Vegan: Lentil and Coconut Soup with Cilantro-Habanero Gremolata

Note: Wear plastic gloves and use a separate cutting board when chopping the habanero pepper. You do not want to get it anywhere near your eyes or skin....

Vegan Curry Butternut Squash Soup With Kale

A quick and easy stew of butternut squash, kale, and toasted quinoa, made in a single skillet.

Smoky Charred Cauliflower and Potato Soup With Kale

[Photographs: J. Kenji Lopez-Alt] A vegan riff on the Portuguese soup of caldo verde. When charred, cauliflower attains a nuttiness that borders on meaty while simultaneously becoming sweeter....

Roasted Sweet Potato Soup With Pistachio, Orange, and Mint Salsa

This simple, warming soup is made with sweet roasted sweet potatoes and a splash of orange juice, and topped with a sauce made from crushed pistachios, olive oil, mint, scallions, and orange zest.

Ghanaian Chicken and Peanut Stew (Groundnut Soup)

Peanut butter and tomatoes lend a rich and creamy backdrop to this simple, hearty Ghanaian chicken stew.

Kale Greens in Coconut Milk from 'The Adobo Road Cookbook'

Kale salads and sauteed greens with chile flakes only go so far to satisfy my curious cravings, so I'm always looking for a new way to get my fix. Marvin Gapultos's recipe for Kale Greens in Coconut Milk is just the ticket: the greens are given a long-ish simmer in a potent mixture of thick coconut milk, shrimp paste, shrimp stock, and Thai chiles, emerging supple and succulent.

Roasted Butternut Squash, Kale, and Lemon Soup

I have something of an aversion to blended soups, mostly because the homogeneous texture gets boring after a while. Instead, I love brothy soups—ones with all kinds of things floating in the bowl for me to scoop out. But who says you can't add things into a blended soup to get the best of both worlds?

Sweet Coconut Soup with Fruit Pearls

Sweet dessert soups are common in East and South East Asia. I'm partial to those made with coconut milk, which make a silky base for inclusions of fruit, red bean, tapioca pearls, and jellies. Spherified fruit juices combine the best of these add-ins: intense fruit flavor with a dynamic, juicy texture. I used guava juice, but use whatever flavors (perhaps in combination) you like. You can even dilute flavored syrups (like ginger or cinnamon) in water for your fruit juice. Just stay away from aci...

Vegan Lentil Soup

A super simple lentil soup with a bright, balanced flavor.

Hearty Vegan Polenta and Kale Soup With Miso and Toasted Sesame Oil

This easy one-pot polenta and kale soup hails from Italy, but we give it a distinctly Japanese twist: In place of the Parmesan called for in a traditional recipe, we finish ours up with the addition of miso paste, soy sauce, and scallions. It's savory, rich, and 100% vegan.