Ultimate Mushroom & Wild Rice Soup

This Ultimate Mushroom and Wild Rice Soup is a hearty and tasty vegan dish that is great for cold days. Its comforting and filling because it has a lot of different mushrooms, fragrant herbs, and healthy wild rice.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup wild rice blend
• 8 cups vegetable broth
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 lb mixed mushrooms such as cremini, shiitake, and oyster, sliced
• 2 carrots, diced
• 2 celery stalks, diced
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley, for garnish

Instructions:

Run cold water over the wild rice to clean it

Bring the vegetable broth to a boil in a big pot

Turn down the heat and add the wild rice

About 45 to 50 minutes, or until the rice is soft

Put the olive oil in a different large pot and heat it over medium-low heat

Put in the garlic and onion, and cook for about 5 minutes, until the onions are soft

Put the carrots, celery, and mushrooms that have been sliced into the pot

It will take about 8 to 10 minutes of cooking until the mushrooms are golden brown and the vegetables are soft

Add the smoked paprika, salt, pepper, and dried thyme

Mix well

Add two more minutes of cooking

Add the wild rice to the pot with the vegetables when its done cooking

To make it taste better, stir in the nutritional yeast

Let the flavors blend for another 10 to 15 minutes by simmering the soup

Check the seasoning and make changes if needed

Serve hot with fresh parsley chopped on top