In a summer night meal rut? Our list of Summer Soup Recipes will help you choose your favorites!
Summertime soups tend to be simple to throw together and leftovers make fantastic lunches.
Summertime is the warmest time of year when folks find themselves spending lots of time outside at sporting events or musical events or hanging out with neighbors in the evenings and family on the weekends!
No one wants to spend lots of time in the kitchen cooking but rather opt to use the grill quite a bit!
Soup ideas for summer are wonderful for pairing with sandwiches or salads.
Some summer soup ideas are warm and others are refreshingly cool.
The best summer soup is the recipe that is flexible with ingredients that can be easily swapped depending on what is fresh or easily available in your area.
Soups are also great in the summertime because they force us to slow down and enjoy time sitting at the table, hopefully chatting with family or friends.
You can serve up your summertime soups casually in your favorite bowl or make them elegant with eye-pleasing garnishes.
Luckily, there’s no need to scour recipe sites for hours. We’ve got gorgeous summer soup options such as chilled strawberry soup, cold corn soup, summer vegetable soup, and avocado soup with cilantro and lime.
Have fun reading through these 21 summer soup recipes!
Whether you are after nutritious or simply delicious, there is a little something for everyone!
First up on my list of summer soup ideas is summer corn and zucchini chowder.
You are going to love this one.
It has bacon too!
And all the yummies of onion, celery, corn, garlic, potatoes, zucchini, and squash.
An interesting strategy presented here is to blend a few cups smooth and then add back in so it is a mix of hearty and creamy together.
Veggies and meatballs come together in this delightfully satisfying summer soup!
I highly suggest making a double batch and freezing some for another day!
Pasta, zucchini, spinach, and a wonderful array of seasonings make this soup fabulous!
The instructions for making turkey meatballs are included or you can use frozen
because there is no time to judge anyone, ever.
This is one of my soup ideas for summer that is chilled.
Peaches with sweet heirloom tomatoes is a match made in heaven!
Slice and dice (setting some aside for the garnish) and add to your blender cucumber, red onion, heirloom tomatoes of the yellow variety, peaches, olive oil, vinegar and salt.
Chill for several hours.
Garnish with the bits of cut veggies and burrata or ricotta cheese or possibly a slice or two of avocado.
Light and satisfying is how I would describe this best summer soup recipe.
For several reasons.
One, the lemon.
Two, the orzo which is a light pasta.
Three, the chicken which is readily available at the grocery precooked if you do not have the time to cook and debone one.
Same for the broth.
When served, the parsley dancing as a garnish on top simply embodies summer freedom!
Summertime soups are perfect on rainy days too!
This satisfying sausage and white bean soup is hearty and easily cooks up in thirty minutes.
Other proteins could be used if you wish.
Not a fan of spinach, use kale or Swiss chard.
Don’t care for white beans, use navy or great northern.
Any kind of small pasta could be added to make it even more filling.
Love the flexibility here!
I categorize this pork noodle soup as a great summer soup because it is ready in an extraordinarily short amount of time!
Saute some veggies, add in water and seasonings bringing to a boil.
Add the ramen noodles and cooked pork.
Ready to serve once it is all heated through.
Gloriously easy and tasty!
Panera Bread has the corner on this soup but come on, we can totally make this broccoli cheddar soup, yes, even as one of my fantastic summer soup ideas!
Here’s what is needed: olive oil, onion, carrot, garlic, flour, spices, milk, stock, broccoli (fresh or frozen), and cheddar cheese!
Best to rewarm leftovers (if there are any) on the stove!
Here is a wonderful summer vegetable soup that can be made in an Instant Pot or on the stove or in a slow cooker and instructions for each are included!
Corn, zucchini and tomatoes are a part of summer crop abundance that can be beautifully made into soup and frozen for a winter day!
The recipe calls for, but is not limited to, onion, corn, tomatoes, bell peppers, zucchini, lima beans, mushrooms, and eggplant.
This culturally authentic spinach soup looks amazing and has a bit of tart flair.
This falls into the soup ideas for summer category since spinach and zucchini used to be the most abundant veggies available in summer.
It includes broth, oil, onion, carrot, potatoes, spinach, zucchini, lemon juice, hard-boiled eggs, and dill.
Garnish when serving with a dollop of sour cream.
Want more Russian Soups? We got ’em.
Cucumbers make the best summer soup because they are already mostly water and mix easily with other seasonings.
Blending them up with yogurt, lemon juice, mustard, a green onion, and fresh dill is easy.
Allow to chill for a few hours.
Garnish with parsley, minced red onion, cucumber circles, or feta cheese when ready to serve.
Gorgeous and really great!
We have even more cold soups here too.
This next recipe of summertime soups is all about the corn!
Ingredients include cream, butter, garlic, onion, celery, leek and corn on the cob!
After cutting the kernels off, the cobs are simmered in water to make corn stock!
Cool, huh!
After making, it all gets blended and then chilled.
Garnish with come sauteed corn kernels and sliced green onions.
Excellent video too!
This great summer soup is an elegant summer treat!
Not exactly what you might expect, as it has watermelon, tomatoes, jalapenos, garlic, and mint.
A very exotic combination of sweet, tart, spicy and fresh.
The only time consuming part here is removing the seeds from the watermelon because there still are some, even if it is seedless.
Put all the ingredients in your blender and you’ve got watermelon gazpacho as smooth or crunchy as you like.
Garnish with diced watermelon, red peppers or mint leaves.
For summer soup ideas that are room temperature, consider this basil zucchini recipe.
It is a lovely bright green!
The leeks are lightly sauteed while the rest of the ingredients heading straight into the blender.
Together there will be zucchini, hemp seeds, lemon juice, miso, water, pepper and basil.
For a smoother soup, saute the zucchini too.
Garnish with croutons.
If you are ready to fall in love with a summer soup, this is a strong contender for first place!
This chilled peach soup with cucumbers is light and tasty!
It also has champagne vinegar (or sherry), garlic, greek yogurt, basil oil, and just a bit of honey.
It all goes in the blender and then can be strained if preferred.
Chilling is mandatory!
Diced peaches or cucumbers can be added and nectarines can be used if peaches are in short supply.
Garnish with some basil oil or microgreens!
Onions, leek, potatoes, chicken broth and cream combine for this next entree for soup ideas for summer.
This Vichyssoise soup was created by a Frenchman at the Ritz in NYC, hence the French name!
It is best made the day ahead and allowed to come to almost room temperature before serving.
Garnish with chopped chives.
Cool and quick is what summertime soups aspire to be like this edamame gazpacho.
It is made of edamame, avocado, lemon, salt, pepper, and basil well blended.
That’s it.
Garnish with some roasted corn kernels and a curried salt.
The Spanish influence is seen and tasted in this best summer soup of mango orange gazpacho.
It also includes cucumber, onion, mint, pepper, salt, olive oil and a bit of sugar.
Chilling makes it even more delightful.
Garnish with mint, mango and pecans.
For a super great summer soup, try this cauliflower soup that boasts both bacon and cashews blended right in.
It also has onion, garlic, chicken stock, thyme, salt and pepper.
After cooking, cool a bit and if you have a high speed blender, give it a whirl.
When ready to serve, garnish with bacon, chives and black pepper.
Tomato gazpacho is one of many summer soup ideas that are delicious when chilled.
All the vegetables are chopped up with some reserved for adding in while the rest will be blended smoothly.
Several hours to chill and if wanting a creative presentation, garnish with grilled shrimp or a dollop of mascarpone cheese.
Ah, the lovely strawberries of summer, they do make a gorgeous and tantalizing summer soup when combined with coconut cream, vanilla yogurt, orange juice, lemon juice, sugar, vanilla, ginger, and cinnamon.
It is creamy, sweet and interesting to the palate with the citrus and cinnamon.
Chill for several hours and serve with a spot of whipped cream or sliced strawberries.
To close out my list of soup ideas for summer, I offer to you avocado soup which tastes
like guacamole in soup form!
The usual suspects of lime juice, garlic, cilantro and jalapenos are included along with some broth.
It is all easily blended together before chilling.
Of course, if you want to take it up a notch on the spicy scale feel free to add in cayenne pepper or cumin or onions.
The bottom line
No matter what style of soup you like best, I hope several of these great summer soup recipes inspired you to give one a try!
While soups are typically appetizers or part of a meal, a few on this list could even qualify as dessert!
Look how amazingly versatile soup can be!
21 Summer Soups
Soup ideas for summer are wonderful for pairing with sandwiches or salads
Ingredients
- Summer Corn And Zucchini Chowder
- Summer Minestrone With Turkey Meatballs
- Tomato Peach Gazpacho
- Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup
- One-Pot Sausage And White Bean Soup
- Pork Noodle Soup
- Broccoli Cheddar Soup
- Summer Vegetable Soup
- Green Borscht - Ukrainian Spinach Soup
- Cold Cucumber Soup
- Cold Corn Soup For Summer
- Summer Watermelon Gazpacho
- Basil Zucchini Soup Recipe
- Peach Soup With Basil Oil
- Classic Vichyssoise Soup
- Chilled Edamame Gazpacho With Roasted Corn And Curried Salt
- Healthy Mango Orange Gazpacho
- Creamy Paleo Cauliflower Soup With Bacon
- Easy Tomato Gazpacho Soup
- Chilled Strawberry Soup
- Avocado Soup With Cilantro & Lime
Instructions
- Choose one or more options from our list of summer souprecipes here!
- Create your new favorite soup.
- Pat yourself on the back for making food at home for you to enjoy!
- Share and comment! Did you make any tweaks, so it’s all your own?