Spring soup recipes

Pack in the goodness with this vibrant green soup, packed with leeks, peas and watercress. It's tasty and healthy too, both low in calories and fat

This healthy low-calorie soup is a delicious way to use up courgettes when they're in season. Plus it's freezable, so you can make it in summer and enjoy all year

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

A vibrant green blended soup with half-fat crème fraîche that's healthy and filling - make a batch and freeze

Forage for some fresh spring greens and simmer with finely diced vegetables to make this vibrant, healthy, low-fat green soup

Our vibrant broccoli and pea soup delivers three of your 5-a-day, and is full of nutrients including iron, folate and vitamin C

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

Try something different this Easter with a spectacular seasonal lamb soup. A special occasion soup from Crete, it's served with dolma - stuffed vine leaves

A delicious, healthy lunch or starter that's great hot or cold. This easy soup is low in calories, Serve swirled with yogurt

Get your gloves on to forage for wild plants like nettles - once cooked they have a spinach or cabbage flavour

Enjoy this super healthy soup when you want a comforting but low-calorie lunch – rich in fibre, vitamin C and folic acid

Make our healthy leek, kale and potato soup for an easy vegetarian lunch or supper. Top with shoestring fries for a bit of crunch

The lovely, leafy spinach in this recipe makes for a flavoursome and intriguing bright-green soup

This vibrant soup is fresh-tasting and substantial enough to have for dinner

A meaty and vibrant soup that's great for using up festive ham leftovers or as a comforting storecupboard soup

Batch cook a vegetable soup when you have a seasonal bounty and you'll always have a healthy meal in the freezer

This super healthy soup combines broccoli and kale with ginger, coriander and turmeric for a nutrient dense and low-fat lunch

Make this broccoli and pea soup for lunch or to serve as a starter, and top it with minty ricotta and pine nuts. A healthy dish, it delivers three of your five-a-day

Treat as a healthy lunch or vegetarian starter, this simple and refreshing vibrant green soup is low in calories and features three of your five-a-day

Sweet peas and peppery watercress are a perfect match for early summer, but you can adapt this soup to suit all year round

This healthy, low-fat soup is based on the classic leek and potato, but cannellini beans replace the potatoes – as they contribute to your 5-a-day

Superhealthy - counts as 1 of 5-a-day

Use chicken thighs for this – they are tastier and better value than breasts