Healthy Fall Soups: Cozy & Clean Recipes

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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

You'll never guess there's no dairy in this amazingly comforting vegan potato soup. It's exactly what your next cool evening calls for and can be paired with a simple kale crouton recipe that takes the flavor to the next level.

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Red Lentil Soup

This red lentil soup is hearty, comforting, and packed with plant-based protein. Red lentils simmer with fire-roasted vegetables and warming spices until tender, then break down into a thick, satisfying soup that’s perfect for easy weeknight dinners or make-ahead lunches.

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Two glass jars of green blended vegetable soup.

Bieler’s Blended Vegetable Soup

This blended vegetable soup is light, fresh, and nourishing, with zucchini, green beans, celery, and parsley blended into a silky, comforting bowl. A touch of coconut oil adds richness while letting the natural veggie flavors shine.

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Spoon in a bowl of vegetable noodle soup.

1-Pot Vegetable Noodle Soup

A soothing soup can help your body heal in a variety of ways. This vegetable noodle soup recipe is great to make the moment you feel under the weather, or make at the beginning of cold and flu season, then freeze to have on hand when you need it.

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Vegan Tomato Soup

Vegan tomato soup makes for a creamy and nutritious meal using canned tomatoes, herbs, zucchini and carrots to boost nutritional content without sacrificing on flavor. I loaded this soup up with a variety of veggies, yet it still tastes like my momma's recipe from my childhood.

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Spoon in a bowl of vegan minestrone soup.

Slow Cooker Vegan Minestrone Soup

This hearty vegan slow cooker minestrone soup overflows with colorful vegetables, tender beans, and fragrant herbs, making it a comforting and nutritious soup for any occasion. It’s a simple, healthy, and delicious meal that you’ll want to cook over and over.

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bowl of thai coconut soup on table with fresh-cut limes.

Vegan Thai Coconut Soup (Tom Kha)

Enjoy my vegan Thai coconut soup— it's bursting with bold, comforting flavors. Creamy coconut milk blends with zesty lime, fragrant lemongrass, and a gentle chili kick. Earthy mushrooms, sweet carrots, and buttery cashews add texture and richness, making every spoonful a perfect balance of savory, spicy, and soothingly sweet.

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Vegetarian Tortilla Soup

Dive into this warmly spiced vegetarian tortilla soup made with a rich vegetable broth, peppers, corn, avocado, and tomatoes, all simmered together for depth of flavor. Top with crispy tortilla strips, fresh avocado and cilantro for a hearty and satisfying meal.

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Instant Vegetarian Ramen

Enjoy a delicious and nutritious vegetarian ramen in just minutes. This recipe is full of flavor and perfect for a quick and easy meal using instant noodles.

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Vegetarian Split Pea Soup

This hearty, 1-pot vegetarian split pea soup recipe is simmered with tender carrots, savory garlic, and fragrant thyme to create a cozy, flavor-packed meal. Easy to make and perfect for lunch or dinner any day of the week!

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vegan tomato soup with text showing good soup toppings including fresh herbs, pesto, cashew cream, salt and pepper and vegan parmesan cheese.

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.

family prepping purple onions, carrots and herbs to put into a red stock pot.

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

vegetables ready to pick in the Fall including cabbage, turnips, carrots and broccoli.

Common Questions

What’s the healthiest soup you can eat?

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.

Is soup a healthy dinner option?

Which type of soup is best for weight loss?

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.

Comments

Richard says:

10.13.2021 at 6:27 pm

This has been a difficult challenge. Once past the novelty, I had to finish the leftovers myself. I would have love to get a little breather in between like 10 soups in 15 days. I will cook the remaining soups over the next few days. My favorite soup so far is the Day 5 Detox soup.

1. Simple Green Smoothies says:
  
  10.13.2021 at 7:56 pm
  
  Glad you tackled this with us, Richard! Remember that most soups freeze really well, so be sure to put your freezer to work for you next time you find yourself with too much.
Suellyn says:

10.13.2021 at 6:09 pm

I absolutely loved making all the soups for this challenge! I had never really made many vegan soups before so I was really interested in the variety of recipes. I liked having pre-made grocery lists which made shopping easy and fast.
As a diabetic, my glucose numbers were in range every single day while following this challenge. I intend to continue soups as quick lunches especially since I froze several of these.
Cashew cream was delicious and I loved how easy that was to make.
I lost eight pounds too and overall, I have just felt better during the past ten days.
It’s really hard to pick a favorite soup because they were all yummy, but I’d give the minestrone an A+ for flavor and texture.
Thank you for creating this amazing challenge!!

1. Simple Green Smoothies says:
  
  10.13.2021 at 8:01 pm
  
  Holy soup, Suellyn! 8 lbs?! That’s incredible. You get an A+ from us. 🙂
Paola says:

10.13.2021 at 5:59 pm

All the soups were great! If I had to decide I really enjoyed the the vegan Tomato soup because it was filling. Second Roasted Red Pepper Soup. My husband First was Paprika Corn Chowder. I enjoyed the Black Bean Soup. They were filling and easy to make. Participating in the soup challenge my family got in their vegetables and I dropped some weight! An added bonus.

Kelly says:

10.13.2021 at 5:52 pm

It’s been such a fun 10-day soup challenge! Our favorite, hands-down, was the Thai Coconut. I added extra Thai curry paste, extra carrots, and some garden tomatoes. It made plenty for leftovers which is another win!
All that coconut was particularly helpful because I’m detoxing from an intestinal bug. And, we both lost a couple pounds! Yay for results!
Kudos for setting up this challenge and helping us get into the healthy autumn mood. It’s been fun! Let’s do it again!

1. Simple Green Smoothies says:
  
  10.13.2021 at 8:01 pm
  
  Thanks for joining us, Kelly!
Johanne says:

10.13.2021 at 5:51 pm

The ten day challenge was great. It was fun to know what i was making from day to day and that my choices were healthy and easy to make. I was not sure how my hubby would react to this challenge but he was looking forward to the new soup each day. I have certainly gotten a better appreciation for easy plant based soups and will be looking for more meal ideas. I also truly enjoyed the soups, my favorite being the detox lentil soup.