Easy Homemade Vegetable Soup

Meet my go-to vegetable soup! This homemade vegetable soup is healthy, easy to make, and tastes fantastic. It’s also vegan when you use vegetable broth! Jump to the Easy Vegetable Soup Recipe or read on to see our tips for making it.

Watch us make the recipe

Why We Think This is The Best Vegetable Soup

When we’re looking for a comforting meal packed with vegetables, this easy veggie soup is where we turn. It’s made with a light tomato broth and adapts to all seasons. Feel free to use any seasonal vegetables you have on hand. This soup is so good, you will want a batch in the freezer at all times.

It’s perfect for busy nights as well as when we feel we’ve over-indulged. Here are a few reasons we love this vegetable soup recipe:

• This vegetable-packed soup is easy to make and tastes incredible.
• There’s no fancy ingredients and everything needed is affordable.
• You can take advantage of seasonal ingredients. Use fresh tomatoes in late summer or try hardy squashes in winter.
• It’s healthy, comforting, and completely vegetarian (when you use veggie broth).
• It keeps well and tastes better the next day, making it perfect to pack for lunches or make ahead for dinner tomorrow night. Leftover soup will last about three days in the refrigerator.
• You can freeze it up to a month, if not more!

How To Make The Best Vegetable Soup

Making vegetable soup is simple, and it all happens in one pot! Here’s an overview of how to make it (the soup recipe is below).

1. Sweat onions, carrots, and celery in olive oil and tomato paste. The tomato paste adds lots of flavor to the soup.
2. Add more flavor with garlic, ground fennel seeds (or use other spices), pepper, and salt.
3. Pour in vegetable or chicken stock, a can of diced tomatoes, potatoes, cabbage, and bay leaves.
4. Simmer until the veggies are tender (about 20 minutes).
5. Add frozen peas and cook five more minutes.
6. Season to taste with more salt, pepper, and a little acid like apple cider vinegar or lemon juice.

My Favorite Variations of This Soup

This veggie soup has lots of possible variations. Here are a few of my favorites:

• Add more protein by adding cooked or canned beans — white beans, chickpeas, and black beans would be excellent.
• Add pasta about 10 minutes before the soup has finished cooking
• Make it creamy and add a splash of cream, milk, or unsweetened dairy-free milk like coconut. You can also stir in a little bit of unsweetened yogurt or sour cream.
• We love the combination of ground fennel, garlic, and red pepper flakes, but you can use other spices. Try Italian seasoning, Za’atar spice blend, Cajun seasoning, an Indian spice blend like curry powder, or chili powder (here’s our homemade chili powder blend).
• Add in some extra veggies. The number of vegetables you add to the soup is up to you. Feel free to toss in a handful of other vegetables like cauliflower, summer squash or corn.

More Easy Vegetarian Recipes

• For a creamy blended soup, try our Creamy Vegetable Soup Recipe. It has lots of rave reviews.
• Our Lentil Soup with Lemon and Turmeric is hearty, nutritious, and delicious.
• Use our Homemade Vegetable Broth for the base of your vegetable soup. It’s rich and ultra-satisfying.
• For another veggie-packed meal, try our Vegetable Lasagna. The recipe is so popular, we made it into Vegetable Lasagna Roll-Ups.
• Try our Homemade Veggie Burgers! Unlike so many meatless burger recipes out there, we actually add lots of vegetables to the patties.