Is there any better pick-me-up than a comforting, healthy soup recipe? Especially this time of year, when the weather is finally cooling off, it's getting dark earlier, and we're gearing up for the always-busy holiday season: we want to feel cozy and calm, and that's just what soup delivers. We'd argue that the comfort soup brings starts before you even sit down with a warm, nourishing bowl. Selecting a hygge recipe, gathering together the good-for-you ingredients, spending time on meditative chopping and simmering, letting the mouth-watering smells permeate your house — all of these steps can feel just as calming and health-giving as ladling out and eating the finished product.
Have we convinced you yet? While store-bought soups can be just the ticket, sometimes it's worth making a healthy soup recipe from scratch. And we have a list that includes a healthy soup recipe for every appetite, dietary requirement, and desired vibe. Whether you're a meat eater, vegan, or vegetarian, you'll find the perfect soup in this list of recipes to fit your needs. Keep reading for a list of healthy chicken soup recipes, healthy vegetable soup recipes, healthy bean soup recipes, homemade noodle soup recipes, and more.
If you love the bold flavors of tortilla soup, this "tortilla-less" version will hit the spot while still helping you stay healthy.
This hearty soup is guaranteed to earn a permanent spot on your cozy-season recipe rotation. Traditionally, the Filipino soup is made with evaporated milk, but this version of chicken sopas uses coconut milk, making it a great dairy-free option.
This chicken pozole recipe, originally from Jaclyn of Cooking Classy uses chicken in place of the pork traditionally found in pozole, but it's still packed with flavor.
You might not think of ramen as a healthy soup, but that's a mistake. This homemade ramen-inspired recipe cuts down on the sodium found in the packaged kind and adds good-for-you mushrooms and protein-packed chicken. Plus, don't you want to be able to tell your friends that you made homemade ramen over the weekend?
Set up your slow cooker and whip up this easy butternut squash and lentil soup that packs 17 grams of fiber.
Packed with vitamins plus a punch of bright ginger, this detoxifying ginger and carrot soup will help keep you healthy and energized.
Minestrone soups are underrated. They're chock-full of healthy vegetables, but they taste incredibly nourishing and even kind of nostalgic — so many of us were served the healthy soup as children when we needed to warm up. Chrissy Teigen's minestrone soup includes chili mayo toasts that are optional, but . . . you don't want to skip the addition.
This Gwyneth Paltrow-approved broccoli and arugula soup will warm you up on a cold night.
If you're craving something warm and fresh, this detox soup will boost weight loss while still filling you up.
Combining sweet pumpkin and rich coconut, this rich bisque captures the flavors of fall.
After a sweat session at the gym, a piping-hot bowl of this Paleo Santa Fe-style vegetable soup will satisfy your hunger pangs.
Whether or not you pair this nourishing (and TikTok-famous) vegan tomato soup recipe with a (dairy-free) grilled cheese sandwich is up to you.
This curried pumpkin soup is so filling, flavorful, and nourishing — and the best part is it lasts great in the fridge or freezer, so you can make a large batch and store it in individual servings to pull out whenever you need to warm up.
Some of you won't consider this pumpkin-spice chili a "true" chili, if only because of the addition of beans. Whatever you call it, though, it's a revelation — and it can easily be made vegetarian.
It looks like tomato, but this rich, nourishing roasted red pepper soup from Show Me the Yummy won't confuse your taste buds — it celebrates the red pepper, a powerhouse of vitamins C and A (immune-boosting nutrients, just in time for sick season).
This veggie soup from Dinner at the Zoo will make you feel good with every spoonful — you know you're getting your daily recommended amount of produce, but you aren't sacrificing taste.
Show Me the Yummy has a knack for creating gorgeous soups, and its broccoli lentil soup is no exception. Filling lentils, good-for-you broccoli, a warming broth — what more could you need?
This lentil and sausage soup from Foxes Love Lemons has it all: protein, fiber, and a recipe that lets you set it and forget it.
Have this once, and you'll be craving it all year long. There's simply nothing more satisfying than settling in over a bowl of black beans, and this Instant Pot vegan black bean soup from A Spicy Perspective is one of the best you'll try.
Sunchokes — the star of this unique soup from A Cozy Kitchen — contain prebiotics, which are good for your gut health.