There’s nothing like a hot and delicious vegetable soup recipes to ward off a wintry chill. If you’re looking for something to warm you up this winter, try this Amazon Bean Soup With Winter Squash Greens recipe from EverydayHealth.com. This wonderful recipe was inspired by Michelle Obama’s White House garden, which is full to bursting with the loveliest of winter vegetables and fruits for recipes just like this one. Serve this vegetable soup in halves of cooked acorn squash to add to that harvest atmosphere and surround it with a festive green, or enjoy it hot in your favorite mug. Healthy soup recipes like this one are both nutritious and tasty!

What is your favorite soup for winter? I love to make acorn squash soup or a nice big bowl of chili!

If you’re looking for more soup recipes, check out these from FaveDiets.com:

• Just-Like-Mom’s Broccoli Cheese Soup
• Pumpkin Black Bean Soup
• Healthy New England Clam Chowder

I love the combination of sweet and savory in the same dish. Chicken is especially phenomenal with sweet sauces and side dishes because they really bring out the more subtle flavors of the meat. This Chicken and Sweet Potato Stew from EverydayHealth.com, inspired by Michelle Obama’s White House garden incorporates the warm comfort of chicken stew recipes and wholesome harvest vegetables. Chicken recipes like this are unexpected and innovative because they diverge from bland, over-used soup recipes. Plus, because it’s made in the slow cooker, this chicken stew recipe is easy to make ahead of time. Healthy chicken recipes and hearty stew recipes collide with sweet potato in incredible all-in-one slow cooker stew recipes like this one.

What are your favorite sweet and savory recipes? I’m a big fan of Memphis honey barbeque sauce on chicken, and I love sweet potatoes, so I can’t wait to try this recipe!

Soup is one of my all-time favorite comfort foods in the winter. Especially served in a big bread bowl, I can easily make an entire meal out of baked potato soup or cream of chicken and wild rice. But what about during the summer? Sometimes in the middle of August, I find myself craving soup, but the  temperature outside makes even the thought of consuming hot soup simply unbearable.

Enter gazpacho! Served chilled, this Spanish soup is made from raw vegetables and is traditionally tomato-based. If you ask me, gazpacho is the perfect answer for summer soup. FaveDiets has a dozen of quick and easy recipes for healthy summer soup to try out at home, including classic Chilled Fresh Tomato Soup. The simple method of blending various veggies together makes gazpacho recipes all fairly quick and easy to put together; another bonus when the weather is too hot to do much of anything, let alone cook! Made predominantly from vegetables, gazpacho is also a perfect dish for vegetarians and those with various food allergies. Made with black beans, avocado, cucumber, and tomato juice, this recipe for Black Bean Gazpacho is a great option for those with both gluten and dairy allergies.

As with all recipes, gazpacho can be modified to suit your personal taste; you can even change the core ingredient from tomatoes to pretty much any other vegetable you enjoy. Check out these recipes below for some tasty variations on traditional tomato gazpacho. Enjoy!

Watermelon Gazpacho:  Nothing says summer quite like watermelon! Follow this recipe for an easy answer to gazpacho without the tomatoes. It also incorporates cucumbers, yellow bell peppers, and an almond-cilantro pesto, which gives this soup great flavor.

Green Chili Gazpacho Granita: This recipe uses hot peppers instead of tomatoes. A word of advice? Be sure you enjoy spicy food before trying out this version! Although this is a chilled dish, this is still one hot dish when it comes to flavor.

Cucumber-Lychee Gazpacho with Feta Crostini: Try this version of gazpacho made with English cucumbers, lychees, and sliced almonds. Fresh lychee can be difficult to find, but canned lychee works great and can be found in the international aisle at most stores. If you’re feeling ambitious, garnish the gazpacho with homemade feta crostinis; their salty and smoky flavors pair nicely with the sweetness of the gazpacho.

Almond and White Grape Gazpacho: Talk about unique! This recipe combines traditional gazpacho ingredients such as cucumbers, basil, and peppers, with slightly less common gazpacho ingredients like almonds and white grapes.  Even with the non-traditional ingredients, this recipe is just as easy to create, and will surely have a unique and tasty flavor.

Peach, Basil and Golden Tomato Gazpacho: This gazpacho still relies on tomatoes as a main ingredient, but it adds in peaches, cucumbers, and basil. If you enjoy traditional tomato-based gazpacho, you’re sure to enjoy this modern variation with it’s bright color and fresh taste.

I hope you enjoy some of these unique gazpacho recipes! Have you ever made any other interesting variations of traditional gazpacho?

Warm up this fall with our savory soup and stew recipes. From easy tomato soup to hearty beef stew, FaveDiets has it all. Slow cook your soup in a crock-pot or make it stovetop for a quick and easy meal. It’s amazing how quickly the ingredients in your soups and stews can meld together to create complex flavors from such simple ingredients and preparations. Try one of the delicious recipes below.

Crock-Pot French Onion Soup

Chilled Fresh Tomato Soup

White Lentil and Vegetable Stew

Chuckwagon Stew

Your crock-pot is the perfect tool for fall. It’s great for making soups, stews, meats and other hearty dishes that will both warm and fill you up. The best thing about cooking with a crock-pot is that you can set up your ingredients and let the slow cooker do all the work. Try making one of our healthy crock-pot recipes below.

Crock-Pot BBQ Chicken – If it’s too cold to stand outside over the grill, try making barbecue chicken in your crock-pot. The chicken comes out just as moist and tasty without all the work.

Chicken Noodle Soup – Chicken noodle soup warms the heart and soul. This recipe is great to have on hand when someone is sick, or just needs a bowl of comfort food.

Potato Soup with Black Beans – This hearty potato soup is a classic recipe. The seasonings and black beans add a southwest flair to the traditional soup. Try this one garnished with low-fat sour cream and chopped tomatoes.

Sundried Tomato Beef Stew – This hearty beef stew has an extra dimension of flavor with tasty sun-dried tomatoes. Cook this in your crock-pot all day and enjoy a warm, delicious meal as an end to a chilly fall or winter day.