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Healthy, Warming Winter Soup Recipes

5 Soup Recipes to Keep You Warm All Winter Long

 

There’s nothing quite like a bowl of hearty soup to warm you from the inside out. Making large batches of soup and having lots of leftovers is a great meal strategy.

 

The next time you’re in the mood to whip up a batch of homemade soup, try one of these easy, delicious and healthy winter soup recipes. You’ll feel warm, and full, all season long.

 

 

Moroccan Roasted Acorn Squash Soup

This delicious recipe from Food Faith Fitness combines in-season acorn squash with a mouthwatering spice blend of cumin, smoked paprika, cinnamon, and allspice. The result is a creamy, nutrient-packed soup you’ll want to make over and over again.

 

Slow Cooker Italian Chicken, Quinoa, and Vegetable Soup

If your cooking style is more “set it and forget it,” this veggie-filled soup will become a favorite.

 

Ingredients:

• 2 small boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 cup chopped yellow onion
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1 cup diced carrots
• 1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 3/4 cup uncooked quinoa
• 1 (14.5 ounces) can fire-roasted diced tomatoes
• 6 cups chicken broth
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1/2 - 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 1/2 - 1 tablespoon dried basil
• Salt and pepper to taste preference
• Parmesan cheese

 

Directions:

Lightly coat your slow cooker with non-stick spray. Toss everything in. Cover and cook on high for 3 to 5 hours, or until the quinoa has popped and the chicken shreds easily. Shred the chicken, return it to your slow cooker, and adjust the seasonings if needed.

 

15 Minute Coconut Curry Noodle Soup

Yes, you read that correctly. This robust, flavorful soup can be prepared in approximately 15 minutes. You’ll turn to this recipe often on busy weeknights.

 

Chinese Nine-Vegetable Hot and Sour Soup

Here’s another Asian-inspired soup to get you through the winter, and this one is bursting with healthy veggies and, of course, flavor.

 

Gluten-Free Quinoa and Cauliflower Chowder

You can’t beat chowder, and this recipe from Foodie Crush puts a delicious spin on a classic soup style.

 

Ingredients:

• 3 tablespoons butter, divided
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 red bell pepper, diced
• 1 carrot, diced
• 1 russet potato, peeled and diced
• 3 cups cauliflower, roughly chopped
• 2 (15 ounces each) cans vegetable broth
• 2 cups milk
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 2 teaspoons dried thyme
• 1 cup quinoa

 

Directions:

Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a large pot over medium high heat. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Add red bell pepper and carrots and cook for 10 minutes or until the pepper softens.

 

Next, toss in the potato, cauliflower, vegetable broth, milk, bay leaf, thyme, and salt. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 10 to 12 minutes or until cauliflower and potato are soft. Turn heat to low.

 

While the vegetables are cooking, rinse the quinoa in cold water, put it in small pan, and cover with 2 cups of cold water. Season with pinch of kosher salt and bring to boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook until quinoa is softened. Fluff with fork and set aside.

 

Remove 3 cups of broth and veggies, mostly potatoes and cauliflower, from the pot (leave some pieces of veggie in the pot for texture) and blend until smooth. An immersion blend works great for this, but if you don’t have one, a traditional blender will work. Just be sure to vent the lid of your blender container because hot liquids tend to explode when blended in a closed container. Pour the blended the mixture back to the soup pot, remove the bay leaf, add the quinoa and remaining butter. Cook on low for an additional 5 minutes.