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The Best Winter Soup Recipes

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by Kathleen Pope Oct 18, 2023

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A collection of the best Winter Soup recipes and simple crockpot meals that will warm you from the inside out on a cold winter night, autumn evening or spring afternoon.

Who doesn’t love a satisfying and delicious soup?! Here are a few of our very favorite soups and some reader favorites too! You will get some of the best recipes, from how to make broccoli cheddar soup, to our favorite vegetable beef soup recipe!

From winter soup recipes in the slow cooker or instant pot, we’ve got some of the best right here!

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The Fresh Cooky Favorite Soups

  • Instant Pot Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
  • Copycat Panera Autumn Squash Soup
  • Ham, Mac & Cheese Soup

What is not to love; dinner in a bowl, chock full of vegetables, many of them hidden, so they are totally kid friendly.

Plus they fill you up without feeling heavy, can be made in large or small quantities, and are freezer friendly.

Delicious Winter Soups & Stews

Heart warming soups, stews and slow cooked meals to warm you from the inside out!

Creamy Chicken Poblano Soup

Light, creamy chicken poblano soup is chock full of veggies, chicken broth, and loaded with flavor. A naturally gluten free, low carb soup that will have your mouth screaming for more!

Firecracker Chili | Best Chili Recipe Ever

A hearty, slightly different but altogether delicious chili recipe!

Best Beer and Cheese Soup {with Sharp Cheddar Cheese}

A hearty, rich and delicious creamy cheesy soup!

Easy Crockpot Butter Chicken (or Stovetop)

Butter Chicken is a healthier version made in your crockpot for a delicious, immune boosting and heart-warming meal.

Bread and Butter Pot Roast

This pot roast is the best! Fall apart tender beef with rich glazed carrots!

Easy Italian Wedding Soup

Our boys favorite soup, classic chicken noodle with a little twist!

Zuppa Toscana Soup {Tuscan Soup}

An Italian classic soup, with Italian sausage, potatoes in a light cream tomato broth.

Dutch Oven Beef Stew {or Slow Cooker}

Easy get it all in the oven beer beef stew is one of my more popular recipes! Satisfying and slow cooking.

Roasted Cauliflower Soup

A deliciously different and tasty soup, even non-cauliflower lovers lover this soup!

Smoked Mac and Cheese

I snuck this one in, because it's easier than soup and tastes amazing on a chilly winter day!

Easy Chicken Noodle Soup

What Grandma makes when you are not feeling well, or just because it tastes amazing!

How to Make Beef Bone Broth

A rich, healthy, nutrient dense beef bone broth that is as satisfying as it is to sip as it is to use in a recipe!

Homemade Vegetable Mineral Broth

Another amazing broth, chock full of veggies, minerals and immune boosting properties, tastes great too!

Potato Leek Soup (Instant Pot or Stovetop)

Silky smooth and amazingly delicious!

Best Bacon Beef Minestrone Soup

Another clean-out the fridge soup, filled with good for you veggies and beef!

Easy Tortilla Soup

This recipe for tortilla soup is loaded with chicken and veggies, a little rice and adorned with the brightest green avocado, salty queso fresco, crunchy tortilla chips, a touch of cilantro, and finished with a squeeze of lime.

Black Bean and Sausage Soup (Vegetarian Option)

A thick, satisfying, hearty soup; filling enough for dinner, light enough for lunch! Creamy, smooth, flavorful, with hickory and citrus notes. VEGETARIAN? No problem, omit the sausage and swap in veggie broth for chicken.

Creamy Pumpkin Curry Soup

Pumpkin Curry Soup is a creamy vegetarian soup, filled with mushrooms, broth, pumpkin and spices; bursting with autumn flavors to warm you on a chilly fall day. Easily adapted to be gluten free!

Colorado Green Chile

Pork green chile is a favorite! Not too spicy unless you want it to be, full of veggies, pork and delicious served as a soup or chili, an appetizer with cheese and tortilla chips or smothered over burritos, eggs and more.

Panera Copycat Broccoli Cheese Soup

Our all time favorite soup, Panera copycat Broccoli cheddar is delicious, healthier and super easy to make!

What Side Dishes Go with Soup

A warm bowl soup or stew is great all on its own, but if you really want the whole “comfort food” feel to dinner or lunch, then these recipes are perfect to accent your delicious soup!

  • Homemade Croutons! Shut the front door, these are so delicious on many of these soups or tossed into a salad.
  • Try a crisp green caesar salad (from my friend Norine at Norine’s Nest)
  • Bread! Bread is a must! Try these easy yeast rolls, Russian Black Bread or Oatmeal Dinner rolls, Brown Bread Rolls, the Cheesiest Garlic Bread, Homemade Naan and these quick and easy Cheddar Beer Popovers
  • Since you are having a lighter meal, then dessert is warranted! Try this Zucchini Bread, Old Fashioned Chocolate Ice Cream or a fancy Tiramisu, or these stupid simple Chocolate Lava Cakes.
  • Hot Buttered Rum, have you tried one? Warms you from the inside out!
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Recommended Tools for Soup & Stew Making

  • Many of my soups and stews are made in the Instant Pot or Crockpot and these are my favorites!
  • A great knife is a must, this knife is my favorite and I use it almost exclusively; along with this easy to clean eco friendly cutting board!
  • A good blender or immersion blender is a must for smooth and creamy soups, or go all out and go for the King of Blenders, Vitamix!
  • A set of soup bowls is always nice, but certainly not a must.

Also try my 3 powerhouse Immune Boosting Recipes to compliment your soup making prowess! (I’ve always wanted to use that word in a sentence!)

More ways to serve soup

  • An Italian soup would be delicious with these Air Fryer Raviolis
  • Pair this recipe for Pretzel bites with the broccoli cheese soup and the Beer cheese soup.
  • Need something quick? Make these Cheddar Beer Popovers or these Copycat Cheddar Bay Biscuits.
  • Something a little more artisan? Make this delicious Cranberry Walnut Bread, Irish Soda Bread or these easy Yeast rolls.

Don’t forget to PIN to your Favorite Soup Boards!

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  1. Terri

    Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 11:46 am

    Kathleen those soups and stews look so delicious. My mouth started watering while I perused them. Bob just made my fav, chicken & rice soup and his fav, beef and cabbage this week because it has been SO cold here! LOL Thanks for your healthy alternatives and GF ones too!
    Love to you all!
    Terri

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    • KathleenKathleen

      Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 6:07 pm

      Hi Terri! YAY! Thank you so much, many, many of my recipes have gluten free alternatives! Love to you both!

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