540 vegetable soup recipes

Homemade cream of chicken noodle soup with shredded chicken, elbow macaroni, mixed vegetables, and a sage-and-thyme-scented cream base. A hearty one-pot soup that beats anything from a can.

Provencal soup au pistou loaded with kidney beans, white beans, potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, green beans, and macaroni. A hearty, rustic French vegetable soup.

Gambardella's minestrone with five dried legumes, fresh fennel, basil, oregano, and Italian vegetables simmered into a thick, hearty soup. Serve over pasta or rice.

Creamy spinach and mushroom soup with Swiss cheese, cream cheese, and a touch of nutmeg. A thick, cheesy vegetable soup that's lighter than it tastes.

Beans and barley is a hearty vegetarian soup with pinto beans, white beans, split peas, lentils, and pearl barley simmered in vegetable stock with broccoli and carrots.

Quick minestrone soup with potatoes, frozen mixed vegetables, kidney beans, and Italian seasoning in vegetable broth. Vegetarian, Parmesan-topped, and ready in 35 minutes.

Philadelphia pepper pot soup with ham, leeks, onions, celery, tomatoes, rice, and bouillon, seasoned with pepper and simmered until the vegetables are tender. A quick, hearty American colonial-era soup.

Susan's Turkey Soup: a hearty post-Thanksgiving soup made from the turkey carcass with yellow and green split peas, chickpeas, small pasta, and aromatic vegetables. Three legumes, one pot.

Onion and garlic sautéed in sherry simmer with vegetable stock, canned tomatoes, kidney beans, zucchini, green beans, and small pasta for hearty Italian vegetable soup.

Potato vegetable chowder with diced ham, mixed vegetables, and a creamy milk-based roux seasoned with thyme. A hearty, thick soup ready in 30 minutes.

Minestrone Parmesan: Italian vegetable and pasta soup loaded with smoked ham, chickpeas, spinach, and garden vegetables in a rich beef broth. Finished with grated Parmesan.

Asian vegetable and tofu soup with soba noodles, bok choy, broccoli, ginger, and garlic in a soy-spiked vegetable broth. Vegan, weeknight-fast, infinitely customizable.

Simple cabbage soup with carrots, potatoes, onions, garlic, and dill. Five-vegetable peasant soup that costs under five dollars and tastes like grandmother's kitchen.

Hearty six-bean soup with lima, white, black, chickpea, pink, and kidney beans simmered with vegetables, fines herbes, and chicken noodle soup mix. Topped with Parmesan and tomatoes.

Homemade vegetable stock simmers cold-water vegetables with up to six herbs for 30 to 45 minutes. The flexible base recipe for soups, risottos, and braises.

Pureed green bean soup made in the microwave with onions, chicken broth, and milk. A smooth, creamy vegetable soup ready in about 20 minutes with minimal cleanup.