Soups & Stew recipe collection

Light English pea soup blended with fresh spinach, lettuce, and green onions. A low-fat pureed soup with bright green color and clean garden flavor.

Fakes xithati is the traditional Greek sour lentil soup, slow-simmered with garlic, olive oil, and coriander, then finished with a splash of vinegar for a tangy, soulful Mediterranean bowl.

New England fish chowder with haddock, cod, bacon, and potatoes in a creamy milk and evaporated milk broth. A classic, no-frills chowder that tastes even better the next day.

Creamy vegetable soup thickened with instant mashed potatoes and made from frozen mixed vegetables, milk, and chicken bouillon. A pantry-friendly shortcut soup.

Lighter clam chowder made entirely in the microwave with leeks, potatoes, sweet corn, and low-fat milk. No cream, no roux, ready in about 40 minutes.

Old-fashioned creamy asparagus soup with milk, butter, and a flour roux. Tender tips reserved for garnish, stalks grated into a silky base. Six ingredients, full pantry territory.

Chicken mulligatawny soup: a curried Anglo-Indian classic with carrots, celery, apple, rice, and tender chicken in a spiced broth. Comfort food with serious depth.

Greek spinach and lentil soup brightened with lemon, cumin, and coriander. A vegan, gluten-free one-pot meal that's earthy, tangy, and ready for a drizzle of olive oil at the table.

Cold soups make for excellent summer fare. The best vichyssoise I ever had in my life was at a French restaurant during a Montreal summer. Humor me. Try the soup in the traditional manner but then, if you must heat it up, (sigh), go ahead.

Chicken and wild rice soup with shiitake mushrooms, shallots, and fresh parsley in a clear chicken broth. A lighter, brothier version than cream-based diner soups. Uses leftover rotisserie chicken or turkey.

Cream of mushroom soup uses a pureed mushroom-onion base plus sliced mushrooms for double texture. Finished with cream, sherry, and thyme for a restaurant-style soup at home.

Cream of spinach soup pureed silky-smooth with butter-sauteed onion, celery, chicken broth, sherry, and a finishing splash of cream and nutmeg. The classic French-style starter soup.

French onion soup builds slow-cooked golden onions on a thyme-and-bay-scented chicken broth, topped with toasted French bread and broiler-bubbled Gruyere. Bistro classic ready in under an hour.

Greek lemon soup (avgolemono) microwave shortcut version using canned chicken and rice soup, egg, and fresh lemon. A 35-minute cheat for a Mediterranean classic.

Authentic Chinese hot and sour soup with wood ear fungi, dried lily buds, shiitake mushrooms, pork shreds, and silken tofu. Tangy, peppery, and finished with egg ribbons and sesame oil.

Favourite leek and potato soup is a classic British comfort bowl: sweet leeks, potatoes and onion gently sweated in butter, simmered in stock and pureed velvety smooth, finished with a swirl of yogurt or cream.