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These are the soups we reach for again and again during the coldest months - comforting, familiar, and deeply satisfying. Think rich broths, tender vegetables, and traditional recipes that feel like home in a bowl. They're perfect for Sunday suppers, snow days, and when only something warm and nourishing will do.
Some of the most popular winter soups range from creamy ones made with root vegetables and legumes to Italian classics like Tuscan Bean Soup, hammy bean soups (like White Bean Ham Bone Soup), and interesting soups like gumbo, and, of course, Italian Wedding Soup.
I think winter soup recipes belong to their own food category. Which, at 31Daily, they do! For more recipe ideas, see our Easy Soup Recipes collection!
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Hearty & Classic Winter Soups
These are the soups we reach for again and again during the coldest months - comforting, familiar, and deeply satisfying. Think rich broths, tender vegetables, and traditional recipes that feel like home in a bowl.
If you love classic winter soups like Italian Wedding Soup, Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup, or a healthy Potato Leek Soup, this category is filled with timeless recipes that never go out of season.
This category includes timeless favorites like chicken-based soups, European classics, and hearty chowders that pair beautifully with crusty homemade whole wheat bread or a simple salad.
Bean, Grain & Vegetable Soups
These soups are both cozy and wholesome, built around pantry staples like beans, lentils, grains, and seasonal vegetables. They're hearty enough to be filling while still feeling light and nourishing - ideal for balanced winter meals.
You'll find some of our most beloved recipes here, including Ribollita (Tuscan Bean Soup), which has been the most popular soup on the site this winter for good reason: it's rustic, flavorful, and incredibly satisfying.
Other favorites include Moroccan Bean Soup and Curry Lentil Soup.
Slow Cooker & One-Pot Soups
When winter days are busy, these soups do the work for you. Designed for minimal prep and easy cleanup, they're perfect for weeknights, meal prep, or letting dinner simmer gently while you go about your day.
For easy winter dinners, slow cooker and one-pot soups like Crockpot Chicken and Rice Soup, Crock Pot Cream of Potato Soup, and hearty classics such as Hamburger Soup make busy nights feel effortless.
Creamy & Pureed Soups
Smooth, velvety, and deeply comforting, these soups are perfect when you're craving something rich and cozy. From blended vegetable soups to creamy chowders, they're elegant enough for entertaining but easy enough for everyday meals.
If you're craving something smooth and cozy, soups like Autumn Squash Soup, Creamy Cauliflower Soup, and Classic Cream of Mushroom are perfect for chilly evenings or elegant starters.
Winter Soup Recipes
From creamy potato soup to root vegetables, grains, barley, and bean soup, to the infinite favorite chicken soup for days when you need an immunity boost. Here are some of my favorite soup recipes during the cold season.
Irish Potato Leek Soup
Irish Vegetable Potato Leek Soup is a hearty bowl of delicious comfort. Perfect for brisk days, it's a healthy soup that will warm your toes.
Irish Vegetable Potato Leek Soup
Panera Autumn Squash Soup Recipe
This Panera Autumn Squash Soup Recipe is inspired by the much-loved soup served at its namesake bakery cafe. Much like the original, with a few healthy twists, it is a delicious bowl of creamy, velvety, pureed squash soup. With all of the season's best flavors.
Panera Butternut Squash Soup Recipe
Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup Recipe
Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup is light, healthy, wholesome and ready in minutes. Delicious Mediterranean flavors in an oh-so-simple-to-make soup!
Lemon Orzo Soup
White Bean Ham Bone Soup Recipe
White Bean Ham Bone Soup is a simple yet utterly delicious and hearty soup. And a perfect use for that leftover ham bone from the holidays.
Ham Bone White Bean Soup
Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Turmeric and Cumin
This Creamy Cauliflower Soup is a hearty and velvety soup flavored with warm spices of turmeric, cumin, and red pepper flakes. It's an incredibly delicious, bright, and vibrant soup ready in 15 to 20 minutes.
Cauliflower and Turmeric Soup
Crock Pot Chicken and Rice Soup
This Crock Pot Chicken and Rice Soup is cozy, classic comfort food made with simple ingredients and minimal effort. Includes slow cooker and stovetop methods.
Crock Pot Chicken and Rice Soup
Chicken and Potato Chowder Recipe
This creamy Chicken and Potato Chowder is a cozy potato soup, loaded with tender chicken, tender potatoes, vegetables, and cheddar. An easy one-pot meal for chilly days.
Chicken and Potato Chowder
Potato Leek Soup
Try this easy and delicious potato leek soup that's a bit lighter & healthier. It's ready in 30 minutes for lunch or dinner!
Potato Leek Soup
Ribollita: Tuscan Bean Soup Recipe
Tuscan Bean Soup, otherwise known as Ribollita, is a 15th-century traditional fall and winter soup, brimming with seasonal healthy superfoods like kale and squash. And incredibly soul-satisfying and delicious!
Tuscan Bean Soup
Hungarian Mushroom Soup
This Hungarian Mushroom Soup is a creamy, warm and satisfying meal. It's a delicious bowl of comfort with incredible earthy flavor. An easy to make soup you'll love on chilly days.
Hungarian Mushroom Soup
Slow Cooker Cream of Potato Soup Recipe
A creamy and comforting Slow Cooker Cream of Potato Soup made with Yukon Gold potatoes, smoky bacon, and simple ingredients. The crock pot makes this recipe effortless - perfect for weeknight dinners or cozy weekends.
Slow Cooker Cream of Potato Soup
Italian Wedding Soup
Italian Wedding Soup is a tender marriage of flavorful, easy-to-make meatballs, fragrant broth, vegetables, and pasta. It's a simple meal, reminiscent of what an Italian grandmother might make in her kitchen.
Italian Wedding Soup
Avgolemono Soup Recipe (Mediterranean Lemon Chicken Soup)
Treat yourself to a comforting bowl of classic Greek avgolemono soup full of chicken, lemon, dill, & vegetables! Learn how to make it here!
Avgolemono Soup
Vegetable Soup
Discover the perfect vegetable soup recipe that is healthy, comforting, and easy to make. Customize it with your favorite veggies!
Vegetable Soup
Vegetable Beef Soup Recipe
This Vegetable Beef Soup is a classic comfort food recipe, made with tender beef, hearty vegetables, and a rich tomato broth. Easy, nourishing, and freezer-friendly.
Vegetable Beef Soup
Easy Creamy Root Vegetable Soup
This creamy root vegetable soup is perfect for a chilly, winter day. Root vegetables simmer in a fragrant broth before being pureed into a velvety, delicious soup. Ready in 35 minutes or less!
Creamy Root Vegetable Soup
Tortellini Soup with Chicken and Spinach
Tortellini Soup with Chicken and Spinach is a creamy and delicious soup you'll make time and time again.
Chicken Tortellini Soup
Curry Chickpea Soup with Spinach
This easy and delicious Curry Chickpea Soup is filled with healthy ingredients like greens, herbs, and legumes and is ready in 30 minutes or less!
Curry Chickpea Soup
Easy Mushroom Barley Soup
This simple Mushroom Barley Soup is packed with healthy ingredients like barley, vegetables, mushrooms, and fresh herbs. Easy to make from scratch and incredibly delicious.
Mushroom Barley Soup
Chicken and White Bean Soup Recipe
This Chicken and White Bean Soup is a comforting, healthy bowl of deliciousness. Simple to make in 30 minutes, it's filled with a handful of wholesome ingredients and tender chicken. It's an easy meal to warm up with on chilly days!
Chicken White Bean Soup
Moroccan Bean Soup Recipe
This Mediterranean-inspired Moroccan Bean Soup is a quick-fix but hardy meatless soup filled with beautiful, fragrant flavors. It's a healthy one-pot meal, cooked in 20 minutes, that can be served with poached eggs or even chicken, lamb, or beef for additional protein.
Moroccan Bean Soup
Easy Unstuffed Cabbage Roll Soup
This Unstuffed Cabbage Roll Soup is everything you love about cabbage rolls, without the work or time. It's an easy, quick-cooking soup filled with the cabbage roll flavors and ingredients we love. Comfort food at its best.
Unstuffed Cabbage Roll Soup
Easy Hamburger Soup Recipe
Hamburger Soup is a classic, easy, and hearty comfort food soup loaded with vegetables, lean beef, tomatoes, and chunks of soft potatoes. It's the perfect quick and easy soup for busy days. And is ready in 30 minutes or less.
Hamburger Soup Recipe
JFK's Favorite New England Fish Chowder Recipe
If you love New England Fish Chowder, it doesn't get more New England than President Kennedy's favorite New England Fish Chowder recipe. Easy to make, historic, and utterly delicious!
New England Fish Chowder
Easy Southwestern Corn Chowder
Spice up soup season with this Southwestern Corn Chowder! Bursting with bold flavors, hearty corn and potatoes, and a touch of Tex-Mex smoky flavors, it's an easy-to-make, creamy soup you'll love!
Southwestern Corn Chowder
Healthy Black Bean Soup Recipe
This healthy Black Bean Soup recipe is a quick-to-make soup I've fallen in love with. Made with canned black beans, wholesome veggies, and delightfully savory flavors.
Black Bean Soup
Easy Sausage Lentil Soup Recipe
This hearty, Sausage Lentil Soup is a favorite, one-pot soup that will warm you down to your toes. Guaranteed. Incredibly flavorful, packed with veggies, and easy to prep. Yes, so perfect for a cozy day!
Sausage Lentil Soup
Irish Seafood Chowder
Irish Seafood Chowder is scrumptious and filling. It's also common Irish Pub fare. Serve with Soda Bread for a 30-minute authentic meal!
Irish Seafood Chowder
Italian Minestrone Soup with Crispy Pancetta
Italian Minestrone Soup with Pancetta is a super easy and even quick vegetable soup to make when you're craving healthy, hardy but simple food. Rustic and easy to make any day of the week.
Italian Minestrone Soup
Cream of Mushroom Soup
Homemade Cream of Mushroom Soup is an incredibly delicious, rich, and flavorful soup made with sauteed mushrooms, onions, garlic, fresh herbs, and a creamy broth. Perfect for brisk days when classic comfort is what you long for!
Cream of Mushroom Soup
Curry Lentil Soup Recipe
Curry Lentil Soup is naturally vegan, packed with curry flavors, turmeric, and ginger, and is utterly delicious. Simple to make in 30 minutes or less, it's a must cook for soup season!
Curry Lentil Soup
Instant Pot Split Pea Soup with Ham
This Instant Pot Split Pea Soup, made with ham, is a quick and easy method to making this oh-so-yummy bowl of comfort. Perfect all year with simple ingredients, it's ready in about 30 minutes, and is utterly delicious!
Split Pea and Ham Soup
Quick Fix Salmon Chowder
A quick-fix, pantry-staple meal in minutes. Salmon Chowder is warm and comforting, perfect any time of the year. The dill is a savory complement to the traditional chowder elements.
Salmon Chowder
Chicken Matzo Ball Soup Recipe
This Matzo Ball Soup with Chicken is a simple chicken soup recipe made with matzo balls infused with ginger and parsley. It's soul warming, and utterly delicious! And truly, there's nothing in the world just like it.
Chicken Matzo Ball Soup
Winter Soup Tips
- Make-ahead friendly: Many winter soups taste even better the next day as flavors deepen overnight.
- Freezer favorites: Bean, lentil, and broth-based soups freeze especially well for easy future meals.
- Simple pairings: Serve with crusty bread, garlic toast, or a green salad for a complete, comforting dinner.
- Stretch the meal: Soups are perfect for batch cooking - one pot can become several easy lunches or dinners.
More Soup Recipes
As I mentioned, for me, soup is a go-to food group. For check out my page containing all of my soup recipes for more ideas!
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