12 Hidden Veggie Recipes to Make on Repeat

on Aug 31, 2026

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If vegetables keep coming back untouched, this roundup is your sneaky little backup plan. These recipes tuck carrots, zucchini, cauliflower, broccoli, peppers, and more into silky sauces, cozy soups, and creamy pasta. The veggies disappear. The flavor does NOT.

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These 12 recipes give hidden vegetables the full Modern Nonna treatment. Blend them smooth into tomato sauce, soup, or broth, then turn butternut squash, broccoli, and ricotta into creamy pasta sauces. You get more plants on the plate without serving a sad pile of steamed broccoli. Everyone wins.

Nonna’s Tip 🥕: Cut the vegetables into similar-sized pieces so they soften at the same pace, then blend longer than you think. A completely smooth base is what makes carrots, celery, peppers, and zucchini disappear into the sauce or broth.

12 Hidden Veggie Recipes

Hidden Veggie Meatball Soup

This recipe is a modern version of my most beloved Bulgarian meatball soup that I grew up eating since I was a mini modern baby.

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Hidden Veggie Chicken Soup

This Hidden Veggie Chicken Soup is the ultimate comfort food. Not only is it easy, but it's great for anyone who is super picky with veggies because they're blended right into the broth.

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Hidden Veggie Pasta Sauce

This sauce is so creamy, no one will know there are more than a handful of different vegetables included. When it comes to picky eaters, my motto is: if they don't ask, simply don't tell. 🤫

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Hidden Veggie Soup

This hearty and healthy Hidden Veggie Chicken Soup is packed with secret 🥕 vegetables, making it a great way to sneak in extra nutrients for picky eaters.

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Hidden Veggie Orzo Soup

This Hidden Veggie Orzo Soup with chicken is the ultimate comfort food, because not only is it easy, but it also has the most stunning color from the blended veggies. This soup is for anyone who might be picky about their veggies and loves a smooth texture.

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Easy Pastina Soup

This Pastina Soup is incredibly comforting and healing. It’s the ultimate Italian comfort food. This recipe is perfect for picky eater as all the veggies are hidden by blending them into the broth, so you don’t get the taste or texture of veggies.

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Creamy Vegetable Soup

This might be the healthiest cream of hidden veggie soup you’ve ever had! When mom and dad taught me how to make the healthiest creamy soups without the heavy cream, I just never looked back. We have been making soups like this in my family for generations. The secret ingredient to making it just as velvety and creamy, is potatoes! Potatoes will transform any soup into the most beautiful and silky texture.

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Creamy Tomato Soup

This soup could not be easier, it requires a few ingredients which you probably already have on hand and an incredible way to sneak those veggies in as your little ones would never know.

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Healthy Cream of Broccoli Soup

This soup is healthy, creamy, and loaded with nutrients. Our favorite cream substitute in Bulgaria has always been adding potatoes, which just happens to be a brilliant hack for dairy-free folks to enjoy creamy soups.

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Creamy Butternut Squash Pasta

Let me introduce you to the creamiest butternut squash pasta. This pasta sauce is made with local ingredients, and has a few hidden veggies, which you’ll never know are in here. The sauce tastes like mac and cheese, but better!

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Broccoli Ricotta Pasta

This recipe is a weeknight winner 🥳: 7 ingredients, 10 minutes of hands-on time, and 5 servings of vegetables. A generous amount of ricotta cheese helps mask 👀 the flavor of the vegetables and create a luscious sauce you could simply enjoy by the spoonful.

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Marinara Sauce Recipe

Authentic Italian cooking is all about simplicity. So, from the ingredients to the method, we kept this Marinara Sauce Recipe straightforward—just how Nonno and Nonna would have liked.

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