Homemade Vegetable Soup Recipes For Cold Winter Nights

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There's almost nothing more satisfying on a cold winter night than a bowl of warm, homemade vegetable soup. Whether you prefer your soup with chicken, ground beef, or just veggies, these hearty recipes will become your new favorites. Soups are also great weeknight meal solutions because they are often made in a slow cooker or are freezer-friendly, so your dinner is already prepared when you walk through the door after a busy day.

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How To Pickle Any Vegetable

Pickling is a great way to prevent your beautiful farmers' market produce haul (or overflow from the garden) from going to waste. Watch this video from sister brand Health for a step-by-step demo on how to pickle any vegetable.

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Hearty Beef and Freezer Veggie Soup

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Recipe: Hearty Beef and Freezer Veggie Soup

Just because this soup is homemade, doesn't mean you have to spend all day in the kitchen. This hearty pot of beef, veggies, and pasta comes together in just 40 minutes.

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Vegetable Tortellini Soup

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Recipe: Vegetable Tortellini Soup

Frozen veggies and your slow cooker will help this veggie soup come together with very little prep time.

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Chunky Vegetable Beef Soup

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Recipe: Chunky Vegetable Beef Soup

This homemade soup recipe is ready in just 45 minutes, but is also great to freeze and have on hand for busy weeknights when you don't have any time to spend in the kitchen cooking dinner.

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Vegetable Beef Soup

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Recipe: Vegetable Beef Soup

Beef stew meat adds flavor to this hearty veggie soup that requires just 15 minutes of hands-on time to prepare.

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Lemon Chicken Vegetable Soup

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Recipe: Lemon Chicken Vegetable Soup

While vegetable soup recipes do not usually call for lemons, they help bring out the flavor in the dish. Just toss everything in your slow cooker, and you'll have a warm meal waiting for your family as soon as you walk through the door.

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Vegetable Soup with Basil Pesto

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Recipe: Vegetable Soup with Basil Pesto

This recipe calls for homemade basil pesto, but if you want to get dinner on the table faster you can choose a good-quality refrigerated pesto from the grocery store.

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