4 Savoury Soups to Keep You Warm

Soups are an incredible kind of dish: they can be eaten at any time of the day and with almost anything.

Hot or cold, soups are refreshing and delightful and guarantee to keep you full for a longer period of time.

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Here are 4 savoury soups to keep you warm. Pick your favourite and cook that soup today!

#1. Carrot Soup

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A simple 7-ingredient soup is excellent to keep you warm on cold nights. 

Serves: 4

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cook time: 45 minutes

You’ll need:

Black pepper and salt pepper, to taste

4 cups of vegetable broth

3 tsp apple cider vinegar

1 ½ tsp fresh ginger, grated

2 cups carrots, chopped

3 cloves of garlic, smashed

1 cup yellow onion, chopped

3 tsp extra virgin olive oil

Optional:

Pesto

1 tsp maple syrup

Coconut milk, to garnish

Directions:

1. Heat olive oil in a large pan on medium heat. Add onions along with pepper and salt. Cook until the onions turn soft and stir in between. Add carrots and garlic and cook for another 8 minutes while stirring in between.
2. Add ginger, apple cider vinegar and broth. Simmer and continue to cook for 30 minutes or until carrots turn soft.
3. Allow cooling a little before blending it using an electric blender. Continue to blend until the soup is smooth. 
4. Stir in the maple syrup if using. Add a dollop of pesto or a drizzle of coconut milk right before serving.

#2. Pumpkin Soup

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A classic soup recipe that can be made in a jiffy. It’s full of flavour, creamy and thick and is THE soup recipe you’ll fall in love with!

Serves: 4

Prep time: 5 minutes

Cook time: 10 minutes

You’ll need:

Pepper and salt, to taste

250 ml of water

750 ml of chicken broth or vegetable stock

2 cloves of garlic

1 yellow/brown/white onion, sliced

1.2 kg pumpkin or butternut squash, cut into 1.5” chunks

To garnish:

150 ml cream, half and half

Directions:

1. In a pot, add water, broth/stock, garlic, onion and pumpkin and cook on medium heat. 
2. Bring to a boil and reduce the heat to simmer for 10 minutes or until the pumpkin turns tender.
3. Turn off the heat and blend the soup until smooth.
4. Add pepper and salt and stir in the cream. 
5. Ladle the soup into bowls, drizzle cream, sprinkle a dash of pepper and serve with warm, crusty bread!

#3. Mushroom Soup

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The deep earthy flavours of this incredible soup are unparalleled. Don’t believe us? Try for yourself!

Serves: 4

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cook time: 30 minutes

You’ll need:

1 cup cream, half and half

2 beef bouillon, crumbed

Pepper and salt, to taste

4 cups vegetable stock or chicken broth

9 tsp all-purpose flour

½ cup dry red wine

4 tsp thyme, chopped, divided usage

750 g brown mushrooms, washed and sliced

4 cloves of garlic, minced

2 onions, diced

3 tsp oil

4 tbsp butter

Directions:

1. In a large pot kept on a medium-high flame, add oil and butter. Once it heats, add the onion and saute for 2 minutes or until softened. Toss in the garlic and cook for a minute or until it turns fragrant.
2. Add in 2 tsp of thyme along with mushrooms. Stir in the wine and continue to cook for 3 minutes.
3. Toss in the flour, mix and cook for 2 more minutes before adding the stock and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and season with pepper and salt before mixing the bouillon cubes.
4. Cover with a lid and simmer on low heat for 12-15 minutes, stirring occasionally until the soup begins to thicken.
5. Stir in the cream and continue to simmer for another 2 minutes. 
6. Add in the remaining thyme with parsley and serve immediately.

#4. Spinach Soup

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This healthy spinach soup is wonderfully delicious and nutritious. It can be made within 30 minutes and makes for an ideal lunch or starter.

Serves: 4

Prep time: 15 minutes

Cook time: 15 minutes

You’ll need:

½ cup heavy cream + more for garnish

Pepper and salt, to taste

4 cups vegetable stock or chicken broth

1 lb spinach, washed and stems trimmed

2 cloves of garlic, minced

1 bunch of green onions, chopped

1 onion, chopped

6 tsp extra virgin olive oil

Directions:

1. Heat oil in a large dutch oven. Add green onion and onion. Cook until they start to soften or for 5 minutes. Add in the garlic, spinach and potato along with the broth and bring to a boil. Cook until the potatoes turn tender and spinach turns bright green or for 15 minutes. 
2. Add pepper and salt and remove from heat.
3. Use an electric blender to blend the soup until smooth. Stir in the cream and serve hot with freshly made croutons. 

Directions to make croutons:

1. Melt butter in a medium skillet on medium heat. Add bread and cook, flipping often for 3 minutes or until the bread turns golden. 
2. Drain on a kitchen towel and season with salt.

The Takeaway

A fresh slice of bread with a hot bowl of soup makes for the ultimate dinner.

These savoury soups are guaranteed to keep you warm when you’re huddled inside your blanket and looking for meal ideas that don’t require a lot of time and effort. 

These soups will give you the comfort and warmth you need especially if you’re sick.

Author Bio: Shristi Patni 

Shristi is a content writer and owner of F and B Recipes. She enjoys creating a List of Citrus Fruits or a list of “Things That Make Happy”. Formerly the Chief Content Officer at Raletta, she is currently working on her second cookbook.