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 and brown butter soup with crispy kale

Celeriac recipes

Celeriac and brown butter soup with crispy kale

This luxurious celeriac soup sees the root vegetable bathed in foaming butter until soft and browned, adding an incredible depth...

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Chicken, bean and orzo soup with walnut pesto

Easy dinner recipes and ideas

Chicken, bean and orzo soup with walnut pesto

This hearty chicken and bean soup from food writer Debora Robertson is packed with nuggets of filling orzo pasta. Finish...

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Carrot and miso soup

Carrot recipes

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...

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Chicken, lemon and orzo soup

Chicken soup recipes

Chicken, lemon and orzo soup

Inspired by avgolemono, a traditional Greek dish that sees eggs and lemon juice whisked up to thicken chicken broth, this...

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Pressure cooker kimchi and pork-belly soup

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...

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Curried fish chowder

Healthy soup recipes

Curried fish chowder

Fish chowder is quick and comforting. This one (inspired by the flavours of coronation chicken) certainly fits the bill, pepped...

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Prawn and lemongrass hot and sour soup

Prawn recipes

Prawn and lemongrass hot and sour soup

Georgina Hayden’s fragrant hot and sour soup is packed with prawns, noodles and zingy fresh herbs. Batch cook and freeze...

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Mackerel and udon miso soup with crispy-chilli oil

Healthy fish recipes

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. Consider this very much...

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Fisherman’s soup

Healthy budget recipes

Fisherman’s soup

A thrifty and healthy fish soup recipe from Claire Thomson. Poach the fish in a tomato-laced broth, then add clams...

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Olia Hercules’ borsch

Classic soup recipes

Olia Hercules’ borsch

Ukranian food writer Olia Hercules finds solace and nourishment in a bowl of borsch. Make Olia’s recipe for this classic...

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Burnt aubergine soup with rice and herbs

Aubergine recipes

Burnt aubergine soup with rice and herbs

Josh Katz’s burnt aubergine soup is a delicious combo of flavours and textures: smoky aubergine, crispy shallots, tangy tomato, a...

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José Pizarro’s carajamandanga (chilled tomato soup)

Tomato recipes

José Pizarro’s carajamandanga (chilled tomato soup)

Chef José Pizarro shares his recipe for carajamandanga, a chilled tomato, pepper and courgette soup which is similar to gazpacho....

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Shchi (cabbage and caraway soup)

Freezable soup recipes

Shchi (cabbage and caraway soup)

This simple cabbage soup may be frugal but has big flavours thanks to the smoked paprika and caraway. “It’s wonderfully...

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Spring chicken minestrone soup

Chicken soup recipes

Spring chicken minestrone soup

Stretch one chicken breast to feed four people in this budget-friendly chicken soup recipe. Our spring chicken minestrone is packed...

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Turkey pozole

Turkey recipes

Turkey pozole

This delicious version of pozole, a hearty Mexican soup, uses leftover turkey in place of the traditional pork, and is...

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Turmeric chicken noodle soup with chard

Chicken soup recipes

Turmeric chicken noodle soup with chard

Combine poached chicken with plenty of garlic, dark leafy greens like chard or spinach, and healthful turmeric and you get...

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