As the days (and nights) get cooler, few foods satisfy as much as a bowl of soup. Most of these recipes feature seasonal vegetables and are either quick to make or make-ahead, which means you can heat some up whenever you start to feel the chill.

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Roasted Carrot Soup

A tablespoon of ginger gives a nice, throat-warming heat to this soup, which tastes best if made ahead.

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Beet Green and Bulgur Soup with Poached Eggs

Don’t let the simplicity of this soup, with its handful of ingredients, fool you: It’s full-flavored and remarkably comforting. It’s also perfect for a weeknight.

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Black Bean Soup with Sweet Potatoes

The sweet potatoes in this soup contrast nicely with the tang of the yogurt and the tartness of the lime.

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Tuscan Peasant Soup with Rosemary & Pancetta

Though it's called peasant soup, this recipe is a wealth of hearty ingredients, including cabbage, carrots, pancetta, and Parmigiano-Reggiano.

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Cinnamon Beef Noodle Soup

When you are in the mood for something different but still comforting, this is the soup for you. Layers of sweet, sour, salty, and spicy make a full-flavored but light broth.

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Creamy Seafood Chowder with Bacon, Thyme & Jalapeño

This quick-cooking chowder gets a jolt of flavor from mildly spicy jalapeño, but it's otherwise full of classic flavors like bacon, clam, and cream.

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Curried Lentil Soup

Lentil soup gets more flavor and texture with chunky bites of celery, parsnip, and carrot. Whether you want to use a sweet curry powder, such as Maharajah, or a hot curry powder, such as Madras, is up to you.

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Classic Tomato Soup

Because this soup uses canned tomatoes (to great effect), it's delicious anytime of the year. Pair it with a crisp grilled cheese sandwich and you have a perfect cool-weather lunch.

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Autumn Vegetable Soup

Besides their clear health benefits, vegetable soups are the perfect canvas for what's in season. And this time of year, it's  a variety of gorgeous fall vegetables.

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White Bean Soup with Wild Mushrooms & Chive Mascarpone

Though it's really just a simple purée of white beans, a topping of earthy wild mushrooms and a herbed mascarpone cheese makes this soup more refined.

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Butternut Squash Soup with Apple & Bacon

Smoky bacon, herby sage, and sweet apple give this squash soup layers of flavor.

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