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Soup doesn’t just keep us warm—it also nourishes, comforts, and fills our homes with the best cozy aromas of the season. As fall settles in, I’ve got a lineup of healthy soup recipes that are perfect for chilly evenings, meal prep Sundays, or anytime you want something hearty and wholesome.
These ten incredible soups are all part of my 10-Day Soup Challenge. Each one is made with whole food, plant-based ingredients, packed with flavor, and ready to be a part of your fall menu. I love soup and make it often—even while living in Florida. A good cup of soup helps me pretend cooler weather is on the way.
As we move into the fall season, there are also so many new veggies coming up and ready to be put in hearty, savory dishes. If you’re vegan, make sure to check out my 25 Best Vegan Soup Recipes Roundup.
Top Healthy Soup Recipes
These soup recipes for Fall will hopefully help you find a few go-to meals that you can make and freeze to use throughout the season. Feel free to pair these soups with other dishes for a complete meal if they seem a little light on their own. While the Simple Ramen is a perfect lunch, I love pairing the Tomato Soup with Vegan Basil Pesto on toast or adding a Kale Caesar Salad to enjoy alongside some Vegan Potato Soup.
Vegan Potato Soup
Red Lentil Soup
Bieler’s Blended Vegetable Soup
1-Pot Vegetable Noodle Soup
Vegan Tomato Soup
Slow Cooker Vegan Minestrone Soup
Vegan Thai Coconut Soup (Tom Kha)
Vegetarian Tortilla Soup
Instant Vegetarian Ramen
Vegetarian Split Pea Soup
Healthy Soup Toppings to Maximize Flavor
Sometimes you find a soup recipe in need of a bit of oomph. I get it (I put hot sauce on a lot of dishes). Here are two quick n’ easy recipes I keep on hand in a flavor emergency, or just to jazz up my meal:
- Cashew cream: A good vegan sour cream can provide depth and creaminess to almost any recipe. If you’d add sour cream to a soup, then you can add this!
- Pesto: There’s just something about pesto that instantly levels up a recipe. I love adding a dollop of vegan pesto to a good vegetable soup. It’s just so good! I’ve got a few different variations you can try, and they all freeze well.
- Vegan cheese sprinkle: Parmesan is a staple in many American households. This vegan cheese sprinkle certainly gives Kraft’s a run for its money, and its made with real ingredients that really do add a cheesy finish to your dish.
Healthy Fall Soup Ingredients
While I love the berries, squashes, and crispy produce of Summer, I find myself craving the buttery, hearty veggies of Fall. You’ll find many fall-fresh ingredients in the above healthy soup recipes because ingredients used in their proper season contain the most nutrients. If you’re creating a fall kitchen garden, then pick from this list!
| Artichokes | Chiles | Pumpkins |
| Arugula | Edamame | Radishes |
| Beets | Eggplant | Shallots |
| Broccoli | Fennel | Spinach |
| Brussels Sprouts | Garlic | Sweet potatoes |
| Cabbage | Herbs | Tomatillos |
| Carrots | Kale | Turnips |
| Cauliflower | Leeks | Wild Mushrooms |
| Celery | Onions | Winter Squash |
| Chard | Potatoes | Zucchini |
Common Questions
There are a variety of soups that boast incredibly healthy benefits. All ten of the soups on my list are made with whole food, plant-based ingredients. They use seasonal produce that packs the biggest nutrient punch, and they leave out inflammatory dairy products (nothing against dairy, yet it causes an inflammatory response in a lot of people!). Use limited ingredients or homemade vegetable stock with limited sodium as well.
There are a variety of soups that boast incredibly healthy benefits. All ten of the soups on my list are made with whole food, plant-based ingredients. They use seasonal produce that packs the biggest nutrient punch, and they leave out inflammatory dairy products (nothing against dairy, yet it causes an inflammatory response in a lot of people!). Use limited ingredients or homemade vegetable stock with limited sodium as well.
While there is no ‘magic soup’ for weight loss, as there are so many factors that contribute to a person losing weight, you can’t go wrong with using whole food, plant-based ingredients in your soup. Make a soup that will fill you up and not leave you hungry 30 minutes later. When I’m looking for a hearty soup I go with my Spiced Lentil Soup, Split Pea Soup or Minestrone. All these are great options for delicious, healthy meals.
I enjoyed the soup challenge but thought it was too long. I think a week would be better. Also it wasn’t quite cold enough outside to be inspired for soup every day. Maybe in January or February would be better. The soups though were delicious and several will be added to my fall, winter rotation. My favs were the Coconut (which I made already with the summer cleanse), and the vegan tomato. I made half of each recipe and we’re still enjoying leftovers. Thanks for the challenge, support and healthy fun!
I have loved this challenge. I and my children are soup lovers. These were easy and quick to prepare. I really enjoyed everyone’s spin on the recipes to make it tasty for themselves. Because of this, it is really hard to select one that is the best. They all, with adjustments, were/could be delicious. Since I do very few blended soups, I really enjoyed the Spicy Red Pepper and Black Bean Soup (looking forward to the Ginger Carrot soup this Evening.) They were easy to make and delicious. My daughter is lactose intolerant so the Cashew Cream was something new for me to add to her diet. And all the soups could be made dairy free. Yay.
The best part of this challenge was getting tips, alternatives, ideas and quips from the other participants. Thank you all. Putting more veggies in my children’s and husband’s meals is a big healthy plus for me. Mahalo from Hawaii.
I really enjoyed the challenge — it was the first time that I had done anything like it. My husband’s favorite soup with the Vegan Tomato Soup. My favorite was the Thai Coconut Soup. I love Thai food and it never dawned on me that I could make a soup as good as the one I get at restaurants. I prepped most of the ingredients for the soups at one time. I plan to keep doing that now that the challenge is over. It really saves day-of work. Thanks for laying everything out and making it easy for us — including the shopping list. I’ll be ready for when you put together another challenge.
My favorites were the Black bean soup and the Detox soup, but I did like them all. Best thing I learned was you can use all natural ingredients, plus things from my garden.
I loved the Black Bean Soup and the Detox soup, they all were good but those 2 were my favorite