5 Simple Soups To See You Through To Spring

Looking for some spectacular looking dishes to help you and your family warm up during those colder winter months? Want to learn how to make soup at home and impress dinner guests? Look no further than our handpicked selection of health-boosting soup recipes.

As the cold weather continues, there’s no better time to rummage through your cupboards, grab your pots and pans and whip up some tasty winter warmers to truly feed your soul. Allow our selection of simply delicious and easy soup recipes to keep you warm and cosy through those seemingly endless winter months.

Celery Soup

It may not sound like the most inspiring of winter soup recipes but, packed full of heart-healthy vitamin K and a fantastic source of dietary fibre, celery provides health benefits in abundance. Chop up six sticks, along with 200g of potassium-rich potatoes and one cold-fighting garlic clove and pop into a pan for 10 minutes. Add 500ml of vegetable stock and simmer until your celery is soft. Pour in 100ml of creme fraiche, whizz it all up with a hand blender and serve. Crusty bread optional.

Oh, and did we mention celery is one of those negative-calorie foods, which means it actually burns more calories than it contains? All the more reason to grab a spoon and tuck into this warming but oh so simple soup.

Cream of mushroom soup

Grab your best winter pot and throw in some sliced, protein-rich mushrooms. Once those important juices have been released, reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Chop up a heart-healthy shallot and stir into your mushroom mix with 2 tablespoons of flour, a garlic clove and tasty chicken stock. Then here comes the easy part; leave your soup simmering away for an hour.

Puree your quick and easy soup recipe with a hand blender and stir in a luxurious winter touch - some tasty double cream - before garnishing with mushrooms. As well as being good for your hair and nails, mushrooms also contain vitamin B and a powerful antioxidant called selenium. Helping to support your immune system, this is one of those simple soup recipes that will also help to ward off winter colds. Result.

Simple carrot soup

For a simple soup recipe that will see you through to the first sign of spring, whip up this heavenly bowl of healthy orange goodness.

Chop up a bag of carrots, 2 onions and 2 stalks of that negative-calorie celery, and sauté on a medium heat for 10 minutes. Pour in 1.5 litres of the anti-inflammatory powerhouse that is chicken stock and bring to the boil. Simmer for 30 minutes, allow to cool and blend together.

And that’s it. A super simple soup recipe that is brimming with health benefits to protect you against colds and flu in the harsh winter months.

Gently roasted butternut squash soup

This is one of those warming winter soup recipes that will no doubt become a firm favourite in your household. And as the perfect accompaniment to any chilly January day, it’s as straightforward to whip up as easy soup recipes go.

Grab your squash, chuck out the seeds and chop into chunks. Roast in the oven with 2 sweet onions and some immune boosting garlic for 35 minutes on 180 C. Caramelised winter vegetables, here you come. Then gently heat up 500ml of tasty chicken stock, allow to cool and blend together with your roasted vegetables. The finishing touch? Season with salt and pepper and serve up with some fibre-rich crusty wholemeal bread.

Tasty tomato soup

When winter rolls around, you can’t beat a scrumptious tomato soup for those chilly evenings and this simple soup recipe will be a real treat for your mind, body and soul.

Chop up a single white onion, a clove of garlic and toss into a pan with some chopped mushrooms. Once soft and juicy, pour in a can of juicy chopped tomatoes - brimming with cold-fighting vitamin C - and 500ml of nourishing chicken stock. Once boiling away, pour in a splash of Worcestershire sauce, and add a teaspoon of chilli powder and just a pinch of cayenne pepper for a spicy but healthy twist. Simmer for 15 minutes and once cooled, whizz up with your hand-blender. 

Drop into your local convenience store and pick up all the ingredients you’ll need to create some warming winter soup recipes. And if you’re not in the mood to cook? Check out our classic soups in store. Whether it’s chicken and vegetable, hearty vegetable or tomato and basil, simply warm on the hob, pull the blinds, sink into the sofa and treat your body to some tasty winter comfort food at its healthy best.