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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.
The 10 Day soup challenge was fun and educational. I admit, I often look to a can or jar when I want soup. This challenge proved to me that it doesn’t take that long to make a healthy, satisfying soup from scratch. It’s hard to pick a favorite from among these soups, but I’ll have to choose the Vegan Tomato Soup since tomato has always been my favorite soup. I’m sure I’ll make several of these throughout the winter.
My favourite recipe from the 10 day challenge was the classic minestrone soup. It is very delicious and I like the fact that I can use whatever I have on hand. Using the same recipe I get many variations!. One of the results I got from the 10 day challenge was some stress relief with the warm, comforting nourishment that comes with soup. Thanks for this event. I appreciate what you are doing.
Wendy Capreol
I loved almost all of these soups. I don’t know why, but I always thought it would be difficult to make soup but these recipes show it’s actually quite easy. And once you get the hang of that bases of soup, you can build off of that. My favorites on here are the tomato, the carrot ginger and the detox soup. The cashew cream is surprisingly delicious. I even took some extra, mixed in some vanilla and a tbsp of sugar and it made a delicious dip for apple slices. Off to make more soup, that corn chowder is calling my name!
The 10 Day Soup Challenge was great! It’s hard to choose a favorite soup as I loved all of them and so did my family. My husband especially liked the black bean soup leftover. It thickened and he likes thick creamy soup. My adult step-son liked the ones with kale the best. I think maybe the detox soup was my favorite. I often made too much so I froze the leftovers and will have ready meals in the future!
I did get a little confused about where to rate the soups. Especially the Vegan Chicken Noodle soup. There was no place I could find to leave a comment. Next time (and I hope there is one!) I will try to remember to take pictures. And I also hope there are more blender soups. What a great time saver!
Thank you to all who worked hard to put this together! I have really benefitted from it and so has my family.
Loved the black bean soup….made with a Mexican flavor and heavy hand with taco spice. Not on the list, but also had to make classic potato and leek soup, some of it blended, with addition of truffle oil. Smooth yet chunky, with earthy truffles, yum! Focusing on soups also helped shed a few pounds.