Fill up with a bowl: Our favorite vegetarian soup recipes

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Fill up with a bowl: Our favorite vegetarian soup recipes

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By Noelle Carter

Feb. 16, 2017

Recipe: Spinach soup with nutmeg and creme fraiche

Spinach soup with nutmeg and creme fraiche

30 minutes

Serves 4

So hearty and filling, you'd never guess it was vegetarian. Recipe: Chickpea and noodle soup with Persian herbs

Chickpea and noodle soup with Persian herbs

3 hours 30 minutes

Serves 4

Bewley's Tuscan bean and tomato soup

1 hour 45 minutes

Serves 10 to 16

Recipe: Broccoli and roasted garlic soup

Broccoli and roasted garlic soup

1 hour

Serves 6 to 8

If you're looking for a great basic soup recipe that you can dress up in all sorts of ways. Recipe: Tomato soup

Fresh tomato soup

55 minutes

Makes 8 to 10 cups

A hearty and filling winter vegetarian soup. Recipe: Soup with winter greens and chickpeas

Winter Greens and Chickpea Soup

1 hour 30 minutes

Serves 8

A slow turn in the oven browns the vegetables before you turn them into soup. Recipe: Roasted vegetable soup

Roasted vegetable soup

2 hours 50 minutes

Serves 4 to 6

What could be more warming on a chilly day? Recipe: Mushroom, barley and Swiss chard soup

Mushroom, barley and Swiss chard soup

2 hours 45 minutes

Serves 6 to 8

Giant white bean soup. Recipe here.

Giant White Bean Soup

2 hours 15 minutes

Serves 6

Tender potatoes are pureed with heavy cream to form the base for this rich and satisfying soup, with roasted diced chiles folded in for subtle heat. Recipe: Potato green chile soup

La Casa Sena's potato green chile soup

1 hour 20 minutes

Serves 10 to 12

Sweet corn and parsnip soup

1 hour 10 minutes

Serves 6 to 8

Recipe: Rustic vegetable soup with rye croutons and parsley-savory 'pistou'

Rustic vegetable soup with rye croutons and parsley-savory 'pistou'

1 hour

Serves 4 to 6

Recipe: Green garlic and new potato soup

Green garlic and new potato soup

35 minutes

Serves 6 to 8

101801.FO.0908.Soup--Lucque's Soupe au Pistou with amaranth and Grana breadcrumbs.

Lucque's soup au pistou with Parmesan croutons

1 hour 20 minutes

Serves 6 to 8

Recipe: Elway's charred red pepper soup

Elway's charred red pepper soup

1 hour 30 minutes

Serves 6 to 8

Rich and hearty. Recipe: Coral Tree Cafe's vegetable soup

Coral Tree Cafe's vegetable soup

1 hour

Serves 8 to 10

A perfect fall dish, roasted butternut squash is combined with onion and garlic and finished with rich cream in this soup, a touch of fragrant nutmeg and cinnamon rounding out the flavors. Read the recipe »

Flavor del Mar's Butternut Squash Soup

1 hour 20 minutes

Serves 8 to 10

Taix's split pea soup

3 hours

Serves 8 to 12

This is quick orange lentil soup for Hanukkah.

Quick orange lentil soup

45 minutes

Serves 8 to 10

Junior's mushroom barley soup

2 hours 30 minutes

Serves 4 to 6

Rich, hearty and perfect for Meatless Monday.

Creamy mushroom and roasted onion soup

40 minutes

Serves 8

SOS. Mushroom. Delmonico's Puree of Portabello Mushroom Soup as photographed in the L.A. Times photo studio, Wednesday afternoon in L.A.

Delmonico's puree of portabello mushroom soup

40 minutes

Serves 6 to 8

Tortilla Soup

25 minutes

Serves 4 to 6

Recipe: Sweet potato chile soup

Sweet Potato Chile Soup

1 hour

Serves 8 to 10

Garlic Soup

45 minutes

Serves 4

Hearty Bean and Kale Soup

3 hours 30 minutes

Serves 8 to 10

Roasted Tomato Soup

10 minutes

Serves 2

108447.FO.0309.food.MJB--(Los Angeles)-Easy Soup---Sweet pea soup... March 9, 2006

Sweet pea soup

55 minutes

Serves 4 to 6

Spiced vegetable soup

2 hours 40 minutes

Serves 10 to 12

Noelle Carter is the former Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen director. She left in January 2019.

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