21 Healthy Soup Recipes Perfect For Warming You Up This Cozy Season

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POPSUGAR Photography | Kirsten Nunez

Is there any better pick-me-up than a comforting, healthy soup recipe? Especially this time of year, when the weather is finally cooling off, it's getting dark earlier, and we're gearing up for the always-busy holiday season: we want to feel cozy and calm, and that's just what soup delivers. We'd argue that the comfort soup brings starts before you even sit down with a warm, nourishing bowl. Selecting a hygge recipe, gathering together the good-for-you ingredients, spending time on meditative chopping and simmering, letting the mouth-watering smells permeate your house — all of these steps can feel just as calming and health-giving as ladling out and eating the finished product.

Have we convinced you yet? While store-bought soups can be just the ticket, sometimes it's worth making a healthy soup recipe from scratch. And we have a list that includes a healthy soup recipe for every appetite, dietary requirement, and desired vibe. Whether you're a meat eater, vegan, or vegetarian, you'll find the perfect soup in this list of recipes to fit your needs. Keep reading for a list of healthy chicken soup recipes, healthy vegetable soup recipes, healthy bean soup recipes, homemade noodle soup recipes, and more.

Healthy Soup Recipe: "Tortilla-Less" Soup
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Healthy Soup Recipe: "Tortilla-Less" Soup

If you love the bold flavors of tortilla soup, this "tortilla-less" version will hit the spot while still helping you stay healthy.

Healthy Soup Recipe: Chicken Sopas
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Healthy Soup Recipe: Chicken Sopas

This hearty soup is guaranteed to earn a permanent spot on your cozy-season recipe rotation. Traditionally, the Filipino soup is made with evaporated milk, but this version of chicken sopas uses coconut milk, making it a great dairy-free option.

Healthy Soup Recipe: Chicken Pozole
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Healthy Soup Recipe: Chicken Pozole

This chicken pozole recipe, originally from Jaclyn of Cooking Classy uses chicken in place of the pork traditionally found in pozole, but it's still packed with flavor.

Healthy Soup Recipe: Homemade Ramen
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Healthy Soup Recipe: Homemade Ramen

You might not think of ramen as a healthy soup, but that's a mistake. This homemade ramen-inspired recipe cuts down on the sodium found in the packaged kind and adds good-for-you mushrooms and protein-packed chicken. Plus, don't you want to be able to tell your friends that you made homemade ramen over the weekend?

Healthy Soup Recipe: Butternut Squash and Lentil Soup
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Healthy Soup Recipe: Butternut Squash and Lentil Soup

Set up your slow cooker and whip up this easy butternut squash and lentil soup that packs 17 grams of fiber.

Healthy Soup Recipe: Detoxifying Ginger and Carrot Soup
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Healthy Soup Recipe: Detoxifying Ginger and Carrot Soup

Packed with vitamins plus a punch of bright ginger, this detoxifying ginger and carrot soup will help keep you healthy and energized.

Healthy Soup Recipe: Chrissy Teigen's Minestrone Soup
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Healthy Soup Recipe: Chrissy Teigen's Minestrone Soup

Minestrone soups are underrated. They're chock-full of healthy vegetables, but they taste incredibly nourishing and even kind of nostalgic — so many of us were served the healthy soup as children when we needed to warm up. Chrissy Teigen's minestrone soup includes chili mayo toasts that are optional, but . . . you don't want to skip the addition.

Healthy Soup Recipe: Broccoli and Arugula Soup
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Healthy Soup Recipe: Broccoli and Arugula Soup

This Gwyneth Paltrow-approved broccoli and arugula soup will warm you up on a cold night.

Healthy Soup Recipe: Detox Soup
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Healthy Soup Recipe: Detox Soup

If you're craving something warm and fresh, this detox soup will boost weight loss while still filling you up.

Healthy Soup Recipe: Coconut Pumpkin Bisque
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Healthy Soup Recipe: Coconut Pumpkin Bisque

Combining sweet pumpkin and rich coconut, this rich bisque captures the flavors of fall.

Healthy Soup Recipe: Paleo Vegetable Soup
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Healthy Soup Recipe: Paleo Vegetable Soup

After a sweat session at the gym, a piping-hot bowl of this Paleo Santa Fe-style vegetable soup will satisfy your hunger pangs.

Healthy Soup Recipe: Vegan Tomato Soup
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Healthy Soup Recipe: Vegan Tomato Soup

Whether or not you pair this nourishing (and TikTok-famous) vegan tomato soup recipe with a (dairy-free) grilled cheese sandwich is up to you.

Healthy Soup Recipe: Curried Pumpkin Soup
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Healthy Soup Recipe: Curried Pumpkin Soup

This curried pumpkin soup is so filling, flavorful, and nourishing — and the best part is it lasts great in the fridge or freezer, so you can make a large batch and store it in individual servings to pull out whenever you need to warm up.

Healthy Soup Recipe: Pumpkin-Spice Chili Recipe
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Healthy Soup Recipe: Pumpkin-Spice Chili Recipe

Some of you won't consider this pumpkin-spice chili a "true" chili, if only because of the addition of beans. Whatever you call it, though, it's a revelation — and it can easily be made vegetarian.

Healthy Soup Recipe: Roasted Red Pepper Soup
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Healthy Soup Recipe: Roasted Red Pepper Soup

It looks like tomato, but this rich, nourishing roasted red pepper soup from Show Me the Yummy won't confuse your taste buds — it celebrates the red pepper, a powerhouse of vitamins C and A (immune-boosting nutrients, just in time for sick season).

Healthy Soup Recipe: Curried Lentil Kale Mushroom Soup
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Healthy Soup Recipe: Curried Lentil Kale Mushroom Soup

This curried lentil kale mushroom soup from 40 Aprons is elegant enough to serve to guests but hearty enough to warm you up and keep you full through a long, cold night.

Healthy Soup Recipe: Vegetable Soup
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Healthy Soup Recipe: Vegetable Soup

This veggie soup from Dinner at the Zoo will make you feel good with every spoonful — you know you're getting your daily recommended amount of produce, but you aren't sacrificing taste.

Healthy Soup Recipe: Broccoli Lentil Soup
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Healthy Soup Recipe: Broccoli Lentil Soup

Show Me the Yummy has a knack for creating gorgeous soups, and its broccoli lentil soup is no exception. Filling lentils, good-for-you broccoli, a warming broth — what more could you need?

Healthy Soup Recipe: Slow-Cooker Lentil Soup With Sausage
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Healthy Soup Recipe: Slow-Cooker Lentil Soup With Sausage

This lentil and sausage soup from Foxes Love Lemons has it all: protein, fiber, and a recipe that lets you set it and forget it.

Healthy Soup Recipe: Instant Pot Vegan Black Bean Soup
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Healthy Soup Recipe: Instant Pot Vegan Black Bean Soup

Have this once, and you'll be craving it all year long. There's simply nothing more satisfying than settling in over a bowl of black beans, and this Instant Pot vegan black bean soup from A Spicy Perspective is one of the best you'll try.