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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 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 really liked all the recipes, but LOVED the minestrone and Vegan chicken noodle my goodness I am so glad I did this challenge. My kids liked them all as well. The biggest result I saw from this was being full AND satisfied after my meals. Who knew soup could do that, right? Also hoping to not be TMI, but I felt a little more regular during this challenge and less bloated.
Red bell pepper soup, simple, no fuss, just good and wholesome! Best part even my husband enjoyed it and being able to share a great recipe and resource with my girls is priceless. Thank you for inspiring a return to home cooked, healthy foods.
This soup challenge was fabulous, though I think I’m ready to take a break from soup for at least the next few days. My favorite recipe was the black bean soup. I never realized you could just through everything in the Vitamix and it would cook! Thanks Jen! I’m so glad I discovered Rawktheyear and I’m looking forward to the fall cleanse!
I have to say this has been a remarkable 10 days of delicious soups! As I told you earlier in an email I lost my husband unexpectedly February 16th to a massive heart attack. We loved to cook over the 20 years we were married. We had just planned a HUGE kitchen renovation and had bought out cabinets and countertops. I went thru with it after he died because it’s what he wanted so bad.
This 10 Day Challenge has resulted in me getting back into my beautiful new kitchen and back cooking again….which I didn’t want to do for the last 8 months. I’ve been sharing the soups with my friends who have cooked and supported me over this trying time.
As far as favorite soups? They all were very, very good in their own way.. But I think it was the Thai Coconut soup that was a “FAVE”. One of my friend’s made the comment Damn girl…this is Best in Show”!
I’m not sure how I found this calling…but I’m sure glad I did. Please let me know if there is another. Thank you so much! xo Sheryl Biermann
I fully enjoyed the 10 day soup challenge. My main desire was finding a way to get more vegetables into my diet and these soup recipes really did that. I have found the result of doing this challenge is I feel better and have lost 5 pounds, both were unexpected.
The soups i liked best were the corn chowder and vegetable soups. Now plan to continue making about half of the 10 recipes on a regular basis and figure out ways to get more vegetables into the soups. I fully plan to continue looking for more vegetable based recipes I can add to my weekly meal rotation.
Thank you for providing this challenge and the opportunity to add healthy recipes to my diet.