Soups are a great way to get extra nutrition into your family, including veggie-phobic kids. Since soups are the original “use up” food, it is easy to add leftover cooked or fresh vegetables for a nutritious boost. Greens of all kinds, like spinach or escarole, also make tasty and healthful additions.

Beans and lentils are nutritional powerhouses. They could easily be called a super food, and many of our soups include them because they also are delicious! They are satisfying because beans are loaded with protein, complex carbohydrates and soluble fiber along with calcium, potassium, vitamin B6, magnesium, folate, antioxidants, and alpha-linolenic acid. Beans can help protect against the damage caused be free radicals and can lower the risk of heart disease and some cancers.