11 Healthy Soups that Will Have You Feeling Better in No Time Flat!

By Lindsay @ The Café Sucre Farine | Updated on February 16, 2025

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Feeling under the weather? These are 11 of our favorite comforting, healthy soups that will have you feeling better in no time!

It seems like everyone is sick right now. If you or someone you love is feeling under the weather, we have just the thing to help. Make them one of these cozy, healthy soups! They're loaded with nutritious veggies and lean, protein-laden chicken.

Each recipe makes a big batch and makes wonderful leftovers. They are true "comfort in a bowl" recipes. It's amazing how a warm bowl of soup can make you feel so much better!

Feel-Better Chicken Gnocchi Soup

This delicious Chicken Gnocchi Soup is true "comfort in a bowl". It's loaded with fresh veggies, lean protein and soft, pillowy gnocchi in every delicious bite!

Chicken pastina soup in a cast iron dutch oven with parmesan cheese and a grater.

Italian Chicken Pastina Soup (aka Italian Nonna's Penicillin Soup)

This cozy, comforting Chicken Pastina Soup is also called Italian Nonna's Penicillin soup because it's known to cure just about anything that ails you! It hits the spot on a chilly day, for sure!

Vertical overhead photo of a pot of Avgolemono (Greek Chicken Pasta Soup) on a wood table.

Avgolemono (Greek Chicken Pasta Soup)

This Avgolemono, a lemony Greek chicken pasta soup is healthy and hearty (lots of satisfying protein), creamy (no cream!) and so delicious!

Thai Coconut Chicken Soup (Tom Kha Gai)

With super tender, melt-in-your-mouth chicken and a silky smooth sauce loaded with fresh veggies and tons of bright, fresh flavor, this Thai Coconut Chicken Soup ticks all the boxes!

Vertical close up picture of chicken pasta soup in a blue pot

Homemade Chicken Pasta Soup

This delicious Homemade Chicken Pasta Soup tastes like you spent all day in the kitchen, but in reality, you can put it together, start to finish in less than an hour! It's also fabulous with leftover turkey!

Vertical overhead picture of Italian Chicken Pasta Veggie Soup in a large white pot with herbs and cheese

Italian Chicken Vegetable Soup

This Italian Chicken Vegetable Soup is bursting with the fabulous flavors of Italy and is chocked full of healthy veggies, lean chicken and ditalini pasta for a delicious splurge. It comes together easily and makes great leftovers!

Black Bean Chicken Tortilla Soup (Sopa De Tortilla De Pollo Y Frijoles Negros)

This Black Bean Chicken Tortilla Soup is bursting with lean chicken, healthy veggies and South-of-the-Border flavor and it comes together in under an hour!

The BEST Chicken and Rice Soup

This really is one of the best, most flavorful chicken and rice soups we've ever tasted! And with the help of rotisserie chicken (or leftover chicken), it's super easy too!

Overhead vertical photo of Creamy Chicken Pasta Soup in blue and white bowls on a wood table.

Creamy Chicken Parmesan Pasta Soup

If you're looking for a creamy, delicious comfort soup that's loaded with healthy veggies lean chicken AND comes together quickly, this Chicken Parmesan Pasta Soup is IT!

Mexican Chicken Soup in a blue and white bowl with tortilla strips and cilantro.

Mexican Chicken Soup (Sopa de Pollo Mexicana)

This Mexican Chicken Soup comes together quickly with rotisserie or leftover chicken and is loaded with fabulous South-of-the-Border flavor!

French Lentil Soup (Vegetarian or with Chicken)

This French Lentil Soup is loaded with great nutrition, but it's also bursting with fabulous flavor. Keep it vegetarian or add bites of super tender chicken!


If a man has a hundred sheep
and one of them gets lost, what will He do?
Won't He leave the ninety-nine

others in the wilderness
and go to search for the one

that is lost until He finds it?
And when he has found it,
He will joyfully carry it home on His shoulders.
Luke 15:4-7

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