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A chowder is a hearty fish soup. This one comes from New York.

This is a richly flavoured soup, spiced with curry powder. It is ideal to warm you up on a cold day.

This seasonal soup is light and refreshing. Not only is it bursting with lots of flavours, it is also a good recipe to introduce children to eating pulses.

This hearty soup has a lovely roasted vegetable flavour and is simple to make. It’s a perfect way to use up leftover vegetables and it freezes well.

This soup is traditionally French and is a great dish to cook for guests, because it can be prepared in advance or even frozen.

This is an easy soup to make. The combination of fresh and canned tomatoes with tomato purée gives a rich tomato flavour.

Serve this hearty, spicy soup with some wholemeal bread for a filling lunch or a main meal.

This quick, easy and tasty soup is made by using some basic store cupboard ingredients – perfect for those cold wintery days!

Mushrooms are low in fat, count towards your 5-a-day and are a source of potassium and some B vitamins.

This spicy soup is really popular and so easy to make. If you have an abundance of carrots it freezes well too!

Make this soup at the weekend and it will keep in the fridge to be heated up during the week for a quick meal.

This delicious soup can be made using almost any cooked vegetables you have leftover in the fridge. This recipe is great for lunch or a light supper.

This popular soup is sometimes called ‘Vichyssoise’ on menus.

Using ordinary eating apples for this soup will give a sharp sweetness to the earthy full flavour of the parsnips.

Pumpkins aren’t just good for making lanterns. Pumpkin flesh is low in fat, high in fibre and contains vitamin A.

This soup is easy to make and has a great flavour and colour. It is perfect to serve at events. Adding the milk gives it a lovely creamy taste.

This warming soup is perfect for a blustery day; it is simple and nutritious and warms you through and through.

This soup is quick to prepare and can be made with fresh or frozen peas.