Cozy, healthy vegan soup recipes, perfect for quick dinners, weeknight meals, and lunches any day of the week. This collection includes hearty lentil soups, creamy chowders, light soups, chili, stews, and satisfying grain-based soups made with simple whole food ingredients. Many are great for meal prep, freezer-friendly, and full of plant-based protein and fibre to keep you full and energized.

Classic Vegan Soup Recipes

Classic flavours like chicken noodle and minestrone, made plant-based. These vegan twists on familiar favorites deliver all the comfort of traditional soups, using simple ingredients, no meat or dairy required.

Featured Cozy Vegan Soup

This incredible cauliflower rice soup has a nutty, cheesy flavour and luxuriously creamy texture with tender bites of cauliflower, carrot and wild rice. The recipe is vegan and gluten-free, as well as high in protein and low in fat. You’ll need minimal prep time and about 45 minutes of total cooking time to make it, though it’s even faster if you cook the rice in advance.

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Creamy Cauliflower Wild Rice Soup

This 5-star vegan wild rice soup with cauliflower and carrot is easy to make and full of flavour and nutrition. Perfect for a cold day!

Lentil Soup Recipes

These lentil soups, like the popular Curried Lentil Soup and Butternut Squash Lentil Soup, are simple but nourishing. Lentils add plant-based protein, fiber, and texture to these soups, making them hearty enough for dinner and great for meal prep. From cozy classics to bright flavours, these lentil soups are easy to make, budget-friendly, and freezer-friendly.

Soups with Grains

Soups with grains are hearty, satisfying, and perfect when you want something more substantial. Made with ingredients like barley, orzo, quinoa and wild rice, they add texture, fibre and carbs to keep you full longer. These vegan grain-based soups are great for meal prep, easy to reheat, and work well as complete and balanced meals.

Hearty Stews

Stew is the perfect answer to chilly days. Packed with vegetables, beans, lentils and whole grains, they’re thicker than a soup and wonderfully satisfying and cozy. These plant-based stews are rich in flavor, freezer-friendly, and designed to be complete meals.

Vegan Chili Recipes

Hearty, thick vegan chili recipes to keep you full! Made from beans, lentils and vegetables, vegan chili is the perfect one-pot meal that works just as well for weeknight dinners as meal prep and freezing. These recipes deliver on comfort, flavour and nutrition.

Dairy-Free Creamy Soups

Creamy doesn’t always mean cream. These vegan soup recipes get their texture from ingredients like blended vegetables, beans, lentils, potatoes, coconut milk and cashews instead of heavy cream. These soups are cozy, filling, and perfect when you want comfort food that still feels nourishing.

Light & Low-Calorie Soups

If you’re looking for a low-calorie soup that works well as a side or light meal, these soups work well. They use high-volume ingredients like vegetables, beans, lentils and broth and still deliver plenty of flavour and nutrition. They’re great for lighter meals, quick lunches or spring and summer.

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If you love flavours like coconut and ginger, you will love this delicious, nourishing carrot ginger soup soup. It’s easy to make with just a few simple ingredients, easy to customize and ready to enjoy in 30 minutes. This soup is lovely year round, served as a light meal, starter, or side paired with a salad or sandwich. It also makes a beautiful addition to holiday meals like Thanksgiving or Easter.

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Coconut Ginger Carrot Soup

This incredible coconut ginger carrot soup is so easy to make and has the most amazing, slightly sweet and perfectly spiced flavour.

Vegan Soup FAQs

Are vegan soups good for meal prep?

Absolutely! Vegan soups are fantastic for meal prep and most keep well in the fridge for up to 5 days, reheat well and can be frozen. They often taste better the next day too!

How do you add protein to vegan soups?

You can increase the protein in vegan soups by using beans, lentils, chickpeas, tofu, tempeh and whole grains. Combining legumes with whole grains can help the soups feel more filling and balanced.

Are these soups gluten-free?

Almost all of the soups on Running on Real Food are gluten-free and this will be noted in the individual recipe post. Some soups use soy sauce which can easily be substituted with tamari or coconut aminos for a gluten-free option.

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