Best healthy soup recipes (2024)

This is a supremely easy soup to put together. The Thai flavours are wonderfully refreshing, while the rice noodles and silvers of cooked chicken make it quite substantial too.

Try this Rachel Allen’s seven minute chicken noodle soup recipe

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Harissa is a heavy, spicy condiment used extensively in Moroccan and Tunisian cooking. This delicious vegetable soup is warming and hearty – perfect for the winter months. Use any leftover harissa to toss through pasta.

Try this Moroccan vegetable soup recipe

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A well-made watercress soup in all its simplicity can be the ultimate in soup-making. Whether served hot or cold, it is delicious, slightly peppery and vibrant green. This makes a lovely refreshing lunch or light supper served with fresh bread.

Try this easy watercress soup recipe

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This spiced carrot soup is warm, comforting and nutritious, too. To ring the changes, you can make this soup with all manner of vegetables. Try pumpkin, squash or sweet potato, for example.

Try this spiced carrot soup recipe

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Pho is a Vietnamese favourite. It is a complex, flavoursome soup that is traditionally served at breakfast as a hearty start to the day but will work best as a delicious dinner. Traditionally made with beef or chicken, this vegetarian version is just as delicious. The stock is best made a day in advance to allow the flavours to fully develop. Although the ingredients list may seem long, the soup is very easy to make. The broth can be made in advance in bulk and frozen.

Try this vegetable pho recipe

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A healthy spin on the classic chicken noodle, our chicken and brown rice soup is just as comforting, but gluten-free. More a stew than a soup, this is a really satisfying one-pot dinner.

Try goop’s chicken and brown rice soup recipe

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This lovely fresh-tasting soup is so deliciously sweet. It’s a great way to use up mushy tomatoes that are so ripe nobody will eat them whole. This is great at lunch time served with a hunk of crusty bread.

Try this roast tomato soup recipe

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Serve this healthy soup with fried breadcrumbs or diced fried potatoes for a filling meal. Children will enjoy the natural sweetness of the carrots and it will make a delicious lunch box alternative.

Try Elizabeth David carrot soup recipe

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Milder and sweeter than onions, leeks are a great base for this light summer vegetable soup. Perfect for lunches or a dinner party starter, this is sure to go down a treat.

Try this curried leek soup recipe

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This delicious Italian soup is colourful and full of the flavours of the Mediterranean. Serve with crusty bread and a glass of wine for a late alfresco lunch.

Try this roasted red pepper and potato soup recipe

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The base for this salmon broth could be used for other soups too — try it with chicken, turkey or prawns. For something more substantial, add a little rice.

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This rustic soup is typically Tuscan. The Italian flavours will conjure images of sun-soaked Mediterranean countryside so it’s perfect for serving up to friends and family.

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Chicken soup is a meal you can find on dinner tables around the world and this recipe will be loved by the whole family. To make this soup more substantial, serve it with cooked rice, mashed potatoes or crusty bread to mop up all the flavours.

Try this easy chicken soup recipe

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Fiery, clean and healthy, this spicy noodle soup will give you a burst of energy and can be made in a flash.

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The slight spiciness of ginger combines well with the sweetness of the carrots, which are grated in this soup so that they cook beautifully quickly.

Try this Rachel Allen’s carrot, ginger and coconut soup recipe

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