Budget soup recipes

This silky smooth, super versatile vegetarian soup is perfect for a dinner party starter, everyday dinner or warming lunch. Plus it's two of your five-a-day

Try a basic soup recipe that can be adapted for whatever veg you've got in the fridge. Serve with creme fraiche and fresh herbs

This easy chickpea soup is packed with veg and flavoured with aromatic cumin spice. Perfect for a hearty vegetarian lunch or dinner, served with flatbreads.

Make a filling soup with the help of green lentils, pancetta, white cabbage and mushrooms, along with miso flavours. It packs in three of your 5-a-day

This healthy low-calorie soup is a delicious way to use up courgettes when they're in season. Plus it's freezable, so you can make it in summer and enjoy all year

Make the most of any tins of black beans in your cupboards and make this easy and satisfying soup. Serve with coriander, avocado, feta and pumpkin seeds

Creamy tomato soup is the stuff of childhood, and it's easy to make yourself. Emma Lewis shows you how

Of the winter soups, leek and potato is one of the most comforting and familiar. This easy Vichyssoise recipe by Darina Allen makes the most of seasonal, local veg

Rustle up this healthy, low-fat, low-calorie soup with orzo, chickpeas, veg and a can of chopped tomatoes. Top with grated parmesan to serve

This warming and budget-friendly vegetarian soup is perfect packed in a flask for lunch. It's also easy to double the quantities and freeze half for later

Throw a new spin on this comforting classic by blending into a smooth and creamy soup

Sizzling Chorizo & chickpea soup

Whip up a hearty bowl of soup in next to no time, perfect for a quick lunch or warming supper

This vibrant soup is fresh-tasting and substantial enough to have for dinner

This vegetarian soup is packed with vegetables and lentils - it's healthy, low fat and full of flavour. To bulk it up, why not add borlotti beans or chicken?

Sweet smoked paprika and cumin flavour this rustic blend topped with spicy Spanish sausage

Batch cook a vegetable soup when you have a seasonal bounty and you'll always have a healthy meal in the freezer

This healthy, low-fat soup is based on the classic leek and potato, but cannellini beans replace the potatoes – as they contribute to your 5-a-day

A low-fat, vegetarian soup that everyone will love - passata and whole milk give a silky smooth finish

Satisfying and simple to make, homemade soup is a great supper or take-to-work lunch.

Blend your storecupboard pulses with cumin, turmeric and garlic to create this robust soup with crispy pancetta topping

Miriam's easy, chilled almond soup makes a refreshing starter and only has 4 ingredients for an authentic Spanish taste

This is a healthy vegetarian version of the classic Moroccan soup with plenty of cumin, turmeric and cinnamon, each offering different health benefits, plus it's low in fat and calories too

This satisfying, low-fat, low-calorie vegan soup provides three of your five-a-day. It's suitable for freezing so why not make a few meals out of it?