10 Light + Bright Spring Soups To Try

Spring ingredients are light and fresh, so your first instinct might not be to make a big bowl of soup, but maybe it should be! Spring soups are packed with fresh veggies and delicious ingredients, so they make a great option for weeknight dinners or meal-prep lunches. Once you scroll through these 10 recipes, you’ll want to run to your local farmers’ market and stock up on everything you need to craft your own big bowl o’ soup.

Thai Pea Soup

Get the recipe via Running To The Kitchen

This Thai pea soup is made completely in the blender and full of fresh spring flavor. With ginger, lemongrass, coconut milk, jalapenos and peas, you’ll want a big bowl.

 

Chilled Parsnip Apple + Fennel Soup with Cucumber Salad

Get the recipe via Meatified

This soup checks all the boxes. It’s creamy and comforting, but chilled and topped with cucumber salad, it’s light and bright, too.

 

Chunky Pea and Leek Soup with Poached Eggs

Get the recipe via A Beautiful Plate

There is so much flavor packed into one little bowl with this delicious recipe. The poached eggs on top create a whole other element of creaminess and oomph.

 

Spring Beetroot Gazpacho with Kefir and Wasabi

Get the recipe via Serving Dumplings

This gazpacho tastes as good as it looks. It’s inspired by Polish cuisine, and is made with young spring beets and beet greens, which add a delicious earthy flavor. 

 

Roasted Cauliflower & Fennel Soup

Get the recipe via Land O’ Lakes

Roasted cauliflower and fennel create a fresh, spring soup, garnished with roasted pistachios and fennel fronds.

 

Green Gazpacho

Get the recipe via Fraîche Living

This green gazpacho is the perfect lunch on a hot summer day! The fresh herbs make it so refreshing and it’s the perfect creaminess thanks to the Greek yogurt.

 

Cauliflower Millet Soup with Lemon

Get the recipe via Sugar Salted

This hearty soup is basically sunshine in a bowl thanks to that burst of lemon.

 

Vibrant Spring Soup

Get the recipe via A Couple Cooks

This soup lives up to its name, it’s so vibrant! It’s bright green and fresh and features peas, spinach, chives and mint.

 

Cantaloupe Gazpacho with Crispy Prosciutto

Get the recipe via Turnip The Oven

This light, refreshing cantaloupe gazpacho is the perfect summer meal. You can skip the prosciutto to make it vegetarian or replace the yogurt with unsweetened almond milk to make it vegan. 

 

Farmers’ Market Chilled Soup with Cucumber Salad

Get the recipe via With Food And Love

A raw, vegan chilled soup made with your farmers’ market best like tomatoes, bell peppers and sweet corn, and topped with a bright, herby cucumber salad.

 

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Author: Samantha Welker

Samantha Welker is the business manager at Glitter Guide. She has an Master's in Corporate Finance & Sustainability from Harvard Business School but prefers working in the creative industry. She also hosts a weekly business podcast for creative women called Pretty Okay Podcast. She loves spending time with her husband and her son, Rocky, in sunny San Diego. Follow along on Instagram