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8 Homemade Soups You Can Make with 5 Ingredients or Less

Lauren Smith, MASanjai Sinha, MD
Written by Lauren Smith, MA | Reviewed by Sanjai Sinha, MD
Updated on October 4, 2025
Reviewed by Sanjai Sinha, MD | October 4, 2025

Canned soups are one of the most convenient meals, and many of them are low in calories, too. But canned soups have a couple big drawbacks: They’re often high in sodium, and the veggies and other ingredients are heavily processed and contain very little of the beneficial nutrients of fresh foods.

Instead, check out these flavorful and healthy five-ingredient soups:

  1. Roasted broccoli soup

  2. Lentil rosemary soup

  3. Carrot ginger soup

  4. Miso soup

  5. Roasted red bell pepper soup

  6. Rosemary cauliflower soup

  7. Chicken tortilla soup

  8. Butternut squash soup

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Lauren Smith, MA
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Lauren Smith, MA
Lauren Smith, MA, has worked in health journalism since 2017. Before joining GoodRx, she was the senior health editor and writer for HealthiNation.
Sanjai Sinha, MD
Reviewed by:
Sanjai Sinha, MD
Sanjai Sinha, MD, is a board-certified physician with over 20 years of experience. He specializes in internal medicine.

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