10 Soup Recipes for Fall

Summer has come to a close, and we are finally diving into some fall recipes. My family has 10 favorite soups and stews that are perfect for football game nights and those chillier evenings that are just around the corner.

I try to incorporate veggies and fresh herbs from the garden that I have been cultivating all summer to really make these recipes homegrown and healthy. Even if I can only add some fresh herbs or some frozen vegetables from earlier summer harvests, these small additions connect to me and my family through nourishment and love.

Tuscan Bean Soup

This family favorite is probably the most requested meal in our house.

Canned cannellini beans
Chicken broth
Garlic
Fresh sage from the garden
Heavy cream

These pantry staples combine quickly and easily to create a hearty soup. Tuscan Bean Soup also freezes easily and reheats on the stovetop well!

The trick here is to blend the soup beans with an immersion blender for a brief moment before adding the cream. Pureeing a small amount of the soup helps to create its velvety texture. Don’t blend too much, though! The whole beans are what make it hearty.

I like to top the Tuscan Bean Soup with homemade garlic sourdough croutons. (see crouton recipe here).

Brunswick Stew

My first time having Brunswick stew was at a fall gathering in Virginia. The Morris family cooked the stew in a huge black cauldron over an open fire. Guests in flannel shirts drank apple cider under the colorful maple trees. Their Brunswick stew was as amazing as the atmosphere, and I remember thinking that this was something out of a magazine.

I still have Cathy’s recipe in my notebook, but over the years I have tweaked it a little to include Bob’s homemade pulled pork barbecue. I also like to add okra and carrots fresh from the garden.

See my full blog post here: Easy Brunswick Stew For Fall.

Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup

Fall season is also the beginning of flu season as all of the kids head back to school. This is our standby comfort healing soup. It comes together quickly and easily with a little freezer prep and some help from the garden.

Have you ever heard of the french cooking term mirepoix? It’s a combination of chopped carrots, celery and onion which is used as a base for many soup recipes. Apparently I have been creating mirepoix for years without knowing it was even a thing!

Keep bags of frozen mirepoix, frozen shredded rotisserie chicken, noodles and fresh herbs on hand for instant chicken noodle soup.

The secret ingredient? A little evaporated milk goes a long way to deepen the flavors and make this super yummy.

It’s more like a stew when you reheat it the next day which is even better. The carrots and herbs from the kitchen garden make this comfort food even more special. (Recipe here).

Butternut Squash Soup

After FALL-ing in love with a butternut squash soup at a local restaurant, I had to figure out my own recipe. I wanted one that was easy to make and tasted smooth and creamy.

The key to this deep flavorful soup is roasting the vegetables and herbs beforehand. Toss the following vegetables with olive oil and spread on a sheet pan. Roast in the oven at 400 degrees for 20-30 minutes.

Butternut squash
Shallots
Carrots
Garlic
Rosemary

I’m so happy that I could add carrots and fresh rosemary from the kitchen garden!

Topped with some toasted pepitas, this family favorite is perfect for sitting by the fire and feeling cozy!

Chili

Nothing quite says fall and football season like chili. It’s so easy to make and reheats even better the next day. Add some cornbread and put on the game.

Although I have made chili for years, I’m handing this recipe off to two of my daughters, Victoria and Hannah.

Victoria’s Classic Beef Chili

Victoria’s beef version includes jalapeños and green bell pepper straight from the garden.

Victoria’s Classic Beef Chili is warm and tasty with the perfect amount of heat. Top with shredded cheese and enjoy!

Hannah’s Vegetarian Chili

Hannah’s vegetarian chili is just as satisfying! She likes to use the jalapeños as a topping for her chili.

French Onion Soup

This might be Bob’s favorite soup that I make when fall rolls around. Adding fresh thyme sprigs from the garden helps enrich the flavor.

This French Onion Soup is easy to make, but it does require some patience while caramelizing the onions which is key to a really deep flavor.

My personal time saver, though, is to use a food processor and zip through the onion slicing during prep!

I like to experiment with the cheese topping and swap out the Swiss with gruyere or even provolone.

Small individual sourdough croutons under the cheese make each spoonful of this French Onion Soup tasty and easy to include with each bite.

Here’s my recipe for delicious and easy Homemade Sourdough Croutons.

Tomato Basil Bisque

When summer turns into fall and I need to use up the basil before it gets tossed into the compost pile, I make soup! This tomato basil bisque is a perfect way to welcome fall and say goodbye to summer.

Now is the time to bring those out some of those harvested tomatoes. My mother likes to put clean fresh tomatoes directly in the freezer for using in recipes like this.

Remember the mirepoix from the chicken noodle soup? Grab it again for this one!

Talk about some homegrown love! Pair this with a yummy grilled cheese sandwich and dinner is done!

Classic Loaded Baked Potato Soup

To me, Baked Potato Soup is the quintessential comfort food. It’s so simple yet so yummy. Quite literally it is a baked potato turned into soup. Use all of the same ingredients:

Baked potato (leftovers are perfect for this)
Crispy bacon
Cheese
Sour cream
Green onions (from the garden of course!)
Chicken broth.

Voila! Grab a bowl and go sit by the fire!

Creamy Chicken Poblano Soup

I love this soup because it stands out from the crowd of typical fall soup recipes. The poblano peppers add an amazing depth of flavor and the toppings (avocado, jalapeño, cilantro, and tomato) really make this delicious soup a showstopper.

Kudos to my daughter, Victoria, who added Creamy Chicken Poblano Soup to the list for me with her own photos and homegrown tomatoes!

As summer comes to a close, try adding some soups to your fall recipe rotation! I hope you find these 10 Soup Recipes for Fall as satisfying and soul warming as I do!

When preparing these delicious soups and stews, I find the following products make my time in the kitchen more efficient and productive. I especially love my cast iron dutch ovens and immersion blender, but all of these gadgets are used repeatedly in this ginger’s kitchen!

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