5 healthy soup recipes to warm your soul
Hearty, healthy and wholesome. Is there a winter dish quite so whole-body warming as soup? Usually fairly easy to make, soup recipes often begin with frying onion and garlic, but from there, the options are endless. Single ingredient, with carbs, with meat; soups that are blended, soups that are not; stovetop, slow cooker. For lack of a more suitable soup-related sentiment, the world is truly your oyster.
Taken from the pages of our iconic magazines, keep reading to discover five soup recipes that you’ll have on repeat this year.
What is the healthiest soup you can eat?
There is no hard and fast answer when it comes to crowning one soup as healthier than all the rest. Unsurprisingly, recipes that feature non-starchy veg like carrot, celery, and cabbage, as well as legumes such as lentils for a bit of balance, are a safe bet – but don’t forget to serve with bread for a much-needed dose of carbs! If you’re looking for something on the light side, you might like to steer clear of soups that are heavy on the cream – though would you really want to?
Healthy soup options include:
- Pho, miso, and other broth-based soups
- Chicken vegetable soup
- Single vegetable soups (such as pumpkin)
- Lentil soup
5 hearty and healthy soup recipes to try
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Leek, chorizo and potato soup
Smoky chorizo joins the comforting starch of potatoes and the slight sweetness of leek in this hearty soup that represents a welcome change from tired classics. Built from a chicken broth base, it’s a tasty pick that’s going to be on high rotation in our kitchens this winter.
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Photography: Jeremy Simons | Styling: Steve Cordony
Split pea and ham soup
Nourishing for the body and soul, Amanda Cordony’s split pea and ham soup is the ideal crowd-pleaser for chilly winter days. Although this soup is packed with flavour, it’s made with ingredients that are high in nutritional value and super easy to find at your local supermarket.
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Photography: Alicia Taylor | Styling: Kate Brown
Smoky mushroom soup with garlic labneh
The only thing more tempting than winter comfort food is winter comfort food made at the touch of a button. This recipe for healthy and hearty smoky mushroom soup is prepped in the slow cooker and served with a homemade garlic labneh that is surprisingly easy to make – and incredibly delicious.
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Photography: Lean Timms | Styling: Lee Blaylock
Cauliflower soup with macadamia parmesan
An ultra-healthy twist on an already cherished classic, this recipe for cauliflower soup by Barossa Valley-based cook Cherie Haulser is made solely from plant-based ingredients. Even the macadamia parmesan! Serve with crunchy, crusty bread for a winter menu that is just about everyone-friendly.
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Photography: Nic Gossage, Benito Martin | Styling: Kate Brown
French onion soup
While attempting such a prolific international recipe may seem daunting, this slow cooker rendition of French onion soup is easy peasy (but just as delicious). Hits of thyme give a herbaceous spin, while goat cheese toasts bring a new level of indulgence.
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