136 nice soup recipes

Hearty Southwestern chicken soup with brown rice, corn, diced tomatoes, green chiles, and a cumin-chili broth. A warming one-pot meal ready in 45 minutes.

Cabbage miso soup with chewy sweet rice flour dumplings in a savory broth. A warming, gluten-free Japanese-inspired bowl ready in 30 minutes.

Pressure cooker cabbage soup with caraway seeds, apple cider, tomatoes, and rice. Central European flavor in 30 minutes with deep, sweet-tart complexity.

White gazpacho is the Spanish ajo blanco-style cold soup with almonds, cucumber, green pepper, and bread. No tomatoes, just creamy almond-cucumber refreshment for hot summer days.

Garlic head soup built on three whole simmered bulbs blended into a brothy base with barley, wild rice, potatoes, carrots, and mushrooms, herbed with thyme, rosemary, and dill.

Hearty tomato soup with cooked rice, tender carrot, celery, and a base of canned tomatoes thickened with whole wheat flour and finished with milk. A creamy 30-minute one-pot soup that fills a bowl properly.

Ratatouille and cod stew with eggplant, zucchini, bell pepper, and crushed tomatoes in clam broth. A Provencal-style fish stew loaded with vegetables, served over rice.

Chicken and shrimp gumbo with okra, mustard greens, collard greens, and a custom Cajun seasoning blend thickened with browned flour. A lighter take on gumbo with no oil-based roux and loads of greens.

New Orleans seafood gumbo loaded with shrimp, hard-shell crab, and shucked oysters in a roux-thickened broth with okra and the holy trinity. Served over rice, Cajun style.

Serve with Carrot Slaw and Pine Nut and Orange Wild Rice Salad for a lunch meal.

Traditional Bulgarian supa topcheta with rice-studded meatballs simmered in a vegetable broth, finished with a tangy egg-lemon sauce. Hearty, warming, and full of paprika flavor.

Italian rice and endive soup with fresh tomatoes, carrots, and basil. A light vegetarian meal ready in 45 minutes, simmered in vegetable stock with curly endive for a pleasantly bitter depth.

Louisiana-style okra and shrimp gumbo built on a dark roux with oysters added in the last five minutes. Served over rice with the holy trinity of celery, onion, and bell pepper.

Crock-Pot minestrone soup with kidney beans, zucchini, carrots, red pepper, and crushed tomatoes slow-cooked 8 to 10 hours. A set-it-and-forget-it vegetable soup with rice.

Cajun file gumbo with canned salmon, okra, and the holy trinity simmered down and finished with file powder. A Lafayette-style one-pot supper served over hot rice.

Smoky chipotle black bean soup built from dried beans, cumin, oregano, and a bruised-cilantro bouquet. Finished with sherry, lime, and part-pureed for creamy-chunky texture.