-2 Celery stalks; thinly sliced 
2-3 Carrots; thinly sliced in rounds
1 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Ground Turmeric
1 tsp Curry Powder (link for a DIY Curry Powder)
1 Bay Leaf
1 can Chickpeas; drained & rinsed (1 1/2 cups)  here's a link of cooking time for cooking chickpeas instead of canned 
8 oz. Dry Pasta 
6 Cups Vegetable Broth or water
2 Tablespoons Parsley; chopped - extra for garnish
2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice

In the instant pot, on SAUTE' setting - add 1/4 cup of the broth, chopped onions, celery and carrots. Saute' for 5-7 minutes.  Add all the other ingredients except lemon juice and parsley for garnishing.

Switch to MANUAL mode - set for 3 minutes and cook. Following the instant pot cooking manual - release the remaining steam after 5 minutes) . .  THIS IS IMPORTANT - just 5 minutes on the natural release or the pasta will become MUSHY!  Remove lid carefully, stir and taste.  Add lemon juice - adjust salt and pepper to taste.  Sprinkle a tiny amount of chopped parsley on top and serve!


Refrigerate leftovers.  Would LOVE to hear from you and see how you prepared your Chickpea Noodle Soup!  

Interested in more "Plant-based" recipes?  Here's a link to a great Pasta salad recipe.  Like roasted vegetables - here's a link for this recipe!  Here's another INSTANT POT soup recipe for Spicy Black Bean Soup here.

Thanks for stopping by - wishing you an AWESOME day - Remember to hug the ones you love, until next time...

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