43 squash soup recipes

Old-fashioned pumpkin soup with butter-browned onions, nutmeg, and a finish of cream. Heritage recipe from Conner Prairie historic site. Simple no-boil simmered soup.

Pumpkin millet soup pairs nutty whole-grain millet with creamy kabocha squash for a vegan, gluten-free fall soup. Pureed into a velvety bisque, finished with nutmeg, cayenne, and a yogurt swirl. Five ingredients, plant-powered comfort.

Caribbean calabaza soup pureed silky with coconut milk, scallions, garlic, fenugreek, cumin, and allspice. Vegan, naturally creamy, and full of warm island spice.

Creamy pumpkin soup simmered with chicken broth, onion, garlic, and thyme, then puréed and finished with heavy cream. Garnished with toasted pepitas for crunch and visual contrast.

Vegan butternut squash chowder made creamy without a drop of dairy. Blended squash, sweet potato, and carrot form a velvety base, brightened with garlic, rosemary, and thyme and topped with toasted almonds.

Gazpacho blond: golden version of the classic cold soup made with yellow tomatoes, yellow bell peppers, and champagne vinegar. Stunning chilled summer starter with red tomato and black olive garnish.

Late-summer soup: a garden-cleanout vegetable soup with yellow squash, zucchini, tomatoes, red and yellow peppers, and fennel seed. Vegan, naturally gluten-free, and built for the August harvest.

Grilled vegetable soup with charred zucchini, yellow squash, shiitake mushrooms, red pepper, and red onion. Emeril-inspired, with deep smoky flavor from the grill.

Cuban-style red bean soup built on a classic sofrito base, simmered low with potatoes and butternut squash for body. Hearty, plant-based, and finished with a slick of olive oil for that finca-kitchen depth.

Italian bulgur soup with summer squash, lima beans, tomatoes, basil, garlic, and Parmesan. A hearty, low-fat vegetable soup with whole grain texture, ready in 45 minutes.

Creamy vegan Buddhist soup with pumpkin, sweet potato, mung beans, peanuts, and fried tofu in rich coconut milk broth. A nourishing one-pot meal with 120+ reviews.

Chunky Southwestern chicken stew with kielbasa, potatoes, zucchini, summer squash, and corn in a cumin-tomato broth. A Dutch oven crowd-feeder that serves 8.

A thick, rustic Italian-style soup loaded with penne, cannellini beans, fennel, zucchini, and summer squash simmered in vegetable broth spiked with dry vermouth. Low-fat, naturally vegetarian, and feeds 8 from one big pot in about an hour.

Pureed peanut soup with butternut squash, potatoes, and coriander, topped with crispy cornmeal-crusted baked okra croutons. West African inspired and velvety rich.

Pinto beans simmer with quinoa and butternut squash in this hearty vegetarian stew where Spanish paprika and tomatoes build a robust base that's pure cold-weather comfort in a bowl.