hearty red lentil soup recipe

10-Day Soup Challenge

Nothing says comfort like a warm bowl of soup—especially when you’re ready to explore plant-based eating. The 10-Day Soup Challenge makes it simple with nourishing, veggie-packed recipes, done-for-you grocery lists, and sanity-saving kitchen hacks.

Soup ingredients in fridge after grocery shopping for challenge

grocery list

No more guessing or counting—enjoy a simple list to shop and be set for the week.

Soup challenge recipes in pottery bowl with toppings.

Tasty Recipes

Plant-based soups that are cozy, flavorful, and packed with vegetables that nourish.

Digital soup challenge guide on ipad

Reusable Guide

A printable 15-page guide with recipes + a handy grocery list you can use again and again.

I love having this soup challenge to keep me eating healthy during the colder months—because let’s be real, it’s way too easy to end up snacking on cookies or loading up on baked potatoes when the weather turns chilly.

— Jen Hansard

Cozy + Nourishing Soup Recipes (Without the Stress)

These recipes aren’t just about eating better—they’re about making dinner simpler. With step-by-step instructions, you’ll feel confident in the kitchen while whipping up hearty soups that reheat like a dream for lunches or busy nights.

How the Soup Challenge Works

For less than the cost of a drive-thru meal, you’ll have nourishing dinners your whole family will actually eat, a fridge stocked with real food, and the motivation to keep yourself fueled during those cookie-and-casserole months.

Menu with soup recipes for the week.

📅 Weekly Soup Menu

5 simple soup recipes each week (enough for family dinners, leftovers, or freezer meals).

Grocery shopping for the soup challenge ingredients

🛒 Weekly Grocery List

Know exactly what to buy to make 4 servings of each soup. Share with family, freeze for later, or pack in a thermos for work and school.

Bowl of celery soup on table for the challenge.

⭐ Top-Rated Recipes

Reader favorite soups with flavors you’ll crave—no bland “diet food” here along with step by step instructions to make each soup recipe using a variety of techniques so you can finally feel confident in the kitchen.

Jen in kitchen making soup

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Leave with confidence in the kitchen

  • Done-for-you Soup Menu
  • 10 Nutritious Soup Recipes
  • Soup Prep Guide w/ Tools
  • Full-Color Interactive PDF
  • Motivating Emails

All of it for just $7. Seriously.

( Less than a latte ) 

More flavors, recipes, and confidence every time you get in the kitchen.

Collage of two different bowls of soups.
Collage of two different bowls of soups.

Soup Challenge Reviews

Participants say they’re more excited to cook, discovered new family favorites, and even batch-cooked to freeze meals for months. With simple prep and flexible recipes, you’ll see that healthy eating doesn’t have to be complicated.

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I got off to a late start so made one more soup this week. It was the creamy vegetable soup. This soup was really delicious and completely changed my mind about cashew cream which added such a nice flavor and texture. I will definitely make it again but with less pepper. The soup challenge was great and 5 days work better for me than 10.

The challenge had a good variety of soups, as usual, but the creamy vegetable soup was definitely my favorite.

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Lynn

Great leftovers for several days.

I love these challenges because it allows me to make meals without the worry of how much, what to add, how long to cook etc. They always turn out exactly as shown.

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Sandra

I love getting the receipts and they were all delicious. I try to eat healthy and the recipes do help.

This challenge has been a great way to kick off Fall and be prepared for cooler weather. The recipes are easy to follow and there is minimal prep required. Jen does a great job blending flavors while amping up nutrition. I plan to make this soup challenge part of my “List of thing to do in Fall”. I now have 16 souper meals in my freezer (the rest where consumed)!

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Lucia Thomas

Motivating and Delicious

I really felt overwhelmed with all the days I was going to have to do something. I did get off track and could not doe it two of the days. I did catch up.

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alicia l flohr

Organized extremely organized!!!

I always love the soup challenge! All of these soups are so different and incredibly delicious! I love that you can freeze them and defrost on a busy night! Highly recommend this challenge!

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Ashley

Delicious!

This is my second year doing the soup challenge. I love it because all of the soups are delicious and easy to make. I have great new recipes now to have in my rotation!

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Coral

Great New Recipes!

The soups were so good! Easy to prep and so flavorful. Now I have a bunch of frozen options for lunches or quick dinners. Will definitely participate again! More plants = healthier life! 🌱♥️

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Sarah

Easy, filling, and delish!

Didn’t get to make all the soups but the ones I did were AMAZING

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Maria

Wonderful

I love group challenges. They are a way to help you stay accountable with healthier eating, and introduce you to foods you normally wouldn’t eat, or maybe just learn a new way to appreciate them. I’ve been trying to eat healthier and the first couple of weeks are the hardest while you break old habits. Having healthy foods ready to go on hand that nourish the body and the soul is key. I think there are at least three soups I found in this challenge that will go on a permanent rotation to keep in my fridge/freezer and keep me going. I look forward to the next one and the great tastes I will discover along the way.

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Stacey Culp

Another Excellent Challenge

It helps to have recipes to follow especially with seasonings

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Marcia

Delicious Vegan Soups!

This was a perfect time to do this soup challenge with the fall weather finally getting cooler.

I made soups that I did not know if I would really like, but I actually liked each of them and felt better after completing this process. I think that I can keep this progress going now that I have had a good jump start.

Thank you for showing me some good options for variety.

P.S. I love soup, but I hate all the sodium that is in store-bought brands.

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Sheryl Gardner

Soup your way to better health

I started out great the first day, but then I had a conflict the second day and couldn’t make the recipe in time. That set me back for the rest of the week. Other than that, I liked trying new recipes and they were all so healthy and yummy. I already eat a very healthy organic-GF-vegan diet, so variety is what I valued about this challenge.

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Susan

I needed more time!

I was surprised how attainable this challenge was from cost, cooking capacity, and time. Before I signed up, I wondered if this was going to be too difficult with my schedule and I found it to be a lot easier than I thought it would be. It was also delicious.

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Nathan Jenkins

Attainable Challenge

Smooth, naturally sweet from the carrots, with a gentle savory depth from the onions. The texture is perfectly creamy and comforting, making it ideal for a cozy meal or a light lunch.

I’ve stored the leftovers in the fridge because this one’s definitely worth having again — the flavors only get better the next day! 😋🍲

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Rajiv Aggarwal

Comfort in a Bowl

This was my first time and I really enjoyed cooking the recipes, trying new soups and eating more plant based foods.

I liked that it was a short (5-7days) challenge made it more manageable for me right now and that it was free (helped a lot right now too).

Look forward to more challenges in the future and adding more plant based foods into my diet.

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Elaine

Stepping up

I absolutely loved the soups. I have added them into the rotation of the few soups that I did have but now these will probably go to the top. Glad I had the souper cubes to help store them. Keep up the good work.

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valerie steele

soups for the Win!!

This was not only fun but also very easy especially using the InstaPot to help with some of the steps. I have 2 InstaPots and they were both running at the same time!!!

This challenge reminded me of how healthy and filling your recipes are, Jen. Thank you for sharing your recipe and passion for healthy food with all is us.

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Louann Barton

Fun and easy

I absolutely love soup and I took this challenge to find some healthy recipes for myself and my family. These soups will be rotated into my dinner schedules.

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Ellen Neder

Yay Soup!!

It was a thrill right from the beginning to look into my fridge and see such yummy choices. All week long they were transformed into nurturing soups that warmed my tummy and soul. I feel more empowered now to take charge of what goes into my fridge and ultimately my body. This challenge is over, yet the impact will live on. Thank you tremendously. ♥️

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Sally Jo Blair

Big hooray for a soup a day!

Absolutely loved the creamyness of some of the soups, textures of others. Alternative spices were easy to substitute.

Learning how to prep will be a game changer for me.

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Linda

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