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Our Best Soup Recipes

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Warm up on a cold winter day with delicious hardy soup from this collection of 14 of our best soup and stew recipes. From traditional to change-of-pace soups, all are easy to make and delicious.

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It is time for a roundup of my best soup and stew recipes. We have traditional soups, a few change-of-pace soups, and some traditional stews. There are stovetop and crock pot recipes. There are beef, chicken, pork, and even a few non-meat offerings.

Please see our complete Soup Recipes collection for other great choices.

All Crock Pot Recipes  Small Crock Pot Recipes Mini Crock Pot Recipes

My 2 Favorite Soups

It is hard to pick, like picking a favorite child. But these are this year's favorites.

Broccoli Cheese Soup
This amazing Broccoli Cheese Soup is delicious and creamy. One of the best soup recipes for home cooks. It is a simple one-pot soup from scratch with multiple options to make it your way.
Broccoli Cheese Soup Recipe
broccoli cheese soup in blue bowl
Crock Pot French Onion Soup
Crock Pot French Onion Soup is an easy and economical way to make classic French onion soup at home without standing at the stove all day. With rich buttery caramelized onions in a rich broth, topped with toasted crusty bread and melted cheese.
Crock Pot French Onion Soup
French onion soup with browned cheese.

5 Traditional Soups

A collection of old-fashioned soups with great taste. All are easy to make with simple instructions.

Easy Homemade Vegetable Beef Soup
This Easy Homemade Vegetable Beef Soup Recipe is packed with tender beef, vegetables, and hearty broth. Adapted from Betty Crocker, it has trimmed a chuck roast, chopped vegetables, and cooked in flavorful beef broth with spices on the stovetop or in a crock pot. It's the perfect old fashioned soup for a cold winter day.
Vegetable Beef Soup Recipe
Vegetable Beef Soup in a spoon.
Old Fashioned Chicken Noodle Soup
This simple classic Chicken Noodle Soup recipe can be made in a crock pot or on the stovetop—get a great homemade taste with tender chicken, noodles, and vegetables.
Small Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe
Ladle of chicken noodle soup over the crock pot
Crock Pot Beef Barley Soup
An easy and delicious dump-and-go crock pot beef barley soup recipe with tender stew meat, beef broth, vegetables, and plump barley. Use any size slow cooker, from mini crock pots to full-size.
Crock Pot Beef Barley Soup
ladel of beef barley soup over a full crock pot
Crock Pot Broccoli Cheddar Cheese Soup
Rich and creamy, this easy Crock Pot Broccoli Cheddar Cheese Soup is made with frozen or fresh broccoli, cheddar cheese, and common ingredients in only a few minutes of prep before going in your slow cooker—the perfect comfort food for a cold winter day.
Crock Pot Broccoli Cheese Soup
Broccoli cheese soup in a spoon
Healthy Tomato Basil Soup—Quick and Easy
This Healthy Tomato Basil Soup has a thick, creamy texture and deep, rich flavor. A fast and easy recipe that only takes 25 minutes (or less) to make.
Healthy Tomato Basil Soup
image of a bowl of tomato basil soup in a white bowl on orange plate

3 Ham Soups

Most people only know about ham and bean soup, but there are more delicious choices to use a ham bone.

Crock Pot Ham and Bean Soup
Crockpot Ham and Bean soup is easy to make with leftover ham bones, dry white beans, and vegetables. It is old-fashioned comfort food at its best—delicious and hearty—and is a simple and economical recipe for ham and beans in the crock pot.
Crock Pot Ham and Bean Soup
Ham and bean soup on spoon
Ham Bone Vegetable Soup
Don't toss that leftover ham bone; make a delicious hearty soup loaded with tender vegetables and ham instead. Super easy on in your crock pot or on the stovetop.
Vegetable Ham Soup Recipe
ham bone vegetable soup on spoon
Puerto Rican Ham Bone Soup with Potatoes and Beans
An excellent ham soup bursts with potatoes, rice, carrots, and beans in a spicy broth. Give that ham bone a great ending today with this hardy soup you will love.
Puerto Rico Ham Soup
Ladle of ham soup

2 Change of Pace Soups

When you want something delicious but different.

Easy Pasta e Fagioli Soup—Stovetop or Crock Pot
Pasta e Fagioli soup is thick and hardy with beans, pasta, vegetables, a spicy tomato sauce, and optional meat. You can easily make this Olive Garden copycat at home on the stovetop or in your crock pot.
Pasta e Fagioli Soup
Pasta E Fagioli Soup in spoon
Crock Pot Cheeseburger Soup
Loaded with ground beef and vegetables in a cheesy broth, this Crock Pot Cheeseburger Soup is an easy dinner the whole family will love.
Cheeseburger Soup Recipe
Cheeseburger Soup on a spoon

2 Crock Pot Stews

There is nothing like a great hearty stew on a cold winter day. Give these easy recipes a try.

Small Crock Pot Chicken Stew
This easy crock pot Chicken Stew recipe features tender chicken, potatoes, and lots of vegetables in a tasty broth. This versatile small-batch recipe can be made for two in a mini crock pot or scaled up for a crowd. I have also included stovetop instructions for faster results.
Small Crock Pot Chicken Stew
Chicken stew in a ladle.
Small Crock Pot Beef Stew
Everybody will love this delicious crock pot beef stew with tender meat and vegetables. The ultimate comfort food that will warm you to the bone. This smaller beef stew recipe is ideal for a small household or is quickly doubled to full size.
Small Crock Pot Beef Soup
beef stew in a white bowl

Bonus—3 Top Chili Recipes

Not soup, not stew, but still, you will love these recipes.

Small Crock Pot Chili
Easy to make and one of the best homemade chilies, this small-batch crock pot chili recipe is versatile—you can make chili for two in a mini crock pot or larger for a crowd. It's a classic recipe with ground beef, a mildly spicy tomato-based sauce, and tender beans.
Small Chili Recipe
orange bowl with chili with cheese
Small Crock Pot White Chicken Chili
This easy-to-make homemade chicken chili is my best chicken chili. Only 5 ingredients are needed: shredded chicken, white beans, salsa, cheese, and cumin to make this dump-and-go small-batch white chicken chili recipe, which can win the office chili cookoff.
5 Ingredient Chicken Chili Recipe
spoonful of white chicken chili.
Texas Style Chili
Texas Style Chili with tender chunks of beef with a rich, warm heat from three types of chili peppers. Easy to cook on the stovetop or small crock pot, but adjustable for larger amounts to fit your needs.
Texas Chili Recipe
Texas style chili on a spoon.
Molly and Lilly running in the snow

Editor's Note: Originally Published as "A Week of Soups" on January 6, 2018. At that time, I updated and republished yearly with variations. I will be updating this roundup yearly with my current recommendations.

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  1. Nancy Fish says

    I have used several of these recipes before but I have now saved this post with them all together. I have printed a couple of them to make in the next few weeks.
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    Thank You for helping save some of our old but favorite soup recipes.

    Nancy Fish
    P.S. I love the head shot photos of your dogs in the main picture for this post.

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  2. Celesti says

    I sent my daughter your recipe for Crock pot French onion soup and she loved it. We made this soup several times at my husbands request. Onions are so delicious in the beef broth we always double up on this recipe. We call this an eat today and enjoy later in the week meal. Your recipe for Cheesy broccoli was delicious, and so was your Taco soup.

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  3. Sandra says

    The cheeseburger soup is my husband’s all time favourite. Can’t get enough of it. We’re out here on the wet west coast, no snow but the soup still fits the bill for comfort food .

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    • DrDan says

      Hi Sandra,
      A stick to the bone soup like this works almost anywhere.
      Dan

  4. Linda Lee says

    As a Michigan gal myself I was thrilled to get the recipe again for the soups. I had tried the Broccoli Cheese Recipe and it was a keeper! Today a great day for a warm hearty easy to make yet delicious and filling. Dr. Dan maybe you could create a good tomato basil soup? Quite hearty and good with a grilled cheese some evening:) Thank you for the time taken to provide these recipes!

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    • DrDan says

      Hi Linda,
      Welcome to the blog.
      I was "due" to do this post a few weeks ago but we hadn't had snow for weeks. I saw the forecast so brushed it off for today.
      I do have a tomato basil soup that I just published last week. I didn't include it in this roundup since I just published it. https://www.101cookingfortwo.com/tomato-basil-soup/
      Dan

  5. Sonia says

    can't have more colder winters than what we have here in Canada

    I am in Montreal, Quebec and we are going through a real chill now temperatures
    minus 30 including wind chill factor feels like minus 40 no kidding BURRRRRRRR

    Soup is great at this time

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  6. Maryellen says

    North Dakota girl here!! Soup = winter comfort food for sure!!

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  7. Joan says

    Actually, we have agreed to leave February 22 and will try to stretch the trip until March. We are returning to Kalamazoo, our hometown. We have some excited children and grandchildren. It’s a change of lifestyle, but we did it before when moving to Florida. We sold turnkey so we will just pack the car and leave.

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    • DrDan says

      Ahh, the south snow/tornado belt. Be careful on I-94 around there. I'm near Grand Haven.
      Dan

  8. Joan says

    It looks good! We are moving back to Michigan after 25 years in Florida. I know the soup recipes will come in handy.

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    • DrDan says

      Hi Joan,
      OK, I'll bite, where in Michigan and hopefully not for a few months.
      Dan