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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 have loved every single soup during this challenge!! A favorite is hard to pick…Spicy Roasted Red Pepper, Paprika Corn Chowder, Black Bean, Thai Coconut….
I made a 2 or 3 soups ahead on the first few days of the challenge. I halved the recipes to save on cost and ingredients. I froze them in 1 cup cubes. On each day, I ate the designated soup for lunch. I know have almost 20 cubes of frozen cubes of healthy, delicious, plant-based soups! I loved the variety of recipes.
Thank you for inviting me to do the challenge!!
Made all these recipes for the soup challenge, and I was shocked that I enjoyed so many of them! I would even have soup as leftovers the next day with most recipes.
Soup? Leftovers? What’s not to love!
Soup Challenge Summary: Overall the Soup Challenge has been a tremendous and fulfilling experience because of the health benefits, opportunity to learn new recipes, and try new ingredients that I have never tried before.
My favorite Soups:
>Black Bean – very robust and so simple with the Vitamix.
>Paprika Corn Chowder – amazing flavor with opportunity to learn and try fire roasted corn and nutritional yeast.
>Spicy Roasted Red Pepper-first time I’ve tried RRP and it was smooth great taste with a hint of kick.
>Thia Coconut Soup-smooth coconut flavor with curry paste & cashew cream which I truly love
Red Lentil Curry-great flavor and kick with the curry spice
I started this soup challenge 10 days ago 6 lbs heavier. Eating plant based has allowed me to change how I feel physically. I was diagnosed with Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) in March which is a condition that causes pain, stiffness and inflammation in the muscles and by eating plant based it has allowed for a relief in the inflammation that I experience and overall I feel better with healthier plant based meals with lots of veggies. Improvement so much so that I think this will me a permanent change in my diet to minimize all meat except proteins like chicken and the healthfullness of fish. True appreciation to all the soup contributors and and #simplegreensmoothies for the impact you’ve had on my life these past 10 days.
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Melisa!!! We’re so excited that the power of plants has made this amazing difference for you! Keep us posted on how things go. xoxo
What a fun challenge! We were traveling for part of the challenge so I did not make all the soups buy the ones I did I loved. I took soup ingredients to my daughters house and made the minestrone while visiting. It was terrific! I think i I say my favorite was the corn chowder because it got very favorable responses from everyone! And one outcome for me is that my freezer is stocked with soups as we could not eat all the soup every day, Winner, winner, soup for dinner!
Sensational soups!
The past 10 days have been fun! With a bit of prep work anyone can have healthy and delicious meals. The best part of Simple Green Smoothies soup challenge is being in a community where you can share your thoughts or post a question.
My favourite soup was the Thai coconut soup! The bold Thai flavours take over. It’s jammed packed with veggies!
From doing this challenge I was easily able to increase my veggie intake. The best part is that my kids even liked some of the soups! Talk about a win!
You hit the nail on the head Kelly with prep. Planning ahead is key to eating healthy and totally leads to success. Way to rawk it!