Easy soup recipes

Make this hearty soup on cold winter days. One of those holy grail recipes, it’s both deeply flavourful and easy to make with a few seasonal ingredients

Mary Cadogan's homemade chicken noodle soup recipe will warm you up on a winter's evening. The broth contains ginger, which is particularly good for colds.

Create a batch of creamy parsnip and carrot soup recipe for a warming lunch or supper. Serve with crusty bread and freeze any leftovers for busy days

Make our minestrone soup recipe for a satisfying yet low calorie meal. This classic Italian vegetable soup is made with a rich tomato base and pasta pieces.

Cook up a batch of fresh, low-calorie celery soup for a healthy and filling veggie lunch or supper. Serve with chunks of crusty bread

This silky smooth, super versatile vegetarian soup is perfect for a dinner party starter, everyday dinner or warming lunch. Plus it's two of your five-a-day

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

Try making this delicious Vietnamese broth as something different for dinner. It's full of classic Asian flavours along with sirloin steak and noodles

A super-green and super-tasty vegetable soup with a few simple ingredients, including spinach and shallots

Enjoy this satisfying lentil soup recipe, made with red lentils, carrots and leeks. It's low in calories and fat, and delivers three of your five-a-day

Whip up this easy soup on cold days – it has all the moreish flavours of lasagne, including cherry tomatoes, sheets of pasta and molten cheese

Make the most of pumpkins in the supermarkets in the autumn and make this warming and filling pumpkin soup. Serve with our savoury granola sprinkled on top

Use whatever small pasta shape is your favourite for this comforting bowl of minestrone soup – just amend the cooking time according to pack instructions

This super-healthy vegetarian soup is low in calories and full of flavour. It's packed with three of your 5-a-day, plus folate, fibre, vitamin C and iron

Make this comforting cauliflower soup recipe for lunch or a light supper. It's perfect topped with parsley and served with crusty bread

Rustle up this vegetable soup using mainly storecupboard ingredients. Simple and quick to throw together, it's also keto-friendly, with halloumi 'croutons'

Do something different with a pack of tortellini. This filling soup is full of fibre and veg, plus it's low in fat. The perfect lunch or supper

Combine different alliums to give a layered onion flavour to this vegetarian sweetcorn chowder. The sweetness of the corn pairs with onions beautifully

For a creamy potato soup, try this Zupa ziemniaczana recipe, which originates from Poland – it makes for a hearty lunch, or light supper

Make lunch more exciting with this silky and deeply savoury miso and butternut soup. Delivering all of your five-a-day, it's also bursting with goodness

Use pork or beef ribs to make bortsch, a Ukrainian-inspired soup made with beetroot and beans to make it deliciously filling. Serve with our pampushky recipe

Use a whole chicken to make a big batch of family-friendly chicken soup. Treat the recipe as a base and add your choice of veg, or bulk it up with grains

Lean and thrifty, turkey mince makes a great substitute for chicken in this spicy Asian noodle soup