Artificial Food Coloring Free Turmeric-Ginger Turkey Vegetable Soup

Total time50 min

Prep time15 min

Cook time35 min

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Artificial Food Coloring Free Turmeric-Ginger Turkey Vegetable Soup

This golden, fragrant soup is the kind of bowl that warms you from the inside out — deeply savory from bone broth and ground turkey, with a gentle heat from fresh ginger and a gorgeous color that comes entirely from turmeric, not a drop of artificial dye. That's a bigger deal than it sounds, because so many packaged soups and seasoning blends sneak in synthetic colorings to achieve that appealing hue. Here, every shade of orange and gold you see comes straight from real ingredients: turmeric, sweet potato, and carrot doing all the heavy lifting. The Ceylon cinnamon adds a subtle warmth that rounds out the spice blend without overpowering the vegetables, and the apple cider vinegar at the end brightens everything up beautifully. Baby spinach stirred in at the last minute keeps its color and nutrients without going mushy. It's a clean, wholesome pot of food that happens to look stunning — no lab-made shortcuts required.

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Ingredients

4 servings

1 tbsp coconut oil
1 lb ground turkey
1 medium yellow onion, finely diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp fresh ginger, peeled and grated
1 ½ tsp ground turmeric
¼ tsp ground ceylon cinnamon
3 medium carrots, peeled and sliced into ¼-inch rounds
2 stalks celery, sliced
1 medium zucchini, diced
1 medium sweet potato, peeled and cut into ¾-inch cubes
6 cups bone broth
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp salt, plus more to taste
2 cups baby spinach, loosely packed

For serving

2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped (optional)

Instructions

1
Heat the coconut oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add the ground turkey and cook, breaking it up with a wooden spoon, until no pink remains and the meat is cooked through to 165°F (74°C), about 6–8 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to transfer the turkey to a plate and set aside, leaving any rendered fat in the pot.
2
Reduce the heat to medium. Add the onion and celery to the pot and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and translucent, about 5 minutes.

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