30 Best Vegan Soup Recipes

This vegan soup is cozy, dreamy, and comforting in a way that most vegan soups only dream of. Cashews are blended with a bit of the soup to make that silky base. It's filled with tender wild rice, carrots and onions, and white beans to add more plant-based protein. We've heard from multitudes of people who say that even though it's vegan, meat-eaters love it just as much.

Here’s a vegan broccoli soup that will become an instant favorite. It’s creamy by way of a few ingredient tricks (like cashews), and vegan and gluten-free. It tastes like that cozy and comforting broccoli cheese soup from a can, but better!

Here’s a cozy bowl that’s so hearty and satisfying, you’ll never want to put your spoon down. Kidney beans and navy beans float in a savory, smoky broth of fire roasted tomatoes that has just the right glossy texture. It uses canned beans, but it tastes like it’s been simmering all day. Each silky, smoky spoonful is a bit of heaven.

This sweet potato lentil soup is cozy and creamy: a delicious mix of aromatic vegetables with a hint of savory spices. It’s a healthy vegan soup that’s also budget friendly—great as a dinner idea with crusty bread or a simple make ahead lunch.

Here’s a vegan soup recipe you’ll immediately add to your regular rotation. Try this White Bean Soup, full of humble ingredients and huge flavor! Tender white beans float in the cozy broth with soft potatoes and leafy kale. Lemon zest lends brightness and tarragon brings an herby nuance.

Try this easy Cabbage Soup recipe! Though it’s humble, cabbage makes incredibly satisfying dishes dressed up as sauteed cabbage or coleslaw. Here it makes a hearty, satisfying soup, packed with veggies that swim in a savory-spiced broth of fire roasted tomatoes.

This vegan soup recipe is so full of flavor and so creamy that you’d swear it had cream or milk. Turns out, it’s easy to make a potato soup without dairy that’s the equivalent of wearing a cozy sweater next to a roaring fire. There’s no blender needed: this soup is beautifully chunky and flavored with savory Old Bay.

Here’s a cozy vegan soup made of healthy veggies that taste bright and restorative! It’s similar to a chicken rice soup, except it’s made with plant-powered chickpeas instead. Tender grains of rice make for a satisfying thick body to the turmeric and ginger-infused broth, with a punch of lemon zest to brighten each spoonful. 

Need a healthy vegan soup recipe that pleases everyone? Hearty Tuscan kale, white beans and kale float in a tangy broth flavored with oregano and fennel. It’s like a combination of all our favorite soup recipes in one bowl: comforting and full of bold Mediterranean-style flavors. 

This vegan chili is just right for soup season! It’s full of savory flavor starring beans, quinoa, and a hint of adobo sauce for complexity. Top it with our vegan sour cream and some pickled jalapenos.

One of our top rated vegan soup recipes is this Moroccan cauliflower soup! The cauliflower is roasted until lightly charred in a very hot oven. Then it’s blended with onion, carrot and warm Moroccan spices into a silky puree. Think: cumin, coriander, turmeric, ginger, and cinnamon. This soup is pretty simple to put together, full of nutrients, and vegan and gluten-free too.

Here’s a bright orange puree that that tastes like sunshine: Carrot Ginger Soup! This recipe is ideal for when you’ve got a big bag of carrots to use up, or when you’re in the midst of a gray season craving sun. We often avoid pureed soups around here because they’re not filling enough to be a meal. But this vegan soup: this one’s worth taking time for!

Baby bella mushrooms are perfect in soup! What’s better than a steaming cup of mushroom soup to warm your insides? This one delivers with flavor: the umami of the mushrooms against the creamy broth is absolute magic.

This easy lentil soup is only 7 ingredients and simple to meal prep as a lunch or dinner recipe! It’s one of our top cheap and delicious healthy meal prep ideas. We've made this more times than we can count!

What’s more quintessential for fall and winter than a great vegan squash soup? This cozy orange puree warms you from the inside out. This is our top way to use the most popular squash, the mighty butternut, but it works with other varieties as well!

Minestrone soup is an Italian recipe designed for using up any veggies you had on hand. This classic soup is full of chunky vegetables, white beans, and pasta in a tomato-y broth. Serve it with basil pesto (or vegan pesto) and it’s called Minestrone alla genovese. Got an Instant Pot? Try Instant Pot Minestrone.

This corn chowder is a fan favorite, where blending cashews with a bit of the soup makes you swear it's loaded with dairy. This vegan chowder recipe turns out seriously creamy, with a savory, salty, and sweet flavor from simmering the corn cobs directly in the pot. It’s based on a similar vegan chowder from our cookbook, Pretty Simple Cooking.

What’s more classic than tomato basil soup? This one is oh so easy to make. Chop some veggies, simmer, then blend. All hail the tomato basil soup! It couldn’t be cozier; even more so accompanied by crusty bread. This version is a gluten free, dairy free and vegan soup recipe, so it fits many diets.

This creamy, dreamy coconut curry soup recipe is not just mega delicious, swirled with coconut milk and spiced with curry powder, cumin, and coriander. It's also a pantry soup! What’s a pantry soup? A recipe made only of ingredients found in your pantry. It's also quick to whip up, healthy, and versatile for multiple diets: vegetarian, gluten-free, and vegan.

This vegan butternut squash lentil soup tastes like a bowl of sunshine. It’s chock full of beautiful, colorful healthy ingredients, and it tastes surprisingly more delicious than you’d imagine from the humble ingredients. Using leeks brings a complexity to the body of the soup. The only part about this superfood soup that requires some time is chopping the vegetables. You can use the recipe as an excuse to practice your knife skills!

Love lentils? Also try our Tuscan Artichoke Lentil Stew.

Ready for a seriously cozy soup that’s full of bold flavor? This Israeli soup recipe features freekah, an ancient grain that’s starting to have a moment here in the US. This soup feels like an elevated take on the chicken and stars canned soup of my childhood, but 100% tastier and healthier. The freekah adds body and a wisp of smoky flavor. If that’s not a reason to try this out, we’re not sure what is! 

Another tasty veggie soup? Homemade Vegetable Soup

Here’s a cozy recipe that embodies the rhythm of soup season: this Hearty Vegan Lentil Stew! The broth is flavored with tangy fire-roasted tomatoes, garlic and smoked paprika, and it’s full of vegetables and hearty lentils. It was a big hit over here, as lentil recipes usually are!

Want to make black bean soup and don’t have time to cook dried beans? Try this Quick Black Bean Soup recipe! Using canned beans makes it possible to whip up this tasty soup in 30 minutes. It’s creamy, garlicky and hearty, and a big bowl feels positively restorative. Top it with pico de gallo for a bright and zingy contrast in flavors. (Use coconut oil for vegan.)

This tomato sage chickpea soup is savory, cozy and comforting…the classic antidote to a gray day. This vegan soup features sliced onions instead of the typical diced, which add a unique extra texture to the dish. The other stars are dried porcini mushrooms, which add a hefty umami to the dish, and fresh sage, which tastes like the culinary form of a hug.

This vegan sweet potato soup is nourishing, delicious, and easy to make. To get maximum flavor out of this soup, onion and garlic are sauteed together, then cooked with sweet potato and spices like cumin and turmeric. It's served with harissa, a North African red pepper paste. Peanut butter gives a creamy, savory undertone to the soup while keeping it vegan.

Here’s of the coziest soups out there: mushroom barley soup! This one is full of flavor: it uses both dried and fresh mushrooms to infuse earthy flavor. The star is whole grain barley, which infuses each bite with a pasta-like chewy texture. If you love barley soup, you’re going to be all about this one! It’s perfect for healthy desk lunches in a thermos or enjoying a big steaming bowl.

This dreamy, vegan red lentil soup is an easy dinner that’s ready in 30 minutes. Bright red lentils are packed with nutrients and can cure any case of the fall or winter blues! This red lentil soup results in a complex and delicious flavor. For the garnish, top with cilantro and if you'd like, a dollop of Cashew Cream.

Ever tried Brussels sprouts in...soup? Here they're shredded and added to a soup pot with farro, a whole grain that’s a bit like barley, but cooks in about ⅓ the time. For the flavoring: a bit of shallot, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, and Worcestershire sauce, which adds a savory, unexpected flavor. Brussels sprouts soup might sound unexpected, but it’s a crave-able way to boost immunity and get your cozy on.

This vegan tomatillo soup doesn’t take too much time to put together and has a subtle, intriguing flavor. After you roast the tomatillos, you blend together the roasted veggies with veggie broth to use as the base of the soup. Then you add black beans and hominy, and simmer until warmed through.

And last up in our vegan soup recipes: sweet potato chili! This vegan chili recipe is loaded with savory flavor and vegetables like beans and sweet potatoes, which are superfoods high in nutrients. The flavor has added complexity from chili secrets like cocoa powder and balsamic vinegar. Garnish with sliced green onions and Cashew Cream or Nacho Cheese.