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    🏠Home » 101's Best Recipes

    Our Best Soup Recipes

    Jan 16, 2023 by Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan · 12 Comments

    It's time for some great comfort food that will warm you to the bone on a winter night. These hardy soups are all easy to make and delicious.

    College of soup recipes
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    • My Two Must-Try Soup Recipes
    • Traditional Soups
    • Full of Taste and Change of Pace Soups
    • Two Crock Pot Stews
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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.

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    My Two Must-Try Soup Recipes

    Here are my two must-try soups—they are both super easy but wonderful soups. The best of the best that everybody will love.

    Quick & Easy Broccoli Cheese Soup
    This quick and easy broccoli cheese soup uses fresh or frozen broccoli and cheddar, Velveeta, or other cheeses. Make it a copycat of Panera's Broccoli Cheese Soup or one of the other variations, cooked in one pot for 30 minutes or a little more, depending on your options.
    Check Out This Recipe
    broccoli cheese soup in blue bowl
    Easy Crock Pot French Onion Soup—Long and Slow
    Classic French onion soup features beefy broth loaded with caramelized onions, then topped with crusty bread and melted cheese. With only 10 minutes of preparation, you let your crock pot handle the all-day long low and slow cooking.
    Check Out This Recipe
    French Onion in a bowl covered with browned cheese

    Traditional Soups

    A collection of six soups with old fashion great taste. All easy to make with simple instructions.

    Old Fashioned Vegetable Beef Soup—Stovetop or Crock Pot
    This old-fashioned vegetable beef soup recipe is a classic comfort food adapted from a 1972 Betty Crocker recipe. An easy recipe to make on the stovetop or in a crock pot with tender meat and loaded with vegetables
    Check Out This Recipe
    egetable Beef Soup in a spoon
    Old Fashioned Chicken Noodle Soup in a Crock Pot
    This simple classic chicken noodle soup recipe can be made in a crock pot or on the stovetop—get a great homemade taste with this 1972 Betty Crocker-inspired recipe. Uses a smaller crock pot or make it truly "for two" by cutting the ingredients in half.
    Check Out This Recipe
    Ladle of chicken noodle soup over the crock pot
    Crock Pot Ham and Bean Soup
    Fire up the slow cooker to make some delicious ham and bean soup from that leftover ham bone. There is nothing much more traditional than this classic soup. Please enjoy one of the best soups you can make at home.
    Check Out This Recipe
    Ham and bean soup on spoon
    Crock Pot Beef Barley Soup
    This hearty beef barley soup recipe has chunks of tender beef and vegetable with plump and tender barley. This easy comfort food only needs a few minutes of preparation, and your slow cooker will do the rest.
    Check Out This Recipe
    ladel of beef barley soup over a full crock pot
    Tomato Basil Soup
    Healthier homemade tomato basil soup that is still rich and creamy with just pantry ingredients. Make it low fat or fancy it up with fresh basil. All ready in 30 minutes with these easy to follow step by step photo instructions.
    Check Out This Recipe
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    Full of Taste and Change of Pace Soups

    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.
    Check Out This Recipe
    Pasta E Fagioli Soup in spoon
    Crock Pot Taco Soup
    Taco Tuesday in a bowl. This great taco soup has a ton of spicy taste. Make it is thick enough to be called taco chili. Make it spicy or mild. Make a big or small amount. Make it in your crock pot or on the stovetop.
    Check Out This Recipe
    Kick Tail Taco Soup from 101 Cooking for Two
    Thick Crock Pot Cheeseburger Soup
    This crock pot cheeseburger soup is extra thick and cheesy with loads of potatoes and other vegetables. This “stick to your bones” soup will become a family favorite this winter.
    Check Out This Recipe
    Extra Thick Crock Pot Cheeseburger Soup from 101 Cooking for Two

    Two Crock Pot Stews

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

    Crock Pot Chicken Stew
    The perfect old-fashioned chicken stew recipe packed with tender chicken, potatoes, and lots of vegetables in a tasty broth. With only 10 minutes of prep time, you will come home to a healthy dinner. Scaled for a smaller crockpot but easy to scale to your needs.
    Check Out This Recipe
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    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.
    Check Out This Recipe
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    Editor's Note: Originally Published as "A Week of Soups" on January 6, 2018. At that time, I updated and republished a total of 9 recipes. I will be updating this roundup yearly with my current recommendations.

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    1. Nancy Fish

      January 18, 2023 at 10:28 am

      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

      January 17, 2023 at 12:08 pm

      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

      January 20, 2019 at 6:35 pm

      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

        January 21, 2019 at 6:27 pm

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

    4. Linda Lee

      January 20, 2019 at 10:09 am

      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

        January 20, 2019 at 10:20 am

        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

      January 07, 2018 at 9:45 am

      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

      January 06, 2018 at 6:13 pm

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

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    7. Joan

      January 06, 2018 at 4:25 pm

      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

        January 06, 2018 at 5:08 pm

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

    8. Joan

      January 06, 2018 at 12:48 pm

      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

        January 06, 2018 at 1:50 pm

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

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