Healthy soup recipes
These healthy soup recipes are low in calories and full of flavour – serve them for lunch, or as a light supper served with a salad. You could also take a look at our classic soup recipes too, if you decide you’re after something more traditional.
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Celeriac
Celeriac, miso and tahini noodle soup
The earthy sweetness of celeriac is a match made in heaven with this filling noodle soup. The rich tahini-miso broth is packed with flavour.
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30-minute meals
Brothy beans with pumpkin
Brothy beans are comfort in a bowl. This simple dinner showcases the sweet warmth of pumpkin, pairing it with creamy white beans.
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Spring onions
Spring onion soup with green oil
This spring onion soup offers a lighter take on classic leek and potato. Decorate the soup with vibrant green oil and crispy spring onions.
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Soups
Pea soup with dill and wasabi crème fraîche
This elegant pea soup makes an excellent Sunday lunch or Easter starter. Wasabi peas add heat and crunch, a contrast to the velvety soup.
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Classic soups
Ribollita
Ribollita is a hearty Tuscan bean soup thickened with stale bread. Chef Dara Klein shares her family recipe for this thrifty comfort food.
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Healthy soups
Cauliflower, white bean and yuzu soup
Zingy Japanese yuzu juice gives this cauliflower soup a bright lift of acidity. White beans give the vegan soup lots of velvety texture.
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Celeriac
Celeriac and brown butter soup with crispy kale
This luxurious celeriac soup sees the root vegetable bathed in brown butter, adding incredible depth of flavour and subtle sweetness.
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Easy dinner ideas
Chicken, bean and orzo soup with walnut pesto
This hearty chicken and bean soup is packed with nuggets of filling orzo pasta. Finish with a generous swirl of homemade walnut pesto.
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Carrots
Carrot and miso soup
The sweetness of carrot soup is balanced perfectly with umami-rich miso in this easy soup recipe. Keep it veggie, or crumble bacon on top.
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Chicken soups
Chicken, lemon and orzo soup
This six-ingredient chicken soup is inspired by avgolemono, a Greek dish that sees eggs and lemon juice whisked up to thicken chicken broth.
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Recipes with kimchi
Pressure cooker kimchi and pork-belly soup
Use your pressure cooker to make this hearty pork and kimchi soup in next to no time. Serve the spicy broth with a drizzle of chilli oil.
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Healthy soups
Curried fish chowder
Fish chowder is quick and comforting. This curried number (inspired by the flavours of coronation chicken) certainly fits the bill.
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Prawns
Prawn and lemongrass hot and sour soup
This fragrant hot and sour soup is packed with prawns, noodles and zingy herbs. Batch cook and freeze the broth ready for busy nights.
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Healthy fish
Mackerel and udon miso soup with crispy-chilli oil
This quick miso soup is bolstered with mackerel, udon and a slick of homemade chilli oil. The perfect nourishing soup for chilly days.
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Healthy budget
Fisherman’s soup
A thrifty and healthy fish soup recipe. Poach the fish in a tomato-laced broth, then add clams or prawns for a rich and hearty soup.
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Classic soups
Olia Hercules’ borsch
Ukranian food writer Olia Hercules finds solace and nourishment in a bowl of borsch. Make this classic beetroot soup for #CookforUkraine.
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