Christmas soup recipes

Rustle up this healthy vegan celeriac and hazelnut soup as a starter on Christmas Day. Truffle oil adds a bit of luxury, or leave it out for a simple supper on a winter's night

When it's cold outside, treat yourself to a healthy homemade vegetable soup, packed with immunity-supporting vitamin C and four of your 5-a-day

This creamy, vegetarian soup, from Becky Lovatt, is a great way to use up leftover chestnuts, or use freshly roasted chestnuts for a more intense flavour

This spicy soup combines red lentils, apples and parsnip for a smooth, warming soup - a low fat meal that you can make ahead and freeze

Make Tom Kerridge's version of French onion soup. Use any cheese you have in the fridge for the toasts – a crumbly goat's cheese works well

Roast your vegetables in honey before blitzing into this velvety smooth, spiced soup - served with garlicky, zesty ciabatta slices for dipping

Our French onion soup is deliciously rich and easy to make at home. This savoury soup is perfect for using up a garden glut and great for dinner parties

Creamy and low-fat aren't words you often hear together, but that's exactly what you get with this freeze-ahead starter

Use up your leftover Christmas Day vegetables in this comforting winter soup

A twist on celery soup. Leave out the haddock if you like (it's just flaked over the top)

A luxurious seafood soup that is rich in flavour, perfect for formal entertaining and low in calories too

Healthy, cheap and quick - this soup is a great way to use up leftover turkey or chicken

Use up your Christmas roast leftovers in this creamy soup

A basic soup recipe that can be adapted to whatever needs using up in the fridge

The perfect soup for those warm cosy nights - it's vegetarian and a good source of calcium, folic acid and vitamin C, too!

Make the most of mushrooms with this comforting mushroom soup recipe made with cream, onions and garlic. Serve for lunch or as a starter with crusty bread

This wholesome noodle soup is low fat, heart healthy and packed full of tasty ingredients

A warming winter treat, this spicy turkey soup is a great use of Christmas leftovers - happy Boxing Day!

Roasting the onions gives the soup a rich caramelised flavour that really hits the spot on a chilly day

Its appearance may be gnarly, but the soft white flesh of turnip-like celeriac is versatile, and perfect paired with salty pancetta

This thrifty dinner party leek and potato soup recipe has an attractive pale colour from using the bottom end of the allium and a bouquet garni

Blend your storecupboard pulses with cumin, turmeric and garlic to create this robust soup with crispy pancetta topping

A smooth blended vegetable soup with Indian spice to leave simmering for hours - perfect for feeding a crowd

A smooth, blended vegetable soup with blue cheese that's as good for a comforting meal as it is for a dinner party starter