It's soup season!
Just in case you're looking for healthier, heartier recipes while you're hibernating for the winter, we rounded up recipes full of delicious, whole ingredients, plenty of protein to keep you full, and less sodium and sugar than canned soup.
Let's get to slurping!
1. Vegan Lasagna Soup

This comforting and hearty soup is a delicious twist on a classic Italian dish. Packed with tender pasta, rich tomato sauce, and nutritious spinach and lentils, this soup is the perfect way to warm up on a chilly day.
Recipe: Vegan Lasagna Soup
2. Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

Cozy up with this comforting soup, perfect for chilly evenings. It's packed with tender chicken, nutty wild rice, and a medley of veggies, making it a satisfying and flavorful meal.
Recipe: Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
3. Vegetable Dumpling Soup
This vegetarian soup is filled with soft, chewy dumplings and a variety of vegetables to warm you up from the inside out.
Recipe: Vegetable Dumpling Soup
4. Roasted Cauliflower and Curry Soup
Roasting the cauliflower brings out its natural sweetness, while the fragrant curry spices add a delightful twist. With each spoonful, you'll savor the comforting warmth and complex flavors of this sensational soup.
5. Instant Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup
Let the Instant Pot do the work and you’ll be curling up with a bowl of this delicious soup in no time. Top it off with tortilla strips, cilantro, avocado, crema, Panela cheese, and lime wedges to balance out the spice.
6. Maple Bacon Sweet Potato Soup
This comforting fall soup is made with sweet potatoes, smoky bacon, and a touch of maple syrup. It's the perfect balance of sweet and savory.
Recipe: Maple Bacon Sweet Potato Soup
7. Taco Soup
Tasty / Via tasty.co
What's better than tacos for dinner? Taco soup. Use all of your favorite taco ingredients — black beans, ground beef, and corn — but make it soup. For the real kicker, top off the dish with pico de gallo, cheese, and sour cream. Now THAT'S what we're taco-in' about.
Recipe:Taco Soup
8. Chicken Pot Pie Soup
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It's like you're eating chicken pot pie, almost. This recipe is packed with your typical chicken pot pie ingredients, like celery, carrots, peas, and chicken. Even better, there's tons of butter. Garnish with pieces of pie crust to make it truly authentic.
Recipe:Chicken Pot Pie Soup
9. Cream of Broccoli Soup
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This hearty, cozy soup will keep you warm even on the coldest of winter evenings. The recipe takes almost no time to make, so if you're hungry and chilly, this soup will warm you up in minutes. Soup there it is!
Recipe:Cream of Broccoli Soup
10. Cabbage Soup
A Couple Cooks / Via acouplecooks.com
This recipe is so easy to make you won't believe it. Literally all you have to do is stir all the ingredients together, and then garnish it with parsley. Plus, it tastes soup-er great too.
Recipe:Cabbage Soup
11. Tom Yum Soup
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You don't have to go out to a Thai restaurant to make your favorite soup — you can now make it right at home. This delicious dish takes just 30 minutes to whip up.
Recipe:Tom Yum Soup
12. Red Pepper and Tomato Meatball Soup
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This soup warms the soul. It's an elevated take on the classic tomato soup. Make the meatballs first, using ground turkey, and then make the red pepper and tomato soup. Top it all off with fresh basil and Parmesan cheese and voila!
13. Wild Rice Soup
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This soup is jam-packed with cashews, veggies, beans, and, you guessed it, rice. Yum. Even better, this dish is vegetarian, gluten-free, vegan and dairy-free so everyone can enjoy it!
Recipe:Wild Rice Soup
14. Vegetable Beef Soup
A whole pot roast dinner in one soup.
Recipe:Vegetable Beef Soup
15. Cauliflower Chowder
It looks super creamy but there's only a cup of 2% milk in there!
Recipe:Cauliflower Chowder
16. 5-Ingredient White Chicken Chili
Add the avocado just before serving.
17. Korean Tofu Soup
If you're planning to freeze leftovers, don't put the egg in until you're just about to eat.
Recipe:Korean Tofu Soup
18. Mushroom Quinoa Soup
Cooked mushrooms make this vegetarian soup taste extra hearty.
Recipe:Mushroom Quinoa Soup
19. Tuscan Kale, White Bean, and Bread Soup
The key to deep flavor in a vegetarian soup is simmering a Parmesan rind in the broth. Parmesan gives deliciously savory flavor to everything it touches.
20. Roasted Butternut Squash and Bacon Soup
Don't fear the bacon. A little bit goes a long way: It gives a lot of flavor for nottoomany calories.
21. Toasted Spelt Soup With Escarole And White Beans
Spelt is a whole-grain wheat that has a nutty taste and a lot of fiber [Read: It will keep you full.]
22. Rustic Parsnip Soup
Coconut milk makes this ~extra creamy~.
Recipe:Rustic Parsnip Soup
23. Beet Soup with Caraway
Purple, pretty, and so healthy.
Recipe:Beet Soup with Caraway
24. Thai Pumpkin Noodle Soup with Crunchy Chickpeas
If you're going to freeze this, don't add the noodles. (They'll expand and get mushy in the freezer.) Just boil and add the noodles when you are about to eat.
25. Vegan Kale and Quinoa Minestrone
It's vegan! Need I say more?
26. Greek Lemon Chicken Soup
Hearty and delicious.
Recipe:Greek Lemon Chicken Soup
27. Coconut Curried Cauliflower Soup
Cauliflower? I'm sold.
28. Spinach and White Bean Soup
Sub in kale for spinach if you're not a fan.
Recipe:Spinach and White Bean Soup
29. Simple Pumpkin Soup
The soup will do well in the freezer, but make the garlic-kale topping before serving. It will keep in the fridge for a few days.
Recipe:Simple Pumpkin Soup
30. Red Lentil Soup
I've been looking for more ways to use lentils.
Recipe:Red Lentil Soup
31. Tomato Basil Soup
Knobby, end-of-season tomatoes are perfect in this blended soup. The grilled cheese is optional, or is it?
Recipe:Tomato Basil Soup
32. Simple Creamy Carrot Soup
Yes, carrots can be good in liquid form.
Recipe:Simple Creamy Carrot Soup
33. Mushroom Barley Soup
Mmmmmmushrooms.
Recipe:Mushroom Barley Soup
34. Light Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup
Krista Rollins / Via joyfulhealthyeats.com
Taking just 30 minutes to prepare, this soup will leave you feeling sooo satisfied thanks in part to 21 grams of protein per serving.
35. Thai Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup
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This meal is gluten and grain-free because the noodles are actually made out of butternut squash. Just throw all the ingredients into your slow cooker and forget about them for seven to eight hours.
36. Thirty-Minute Minestrone Soup With Sausage
Kathi Kirk / Via laughingspatula.com
A hearty Italian soup full of veggies, and, as a commenter wrote, any soup with sausage has got to be amazing.
37. Mexican Vegetable Soup
Byron Thomas / Via lordbyronskitchen.com
Speaking of spice, this meat-free recipe doesn't call for much, but that doesn't mean you can't add it on your own. Green chiles will do the trick.
Recipe:Mexican Vegetable Soup
38. Hamburger Soup
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Burgers are actually the best food (dont @ me), so why not make a slow-cooker soup version of them with loads of vegetables, too?
Recipe:Hamburger Soup
39. 20-Minute Moroccan Chickpea Soup
Gimme Some Oven / Via gimmesomeoven.com
Yup, only 20 minutes to feeling warm and cozy and full.
40. Vegan White Bean "Sausage" Stew
Vegan In The Freezer / Via veganinthefreezer.com
This recipe calls for a plant-based sausage substitute, but feel free to use chicken or turkey sausage if that's more your style.
41. One-Pot Lemon Chicken Stew
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Super zesty, super simple.
Recipe:One-Pot Lemon Chicken Stew
42. Golden Turmeric Chickpea Chicken Soup
Ambitious Kitchen / Via ambitiouskitchen.com
Both sweet and spicy for those winter nights when your cravings are all over the place.
43. Light Loaded Potato Soup
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It's ~light~ thanks to replacing half the normal amount of potatoes with a head of cauliflower instead. Sneaky AF.
Recipe:Light Loaded Potato Soup
44. Spicy Corn Chowder
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For those times when you need the spice to open up your sinuses.
Recipe:Spicy Corn Chowder
45. Vegan White Bean & Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
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It requires a blender, but it's sooo worth the creaminess.
46. Thai Coconut Zoodle Soup
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Lots of ingredients, but will basically replace your Thai takeout habit.
Recipe:Thai Coconut Zoodle Soup
47. Stuffed Pepper Soup
Skinny Taste / Via skinnytaste.com
Your favorite stuffed pepper recipe ~deconstructed~.
Recipe:Stuffed Pepper Soup
48. Creamy Vegan Spinach Potato Leek Soup
A Couple Cooks / Via acouplecooks.com
Make sure to use low-sodium broth if you're looking to keep your intake down — otherwise, ENJOY.
49. Healthy Vegetarian Tortilla Soup
Bowl Of Delicious / Via bowlofdelicious.com
Stay toasty with this soup filled with sweet potatoes and black beans.
50. Curried Butternut Squash Soup
Hurry The Food Up / Via hurrythefoodup.com
Nutty, a little spicy, and packed with vitamin C.
51. Hot And Sour Soup
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AKA homemade version of your favorite Chinese takeout. If you're feeling really ambitious, you can even add the totally-optional bamboo shoots.
Recipe:Hot And Sour Soup
52. Gluten-Free Quinoa Cauliflower Chowder
Sweet Pea And Saffron / Via sweetpeasandsaffron.com
You'll need a blender or food processor for this one, but LOOK AT THAT CHEESY CAULIFLOWER GOODNESS. Worth it? Worth it.
53. Slow Cooker Sausage, Spinach, and White Bean Soup
Damn Delicious / Via damndelicious.net
Everything is better with sausage.
54. Tangy Black Bean Soup
Vegan Yumminess / Via veganyumminess.com
Filling in aaaall the right ways. (And heads up: best if made with a blender.)
Recipe:Tangy Black Bean Soup
55. Green Minestrone Soup
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SO MANY DELICIOUS VEGETABLES.
Recipe:Green Minestrone Soup
56. Comforting Beef and Barley Stew
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The recipe calls for ghee, but you can swap it with any cooking fat of your choice.
57. One-Pot Curried Potato & Lentil Soup
Minimalist Baker / Via minimalistbaker.com
Added bonus: If you're rocking a winter cold, the curry and ginger will CLEAR YOUR SINUSES RIGHT UP.
58. Chipotle Marinated Chicken Soup
MK And Hungryman / Via mjandhungryman.com
Psst: Once you make the chipotle marinated chicken, you can recycle leftovers as tacos, too. So, best of both worlds.
59. Chickpea Tomato Soup With Rosemary
Skinny Taste / Via skinnytaste.com
A fun twist on the classic.
This post contains content from Lindsay Hunt, Anthony Rivas, and Anna Borges. It was compiled by Laura Frustaci.