18 Easy Soup Recipes It’s Officially Cozy Season

All the satisfying flavors of chicken pot pie, but without making a pie crust – Princess Pinky Girl’s chicken pot pie soup recipe is the perfect cold weeknight dinner. It takes about 40 minutes total, but you’ll save some time if you dice all the produce ahead of time.

Lentils are a very affordable way to make a filling, protein-rich meal. Foodie Crush’s lentil soup recipe is made the old-fashioned way, with plenty of hearty veggies and kielbasa sausage, creating a delicious soup you won’t mind reheating for lunch all week long.

Creamy tomato sauce soup? Cheese dumplings? Delicious sausages and vegetables? Yes, I will be making Averie Cooks’ dumpling soup in a heartbeat. This one-pot recipe only takes about 30 minutes, so it’s a great option to try on a busy weeknight.

Tacos and enchilada soup are some of my favorite things to make during the colder months because you can add so many fun ingredients and keep switching them up throughout the week to make leftovers feel new again. This chicken enchilada soup from All The Healthy Things is delicious, high in protein, and takes less than 40 minutes to make.

Damn Delicious’s homemade ramen recipe takes less than 30 minutes, and you’ll be surprised when you taste how much flavor can be incorporated into the dish in that time. It’s also much lower in sodium than store-bought packaging, which your body will love.

Yes, you read that right—jalapeno soup is kind of like hash, a creamy, cheesy broth filled with mashed potatoes and bacon. But the addition of jalapenos and cream cheese in this Averie Cooks recipe adds a bit of flavor and depth that’s sometimes lacking in old-fashioned potato soup.

There’s a reason beef stew is a classic cold weather dinner recipe. That super rich beef soup was warm and the tender vegetables and beef were so delicious. If you’re not a Instant Pot fan, the recipe from Dude That Cookz also includes instructions for making this soup in a Dutch oven.

Foodie Crush’s Thai Chicken Soup recipe combines curry paste, coconut milk, peanut butter, and more to create the most delicious Thai broth. Fresh cilantro and lime squeezed on top add the perfect freshness that offsets all the rich flavors in the dish. You’ll come back to this slow cooker meal again and again during the colder months.

Speaking of slow cooker meals, Jessica In The Kitchen’s Mushroom and Wild Rice Soup only requires about 15 minutes of prep, and then you can set it and forget about it. This recipe is vegan, but you can easily swap foods in or out depending on your dietary preferences.

Matzah soup is a classic dish during Passover and Rosh Hashanah, but it’s also a delicious dinner on cold fall and winter nights. If you’ve never tried making your own matzo, Brown Eyed Baker’s recipe walks you through the step-by-step instructions for cooking matzo.

When you order clam chowder at a restaurant, it often feels like there’s a lack of actual clams in it. But if you’re making a damn delicious recipe at home, you can add as much as you want. It calls for canned clams, which are certainly cheaper than fresh clams, but they’re also easier to cook and have more flavor.

If coconut milk and turmeric soup excites you, then you have to try Budget Bytes’ Golden Coconut Lentil Soup. This is a simple lentil recipe that is very cheap to make and ready in about 45 minutes. (If you need to use up leftover lentils next week, this Mediterranean lentil soup looks delicious, too.)

Is it still fall if you don’t eat pumpkin and butternut squash? This vegan version of a classic soup from Make It Dairy-Free is packed with fresh, delicious ingredients, and it’s so creamy you’d never know it was made without dairy.

We can’t talk about soup without considering homemade chicken noodle soup. Just LaKita’s recipes create soups with the classic flavors you love, but you can customize them with your family’s favorite vegetables, greens and pasta shapes.

Lasagna minus the tedious layering process sounds like a win-win. This recipe from All The Healthy Things makes it easy for everyone in the family to add their own amount of cheese (if all that lactose affects you more than before), and it’s a recipe for adding extra veggies if you like Simple recipes with a little extra nutrition.

Hot and sour soup is a take-out favorite, but this recipe from Budget Bytes adds even more bulk, making it a truly filling dinner option. It takes about 35 minutes to make and really only requires a few ingredients from the produce section along with some soy sauce, rice vinegar, and tofu.

Want something spicy to warm up? This simple shrimp chowder from Damn Delicious does just that. It has all the classic add-ons—okra, andouille sausage, and more—and you can season it to your liking. It takes several hours to cook, so it’s something to plan ahead for.

French onion soup is the best – all the flavor from the caramelized onions, melted jumbo cheese and French bread topping…just so good. Brown Eyed Baker’s recipes freeze well and are perfect for making large batches over time.