Soup season really is the best. There is nothing like a big bowl of soup to warm you up after a cold or rainy day, and there are so many different soup options.
1) Butternut Squash Soup
This is a great vegetarian soup. You can add some grilled cheese on the side if you’d like, or some French bread. You could serve this as an appetizer along with some sort of meat and starchy side if you’d like. This is such a flavorful soup, and there are a lot of ways you can season it. I really like mine with some sage and thyme in there, it gives it so much flavor. Such a delicious soup.
2) Marry Me Chicken Soup
Oh yes, I love this one. It has lots of protein with the chicken, and of course some tomato broth, so you have plenty of protein in there. You can serve it with some sort of bread on the side if you’d like. Of course, I would do a side salad or something to get some extra veggies in, but there’s so much flavor in this soup.
3) Broccoli Cheddar Soup
You don’t have to go out to eat to get broccoli cheddar soup, you can actually make it right at home, and there’s just something great about the combination of broccoli and cheddar. That’s how my mom always got me to eat my broccoli growing up, she’d just put some shredded cheddar right on top and I would eat it. So definitely a great soup worth making.
You could serve it with some bread on the side, or serve this as an appetizer to your chicken if you’d like to add some protein to this meal.
4) Tuscan White Bean Soup
Yes, I love beans. So much fiber, some protein, and so much flavor in this soup, with of course the parmesan. This is such a high fiber and yummy soup, and it’s a bit creamy too. You can serve some protein on the side if you want. I would either add some additional veggies to this soup or serve the veggies on the side.
5) Chicken Potato Soup
Yum! This is so yummy because it kind of feels almost like a chicken pot pie in a bowl. You’ve got your chicken and your potatoes, and you can top it up with cheese and bacon if you’d like. You could try to chop up some other veggies like carrots in here if you want some non-starchy vegetables, or you can have a side salad with it.
6) French Onion Soup
Oh yes, this one reminds me of restaurants, right? It seems so fancy, but it’s actually something you can make at home as well, of course with onions and yummy broth. A sandwich on the side would be really good with this, or any sort of meat entree. I would still add some veggies on the side since it doesn’t have many veggies, but such good flavor here.
7) Cabbage Roll Soup
You’re going to get plenty of veggies in this one with the cabbage, of course. Then the beef is going to give you tons of protein, and you’re going to have some rice in there for your carbs. It’s such a wonderful soup because you’ve got everything you need right in here, and such delicious flavoring.
8) Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
I’ve never made this one from scratch before, I usually get it in a can, so that’s an option, but you can also make this on your own. Wild rice is the one that’s a multi-colored rice, so that’s going to give you your carb, of course, and the protein is going to come from the chicken.
I would definitely add some veggies to this if you can, chop up some carrots, I feel like that would go really nicely in here. You could also have some veggies or a side salad, but this is a warm, cozy soup.
9) Hearty Vegetable Soup
I feel like this is such a great soup when you feel like, oh my gosh, I have not eaten enough vegetables all week long. Then you just throw a bunch of veggies into the pan. My favorites are carrots, zucchini, and canned tomatoes, and you could use some celery or some sort of lettuce leaves like spinach or kale if you want to put those in there. So many veggies in here, and you can also add pasta inside this soup.
You’re just going to get so many veggies and get closer to your fiber goals. Increasing your fiber helps increase your fullness, and it gives you so many GI, health, and nutrient benefits from getting lots of plants in your diet.
10) Creamy Chicken Gnocchi Soup
I love gnocchi, it’s so good, it’s like little potato dumplings. You can actually make them from home, it’s not that hard, I’ve done it once, but you can also buy them in the store. They’ll be in the shelf-stable sections, not refrigerated, so they’re a great item to have in your food pantry.
This is such a great soup because you’re going to add that delicious gnocchi with the chicken to give you this delicious creamy soup. Of course, I would add some spinach and carrots into this for some color and veggies, and you have a one-stop shop soup that gives you everything you need.
11) Classic Chicken Noodle Soup
Who could forget about chicken noodle? So good. You’re going to get tons of protein and your delicious egg noodles in there, and of course I always put celery, carrots, and some onions in for lots of flavor and veggies. Then you could put some oyster crackers on top if you want, and I like to serve it with a grilled cheese sandwich so I can dip a little in there. That sounds so good.
12) Chicken Pho
If you haven’t had pho, it’s so delicious, like a Vietnamese soup that just really warms you up. I love to have this when I’m feeling a little under the weather because I feel like it makes me feel better. It’s such a great, delicious soup, and there are so many ways to make it and so many different ingredients you could have inside. I would try to put some protein and veggies in there, and have some fun changing it up and adding little ingredients like herbs and hot sauce on top if you like.
13) Loaded Baked Potato Soup
So think a baked potato, but in soup form. You’re going to have some potatoes in there, and you could use some bacon and green onions. I’d probably try to sneak some more veggies in there, like some diced carrots or celery, or broccoli would go well too, like little tiny pieces of broccoli, or you can serve it with a side salad. Such a yummy soup that I forget is so good.
14) Homemade Ramen
So delicious, we love ramen. I love eating out for ramen, and I also like having it at home. There’s a delicious ramen from Costco that I really like, it has such a great, delicious broth.
You can also easily make this from home, grabbing some ramen noodles and any broth you like, like pork, chicken, or beef broth. I like to do a hard or soft boiled egg on top, slicing it in half after it’s cooked and floating it in the ramen, and adding some veggies of course, and I like to add a little bit more meat for some additional protein. You don’t have to eat it with chopsticks, but you absolutely could.
15) Zuppa Toscana
This is a delicious sausage, potato, and kale soup, and I love it because it’s going to give you protein, carbs, and veggies right there. That’s going to give you a hearty, filling, delicious, and colorful soup.
16) Beef Barley Soup
You’re going to get plenty of protein and some whole grains with the barley. What a delicious soup. You could add some vegetables to this soup if you’d like, or you can have a side salad with it.
17) Creamy Tomato Basil Soup
This is a favorite of mine. You can buy it in the can or make it at home, and I love serving it with some fresh basil on top. Of course, I’m always going to have a grilled cheese sandwich along with this, because there’s nothing like dipping my grilled cheese right into that tomato basil soup.
I like to use sourdough bread, but wheat is also great if you need a little extra fiber in your day, and then some sharp cheddar for that grilled cheese sandwich. So good!
18) Minestrone
This is also a favorite soup of mine. I love that there are beans and plenty of vegetables in there, and I love the broth in this soup, it’s super good. It’s a little thicker than the vegetable broth soup, more of a tomato based broth, and you’re going to have some pasta in there for your carbs. Such a delicious soup, and I also like to eat this with a grilled cheese sandwich.
You could put some parmesan cheese on top of this if you’re looking for some extra protein, because this one doesn’t have meat in it, or you could serve some meat on the side if you’d like. Such a delicious, great soup with tons of vegetables and fiber from those beans and veggies.
19) Corn Chowder
Oh, such a creamy, delicious soup with corn and potatoes, and you can add some fun things on top like bacon and green onions. If you want to add meat to this you totally could, you could put diced up ham in there for a little extra protein.
20) Chicken Tortilla Soup
A favorite of mine, and there are so many ways you can make this. I like to add the shredded chicken, whether it’s leftover rotisserie or freshly cooked and shredded. I like to add beans to my chicken tortilla soup, I like refried beans because I feel like it gives it a creaminess, but you could also just do black beans or pinto beans.
You can put some tomatoes in there, or some zucchini. I’m always trying to get more veggies in this soup because it doesn’t have many, but you could also just do a side salad or some veggies on top.
After you make your soup, you’re going to have your toppings, so you can add all the toppings you want. Some of my favorites are avocado chunks, tortilla chips, cheese, and cilantro. You could also add some hot sauce if you want it to be spicier.
21) Split Pea Soup
Super yummy. My sister makes a really good split pea soup, and you can add lots of peas to this. Peas are high in fiber, so that’s going to be such a yummy, high fiber soup, and you can have some bread on the side. This can be served as an appetizer to your main dish if you want to get some protein in. Such a delicious and different soup that’s not common, you don’t see it around that much.
22) Sausage and Tortellini Soup
I love tortellini. We ate tortellini last night with sausage, actually, so they’re such a great combo, they go really well together. We like cheese tortellini, but the spinach ones are also very good, so find some tortellini that you like with your favorite sausage.
There are different sausages too, there’s chicken apple sausage, cheddar sausages, or pork sausages, so you can add all this in a delicious soup. Of course, I’d try to add some veggies to this if you can, or have a side salad or veggies on the side. What a great soup.
23) Lentil Soup
One of my all-time favorites. You can choose whatever color lentils you like, brown, green, whatever, they’re all really great and so good for you. They’re high in fiber, and I like to add a lot of vegetables to my lentil soup, like carrots, celery, and a can of diced tomatoes, and I put some tomato paste in there. Then I usually top it off with some parmesan cheese, and I like to add some nutritional yeast on top.
If you’re a vegetarian, the nutritional yeast gives you a little bit of B12 and also has a cheesy flavor. You can serve this with some meat on the side if you want to get a little in, but it’s such a great and filling soup with all those lentils and so high in fiber.
24) Ham and Bean Soup
This is a yummy soup because you’re going to use a ham bone and a bag of whatever type of beans you have on hand, so black beans, pinto beans, whatever fits your vibe of the day. Cooking these together gives such a delicious, smoky sort of flavor, and then you can serve it with some bread like cornbread or sourdough. Delicious meal. If you didn’t add some veggies into the soup, I would serve some on the side just for a little extra fiber and nutrients.
25) Stuffed Pepper Soup
I love stuffed peppers, right, but let’s make it a soup. You can use your ground meat, beef or turkey of your choice, and rice, whatever type you have, white, brown, or wild rice, and of course your bell peppers with a tomato broth. It’s such a delicious and filling soup, giving you protein, some colorful bell peppers, and some carbs from the rice. So you’ve got it all!
