Snow Day Y'all, 12 Soups to Keep You Warm

Photography By Jill Melton | Last Updated January 22, 2016

2014 included over 10 snow days for kids at Nashville schools.

Snow days are few and far between in Nashville. But 2014 was a particularly white winter. While we can only hope to have a few this year, a warm bowl of soup is still welcome on cold days--snow or not.

Dreamers' Ribollita (twice boiled) Soup

Dreamers would like you to look beyond their mobile metal exterior. They're not just a food truck. They state, "We’re a mobile community center and creativity platform." So while you're safely...

Black Bean Roasted Poblano Soup

This flavorful soup comes to us from Dreamers Food Truck. No Instant Pot? Never fear. You can also make this soup on the stovetop.

Chicken Soup with Orzo

Homemade chicken stock made with the bones of a rotisserie or roast chicken is thickened with a roux and enhanced with orzo, shredded chicken, and carrots.

Sweet Potato, Kale, and Red Lentil Soup

Melissa Haithcock of the blog ahappyhealthyheart.com cooked up this hearty vegetarian soup at The Edible Kitchen in November.

March Minestrone Soup

In season greens, canned tomatoes, and beans make this an economical, yet tasty and super nutritious dish.

Avgolemono Soup with Chicken

A classic Greek soup that's so delicious you almost can't believe how simple it is. Make chicken stock from a rotisserie chicken. Add rice or pasta, then eggs and lemon juice, whisk and thicken, toss...

Easy Tomato Soup

Home made tomato soup is only as far away as a can of tomatoes. Any kind will work; pureed, crushed, diced, whole, whatever. Saute up some carrot and onion, add tomato, broth, water, or wine, herbs...

Chicken Soup with Orzo

Homemade chicken stock made with the bones of a rotisserie or roast chicken is thickened with a roux and enhanced with orzo, shredded chicken, and carrots.

Chickpea Vegetable Soup

This recipe, adapted from Melissa Clark of The New York Times, is comfort and nutrition at its best. The chickpeas (garbanzos) cook with a parmesan cheese rind, onion,garlic and olive oil making a...

Cheddar Chive Scones

Creamy Cauliflower Potato Soup with Cheese

Born out of our May CSA box from Doe Run Farms, this creamy soup is just the ticket. Top with Pistachio Pesto or chopped parsley.

Sweet and Spicy Kale and Tofu Curry

In February I eat a lot of kale. With a little forest of it in my yard, I eat it all year, but with little else in season in the winter, I rely on it more. It goes great in most any soup—...

Lockeland Table’s Beer Cheese Soup

Serve an arugula radicchio salad with lime vinaigrette for a zesty, biting contrast to the rich creamy soup.

Seafood Chowder

You can use almost any combination of seafood in this warming chowder by Nashvillians and Alsakan fishermen, Cathy and Mike Stoltz.

Sweet Potato & Black Bean Chili

This vegetarian chili takes perfectly to a host of other ingredients. Saute the onion in bacon for a smoky, meaty version, add chicken, beef or pork, or add chiles or roasted peppers.

Easy Clam Chowder

Whenever we cook shrimp, we make a quick shrimp stock with the shells (boil shells in water for 20 minutes), then pour into jars and freeze. But bottled clam juice works as well, just watch the...

Cream of Tomato Soup

We made this soup with our fresh canned tomatoes put up in 2016 (yes they were in the back of the shelf), but store-bought canned tomatoes are great as well.