When you're craving a hearty bowl of soup but don't have hours to spend tending a simmering pot, you'll appreciate this lineup of top-rated soups that go from prep to the dinner table in 30 minutes or less. These are the save-your-life soups you need when you're short on time and a hot bowl of goodness has to happen right now.
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Hearty Italian Meatball Soup
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Canned beef broth and frozen, cooked Italian-style meatballs, and frozen vegetables are your smart shortcuts to this top-rated soup. "Perfect for a cold, rainy, late fall weekday." -- Tami Jarecki Lund
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Pasta Fazoolander
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"This is one of my favorite soups because it's so quick & easy! I usually make 2 or 3 times the recipe because it is SO good on a cold night — or anytime!" -- Alex
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Avocado Soup with Chicken and Lime
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"I fell in love with chicken and lime soup while traveling in the Yucatan years ago. When I found this recipe, I fell in love all over again." -- Ranjo
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Pho Ga Soup
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"Easy to cook. Tasty and healthy, will def add this one to my favorites." -- irabird
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Six Can Chicken Tortilla Soup
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"This recipe is so quick, easy, and cheap...just open the cans and boil. I only spent about $10.00 on ingredients." -- Rolanda
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Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
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"I'd describe this soup as 'comforting.' The flavors and thickness turn a gray day into a great day." -- Brown Sugar Girl
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Old-Fashioned Potato Soup
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"This has become my little black dress of creamy soups and it's never failed me." -- Jaciss
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Joe's Homemade Mushroom Soup
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"I am obsessed with this soup! I made it at my restaurant and people went nutso for it!" -- Hick Chick
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Simple and Delicious Kale Soup
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"Didn't change a thing. Couldn't be much simpler. And for sure delicious." -- yoyo1198
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Pumpkin Chipotle Soup
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"You can find the chipotle peppers and the sofrito in the Hispanic section of your grocery store." -- Sweet Apron
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Cajun Scallop Chowder
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"This was so awesome. I fed six people off this and they all loved it." -- LukesMom
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California Italian Wedding Soup
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"I have been making this recipe for about 4 years now and consider it the best version of wedding soup I have ever tasted." -- ASHLEY_S
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Creamy Sweet Potato With Ginger Soup
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"This is an awesome recipe. I have a friend that just raves about it." -- Denise B.
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Amazing Gnocchi Soup
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"This soup is deceptively simple as many wonderful recipes often are." -- kymbrown1
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Martha's Vegetable Beef Soup
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"Martha's Vegetable Beef Soup Haiku: 'So easy to make! Nice comforting bowl of soup. Simmer for longer.'" -- Rock_lobster
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Quick and Easy Chicken Noodle Soup
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"This is so easy to make and so good! I cook the chicken breasts in the broth to make the broth a bit richer." --
Gr8typist
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Patricia's Green Chile Soup
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"This was my first try at 'Southwestern' cooking and I was very pleased." -- Dianne
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Best Butternut Squash Soup Ever
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"Soo delicious! I used the whole butternut squash and roasted it on a baking sheet on broil for five minutess or so to bring out the flavor after cubing it." -- Airisaiia
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Cream of Tomato Gorgonzola Soup
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"Loved this! I'm going to have a hard time going back to plain ol' tomato soup, espcially because this was so easy to make. I had all the ingredients on hand, served it with grilled provolone sandwiches." -- jaxwife
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Quick and Easy Leftover Ham Soup
Quick and Easy Leftover Ham Soup
Corn, navy beans, and leftover ham come together for a rich, brothy spoonful that's sure to please. With a prep time of just 5 minutes, you can have dinner on the table in no time.
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Easy Minestrone
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/268510/easy-minestrone-soup/
"I used Barilla spinach and cheese tortellini instead of the pasta, simply because I already had it on the shelf, but followed the recipe exactly otherwise," shares Cm614. "It made enough for my husband and me for dinner, with enough leftovers to freeze for another meal."
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Quick and Easy Black Bean Soup
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"This was super easy to do. I followed other reveiwers' suggestions and used less cayenne... It was really good. I will make this again. Even my husband ate it and he's not a big soup person!" -- Grace Clem
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