Soup

You can buy the ham hock from delis or your butcher. Make a large quantity and store leftover soup in fridge or freezer in individual serving sizes for later lunches. Note

Hearty and warming, ribollita is a famous Tuscan soup made with bread and vegetables. It's perfect for a cool Winter's evening.

A deliciously creamy sweet potato, pumpkin and potato soup from Australian Women's Weekly.

Hearty and warming, this harissa and mint spiced veggie stew is the ultimate comfort food for a cool Winter evening in.

Heart, healthy, fast and easy vegetable and red lentil soup from Australian Women's Weekly.

Button or portobello mushrooms can also be used in this recipe. Note

If you have an electric pressure cooker you won’t need to reduce the heat to stabilise pressure,your cooker will automatically stabilise itself. Always check with the manufacturer’s instructions before using. Note

This fragrant soup has a magnificent creamy texture thanks to the addition of the tofu.

Asian-style vegetable dumplings in broth from Australian Women's Weekly.

A seafood bisque has a deep, luxurious flavour, this comes from cooking prawns in their shells, as well as fish fillets, into a stock which is then blended (shells and all) into a smooth, silky soup.

Tom ka gai, a spicy and sour hot soup with coconut milk in Thai cuisine and Lao cuisine, from Australian Women's Weekly.

Chinese water spinach is a mild, versatile vegetable with crunchy white stalks and tender, dark green leaves. It resembles a bunch of spinach (which can be substituted) but has longer, more flexible leaves and thicker stems.

This deliciously hearty lamb and white bean soup is full of iron, protein and all the goodness of fresh vegetables. It's a meal in itself and perfect for cold winter nights.

French for “rust”, rouille is a capsicum-and-chilli flavoured mayonnaise-like sauce often used to garnish seafood stews. Discard any mussels that do not open. Note

Reminiscent in flavour of boscaiola sauce, this delicious soup combines mushroom and bacon and in a thick, creamy base.

A hearty and delicious witches potion with garlic wortweed rolls from Australian Women's Weekly.

A flavorful, deliciously textured bowl of Tuscan bean soup from Australian Women's Weekly.

The chicken dumpling mixture makes 40 dumplings so you need a package containing at least 40 wonton wrappers. You can make the dumplings whenever you like, and freeze them, separated in two, or even four, batches, sealed tightly in snap-lock bags. When you want to use them, remove what you need from the freezer and […]

If you fancy a cleansing broth, look no further than this ginger and vegetable soba soup. Soba is a Japanese noodle, similar in appearance to spaghetti, made from buckwheat.

Dig into this classic winter warmer with melt-in-your-mouth ham, tender lentils and juicy vegetables topped with fragrant gremolata. Serve with a generous slice of crusty bread and melting butter.

This hearty broth captures the richness of Asian flavours perfectly. Best served hot.

This tasty bean vegetable and soup is beautiful topped with a piece of crisp proscuitto. It's the perfect soup to warm your body and soul on those cooler Winter evenings.

We love slow cookers - simply pop all your ingredients into the cooker and come back to a warming, flavour-packed dish. This zesty hot and sour chicken soup tastes absolutely amazing after several hours of slow-cooking.

Puffed corn is whole grain corn steamed until it puffs up. It’s available from health food stores. Note

The varieties of mushrooms used in this wonderful broth make for an intense and delicious flavour. Asian flavours complete the taste sensation.

Adding salt during cooking was once thought to make pulses tough ­ it doesn't. However it does slow down the cooking time, so it's best to season this Greek lentil, spinach and dill soup at the very end.

This warming and fragrant French style onion and fennel soup is absolutely amazing topped with melted cheddar cheese souffles. This is gourmet soup at it's finest.

Algerian chicken and chickpea soup

Quarter some limes and heat up a stack of corn tortilla to serve alongside this chilli chicken, tomato and corn soup. A dollop of sour cream wouldn't go astray either.

Soup can be frozen. Rouille (a French sauce meaning `rust’ because of its reddish colour) can be made a day ahea Note

Recipe is not suitable to freeze. Note

Simple, savoury and delicious, clear soup with prawns and spinach is quick to throw together and leaves you feeling nourished, which makes it perfect for a mid-week dinner.

The literal translation of "pot on the fire" refers to the way this old standard was originally cooked, in a huge cast-iron pot directly in the fireplace. Any combination of vegetables and meat can be used, and the French versions are as numerous as there are regions of the country.

Onion soup with beer

If you have an electric pressure cooker you won’t need to reduce the heat to stabilise pressure,your cooker will automatically stabilise itself. Always check with the manufacturer’s instructionsbefore using. Recipe suitable to freeze. Note

Butter beans are also known as lima beans; you can use cannellini or similar white beans. Note

A smooth, savoury soup delicately seasoned with fresh chervil, cream of asparagus soup is silky and delicious.

If you prefer your soup spicy, you can add one finely chopped fresh red chilli or a teaspoon of dried red chilli to this recipe.

To make this soup more fun for toddlers cut different shapes from bread like stars, hearts or animals. You could get older toddlers to cut the shapes from the bread to get them involved in the preparation of the meal. Note

Few soups pack the punchy flavour of a delicious savoury miso. Yellow miso (shinshu), is a smooth, deep-yellow, fairly salty, tart, fermented soya bean paste. Teamed with tofu and spinach it makes a delicious, fresh and healthy broth.

Traditionally harira is a Moroccan soup of lamb, vegetables and pulses, popularly served to break the fast of Ramadan.

Suitable to freeze. Note

This fragrant broth does take some preparation time, but it is well worth the effort. It is an absolutely flawless soup dish.

This Asian savoury rice porridge is a deliciously convenient and warming breakfast that comes together in a flash thanks to a handy pressure cooker.

This rich and hearty spiced chickpea and broad bean soup is served with eggs and cumin salt to create a flavour-packed, warming vegetarian dish the whole family will love!

Fragrant, fresh and packed with crunch, heat and flavour, pho makes an excellent healthy lunch.

For a tasty, comforting meal, try these silky prawn and coriander dumplings in a fragrant ginger chicken broth.

Reheat soup in a microwave oven on HIGH (100%) for about 1½ minutes, stirring halfway through heating. Note

We might be cheating slightly here, but you can get very good quality canned soups these days and with the addition of bacon and crispy blue cheese toasts you have a dish that could pass for homemade.

Freshly made wontons in a clear broth soup makes a quick, easy and nourishing lunch or light dinner.

This delicious chilled soup is so easy to prepare and makes the most refreshing lunch on a hot summer's day.

French-style green lentils are related to the famous French lentils du puy; these green-blue, tiny lentils have a nutty, earthy flavour and a hardy nature that allows them to be rapidly cooked without disintegrating. Also known as australian, bondi or matilda lentils. Note

Hearty and healthy vegetable soup with added risen for extra bulk will fill hungry bellies. Serve with warmed crusty bread rolls to mop up the very last drop.

Topped with a fiery cucumber salsa, this chilled beetroot soup makes a delicious summer lunch.

If you want to reduce the intensity of the chillies, remove the seeds and membranes. Note

A rich and hearty white bean and chickpea soup with risoni from Australian Women's Weekly.

Cook meatballs in soup close to serving time, to prevent soup from becoming cloudy. Use commercially made stock if you don’t want to make your own. Accompany with bowls of steamed jasmine rice and stir-fried asian greens. Note

Asian chicken broth with bean thread noodles, red Thai chillies and lemon grass from Australian Women's Weekly.

If green is good for you, then this soup is like a bowl tonic for the body and the soul. Spice it up with a spoonful of curry paste if you like.

A warming winter soup from Australian Women's Weekly.

Get warm and cosy with this wholesome soup, perfect served with crusty bread and a glass of red wine.

To freeze. Complete the recipe to end of step 2. Pack into freezer-proof containers, leaving a 2.5cm (1 inch) space to allow for expansion. Seal, label and freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the fridge. Reheat in a saucepan or microwave on medium power (50%) until heated through Note

A hearty and delicious winter soup with oxtail and chickpeas from the Australian Women's Weekly.

You will need about 6 fresh cobs of corn for this recipe. Note

Thick, nourishing and deeply satisfying, this lentil, burghul and spinach soup makes a great weekend lunch dish.

If you want to reduce the intensity of the chillies, remove their seeds and membranes before roasting. You can use chopped prawns or diced scallops instead of the crab meat if you like. You will need 3 limes for this recipe. Avocados are grown year round in Australia with varieties peaking at different times. One […]

If you don’t have salt-reduced chicken stock, replace 1 cup of the stock with water. You will need to buy a barbecued chicken weighing about 900g for this recipe. We have delibrately made this fast and satisfying recipe without oil in order to make it low fat. So ideally you need to use a non-stick […]

Bruise the lemon grass by hitting the lower white bulb with the flat side of a heavy knife or cleaver­ this helps to release its flavour and aroma. Note

Cheesy caraway toasts make a piquant side for this healthy, nourishing carrot and lentil soup.

Recipe is suitable to freeze. You can use dried cannellini, haricot, navy or butter beans for this recipe. Note

Healthy and hearty tomato & borlotti soup from Australian Women's Weekly.

A light broth with slices of tender chicken, fresh peas and asparagus spears, this soup makes an excellent starter for a dinner party.

Traditional Thai chicken broth with flavoursome coriander wontons from Australian Women's Weekly.