If you're like me, soup is the way to my heart! And you'll love these soup recipes for you and your family. Soups are great when you're looking to use some of the veggies in the fridge, during cold months when you want to warm up, or if you are trying to make food to feed many mouths without spending a fortune. Soups can even give you an immune boost (depending on the soup), which is why they are great for fall, winter, and spring. As we approach spring, you might be wondering what some of the best soups are that you can make for your next dinner party. Here are 15 recipes that you will love this season.
Hearty Vegetable Soup
This hearty vegetable soup is a great way to use up the vegetables you might have in the fridge and make a yummy meal. This recipe calls for chicken broth, tomatoes, onions, celery, cabbage, cauliflower, corn, carrots, zucchini, potatoes, basil, salt, pepper, and parsley. This recipe is super easy and just requires prepping the veggies and simmering them in the broth for one and a half to two hours. With lots of vegetables, this soup is packed with vitamins and minerals.
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Creamy Chicken Spinach Soup
This Creamy Chicken Spinach soup is a delicious and filling soup that's perfect for a cold day. It's super easy to prepare and only takes 45 minutes. This recipe calls for a package of cheese tortellini, chicken broth, cream of chicken soup, spinach, chicken breast, milk, and thyme. Many of these ingredients call for the fat-free or reduced-fat version, so it's also health-conscious! Often, creamy dishes can have a lot of calories. But this recipe keeps that in mind.
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Tuscan Chickpea Soup
This Tuscan Chickpea Soup is a great option if you're looking for a meat-free recipe but still has protein. This recipe calls for onions, garlic, oregano, red pepper flakes, tomato paste, chickpeas, vegetable broth, sundried tomatoes, fresh lemon juice, coconut milk, spinach, basil, salt, and pepper. First, you'll cook the onions and garlic with seasonings to make them fragrant. Then add the chickpeas and tomato paste, and finish off with the broth and boil/simmer until cooked and ready to blend. This will make the soup creamy and smooth.
French Spring Soup
This French Spring soup is full of seasonal vegetables and is a delicious tangy and creamy soup filled with minerals and vitamins. This recipe calls for leeks, carrots, shitake mushrooms, garlic, potatoes, asparagus, barley, spinach, lemon juice, heavy cream, parsley, dill weed, vegetable broth, salt, and pepper. First, you'll cook the veggies in a pan until fragrant, and then add in the seasonings, potatoes, and vegetable stock and cook until ready. You will cook the barley separately and add it together in the end.
Wild Mushroom, Onion, and Kale Soup
This wild mushroom, onion, and kale soup is a delicious and nutritious soup that is a great comfort food. This recipe calls for sweet onion, fresh garlic, shitake mushrooms, cremini mushrooms, vegetable or chicken broth, kale, coconut milk, and salt and pepper. Another meatless recipe, this soup is also a paleo-friendly option. First, saute the onions, then add the mushrooms with salt and pepper. Once cooked, add in the broth and bring to a boil. Add in kale and cook until ready. Finish off with the creamy coconut milk.
Potato Leek Soup
This potato and leek soup has a great herby flavor with an amazing creamy texture that your guests are sure to love. Even though it's creamy, it's actually dairy-free if you're preparing for anyone with a dairy sensitivity. This soup is very simple, with only a few ingredients, and even so, it has a yummy and dynamic flavor. The recipe calls for leeks, fresh garlic, vegetable broth, Yukon gold potatoes, salt, pepper, bay leaf, thyme, and chives.
Polish Dill Soup
If you've never had a Polish dill soup, then you have to try this recipe. A unique and delicious recipe, this is definitely a one-of-a-kind. This soup calls for simple ingredients but has amazing flavor. You'll need onions, carrots, potatoes, butter, vegetable stock, heavy cream, fresh dill, lemon juice, nutmeg, salt, and pepper to make it. If you like, you can also top the soup off with a cheese garnish using parmesan flakes. Prepare the vegetables, throw them all together in the pot, and simmer until the potatoes are soft (around 20 minutes).
Creamy Chicken Gnocchi Soup
Loved by parents and kids alike, this creamy chicken gnocchi soup is delicious and filling. This recipe calls for chicken breast, onion, carrots, zucchini, gnocchi, chicken broth, fresh garlic, Italian seasoning, paprika, heavy cream, salt, and pepper. First, brown the chicken. Then cook the vegetables, add in the broth, chicken, and gnocchi, and cook for 12 minutes. Finish off with cream and serve.
Lemon White Bean and Spinach Soup
This Lemon White Bean and Spinach soup is packed with protein and is filled with orzo as a noodle choice. This recipe calls for carrots, onions, fresh garlic, vegetable broth, butter, orzo, baby spinach, cannellini beans, fresh lemon juice, parsley, salt, and pepper. First, cook the vegetables and add in the garlic until fragrant. Then, add in the broth and bring to a boil. Once boiling, add orzo and simmer for eight minutes. Lastly, add in beans, spinach, and remaining ingredients.
Creamy White Lasagna Soup with Veggies
This Creamy White Lasagna Soup is packed with veggies, is super creamy, and has delicious curly pasta. The recipe calls for sweet onions, yellow squash, zucchini, carrots, sun-dried tomatoes, vegetable or chicken stock, a parmesan rind, lasagna noodles or mafalda corta pasta, spinach, heavy cream, and pesto. With a handful of yummy ingredients, this soup is flavorful, dynamic, and a fun way to use lasagna noodles.
Roasted Carrot Soup
This roasted carrot soup recipe is great if you have a bag of extra carrots hanging around in your fridge. The ingredients are simple, and it's super easy to make. The recipe calls for carrots, onions, garlic, fresh ginger, vegetable broth, coconut milk, lime juice, and scallions.
Italian Wedding Soup
If you loved Italian Wedding soup from the can or jar growing up, then you have to make it homemade. This soup is flavorful and filled with meatballs, pasta, and noodles. It calls for ground beef and pork, an egg, breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese, garlic, parsley, onions, carrots, celery, chicken broth, Italian seasoning, spinach, pasta, salt, and pepper.
Sopa de Conchitas (Mexican Shell Soup)
You don't always have to revert to tacos for Mexican night! This sopa de conchas recipe is a delicious Mexican shell soup that is creamy and delicious. It calls for shell pasta, vegetable broth, canned tomato, onion, cilantro, and a garlic pasta sauce. Cook all the ingredients together for 15 minutes, season to taste, and garnish with cilantro and onion.
Sundried Tomato Tortellini Soup
This sundried tomato tortellini soup is a fan favorite. The recipe calls for sun-dried tomatoes, tomato paste, fresh garlic, onion, carrot, vegetable broth, crushed tomatoes, cheese tortellini, heavy cream, spinach, parmesan, parsley sugar, salt, and pepper.
Spicy Italian Pesto Noodle Soup
Not only is this soup good to warm the soul, but the spice will warm up your body. This Spicy Italian Pesto Noodle Soup is great for all the spice lovers out there. This soup only takes 45 minutes to cook and calls for spicy Italian chicken sausage, shallots, carrots, fresh sage, fresh thyme, chicken broth, basil pesto, parmesan rind, fresh lemon juice, kale, pasta, and provolone cheese.
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Creamy Taco Soup
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Ingredients
- 1 lb ground turkey
- 32 oz carton chicken broth
- 2 (14.5 oz) cans petite diced tomatoes with green chiles
- 1 (15.8 oz) can Great Northern beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 (15 oz) can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 (15.25 oz) can yellow hominy, drained
- 1 (15.25 oz) can white hominy, drained
- 1 (1.25 oz) pkg. taco seasoning mix
- 1 (1 oz) pkg ranch salad dressing mix
Toppings:
- Shredded cheddar cheese
- Sour cream, optional
- Tortilla chips, optional
Instructions
- In a large non-stick skillet cook turkey until no longer pink, 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally. Drain. Add to slow cooker.
- Add remaining ingredients, except toppings to slow cooker; combine. Cover and cook on low for 4 to 5 hours.
- To serve, top with shredded cheese and sour cream (if desired), and serve with tortilla chips.
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