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The vegetables - kabocha squash, string beans and okra. This is a typical regional soup from the southern part of the Philippines.

It's cold out. With sleet, snow and a low temperature of -2 with wind chill forecasted overnight, it's soup weather. I'm making vegetable soup. That may sound a bit boring and less-than-hearty to some folks, but I'm not making a soup to serve in the traditional American way. I'm putting a Pho spin on it.

When it comes to comfort foods, soups like my Tuscan Bread Soup (also known as Ribollita) are at the top of my list. This hearty, soul-warming soup is a delicious way to ward off the cold and fill your belly!

Baby, it's cold outside, and that makes it the perfect time to cook up a batch of my sausage and Bean Soup. It’s the kind of soup that almost begs to have a piece of crusty bread dunked into it!

Classic Minestrone Soup is not only delicious, it warms the soul. My version of this Italian classic is packed with fresh vegetables, cannellini beans, and ditalini pasta in a rich tomato broth.

Bowl of a soupPhoto byNavada Ra (Pexels) Dicle Belül has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services. Quinoa is not a herb that everyone uses a lot in their recipes, but I think you will like the following soup recipe containing quinoa.

A pot of soup for dinner on a cold winter night. Slices of salmon, green mussels, a few shrimp left on the fridge, chopped red onion and vegetables freshly picked from the backyard garden - mustard spinach, broccolini and green onions. Then garnished with thinly sliced lemon, also from the garden. Slurp, slurp... yum!

A slab of salmon turned into soup with some freshly picked vegetables from the backyard garden - kale, tomatoes, lemon verbena and peppers. To make it flavorful I added two packets of bonito-flavored seasoning from the Japanese market and then squeezed the juice of a few calamansi or calamondin. Healthy and easy to prepare - a perfect lunch on a busy workday.