8 Freezer Soups for Quick and Easy Lunches or Dinners
These freezer soups for quick and easy lunches or dinners are the batches I make on a Sunday and portion out so there’s always something warm one reheat away.
From chicken noodle to taco soup, a lentil, and a zuppa toscana, they freeze in portions and thaw into a fast lunch at your desk or a full dinner.
Here are the eight I keep in the freezer!
Soup is made for the freezer because it comes together in one big pot, freezes flat in bags or in single portions, and reheats on the stove or in the microwave.
Broth-based soups freeze best of all, and even the creamy ones do fine with a little sauce or cheese stirred in after they reheat.
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1. Freezer Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken, carrots, celery, and broth frozen in portions, with the noodles added fresh when you reheat.
Leaving the noodles out until reheating keeps them from turning to mush.
It’s the soup I want the minute anyone gets a cold.
A squeeze of lemon and fresh dill to serve!
2. Freezer Taco Soup
Ground beef, beans, corn, and tomatoes in a spiced broth that freezes and reheats without losing a thing.
It’s a dump-and-simmer soup that’s even better the second time around.
Portion it into single servings for fast lunches.
Top it with cheese, avocado, and tortilla chips.
3. Freezer Minestrone Soup
A garden of vegetables and beans in a tomato broth, frozen in portions for an easy vegetable-packed meal.
Hold the pasta and stir it in fresh when you reheat.
One container is a whole serving of vegetables.
Parmesan and crusty bread on the side.
4. Freezer Lentil Soup
Hearty lentils and vegetables in a savory broth, a high-fiber soup that freezes beautifully.
Lentils hold their texture through freezing and reheating.
It thickens as it sits, so add a splash of broth when you warm it.
A drizzle of olive oil and a squeeze of lemon.
5. Freezer Butternut Squash Soup
Roasted butternut squash blended smooth with warm spices, frozen in portions for a cozy lunch.
The blended soup freezes and reheats without separating.
Swirl in a little cream or coconut milk when you serve it.
Pumpkin seeds on top for crunch.
6. Freezer Broccoli Cheddar Soup
A creamy broccoli and cheddar soup you can freeze and bring back to life on the stove.
Freeze the base and stir the cheese in after it reheats so it stays smooth.
Warm it low and slow so the dairy doesn’t break.
A bread bowl turns it into a full meal.
7. Freezer Baked Potato Soup
A thick, comforting potato soup frozen in portions and topped like a loaded baked potato.
Reheat it gently and stir to bring the texture back together.
Save the bacon, cheese, and chives for after it’s hot.
A cozy lunch on a cold afternoon.
8. Freezer Zuppa Toscana
Sausage, potatoes, and kale in a creamy broth, the steakhouse copycat made freezer-friendly.
Freeze it before the cream goes in and add it when you reheat.
The kale holds up well through freezing.
Grated parmesan over the top to serve.
Notes on Freezer Soups
Broth-based soups freeze best, while creamy and cheesy ones do better if you freeze the base and stir in the dairy after reheating.
Leave pasta, rice, and noodles out of the pot before freezing and add them fresh when you reheat, since they turn mushy otherwise.
Cool the soup completely, then freeze it flat in bags or in single portions so it thaws fast and stacks small.
Leave a little room at the top of any container, since soup expands as it freezes.
A set of portion freezer trays freezes soup in perfect single servings, and a few freezer-safe containers hold the bigger batches.
Heavy freezer bags laid flat save the most space, and a roll of freezer labels keeps track of what’s what.
An immersion blender makes quick work of the pureed soups right in the pot.
Make a double batch whenever the pot is out, since soup freezes so well that the extra is never wasted.
More Cozy Meals on the Site
My quick crockpot dinners with ten minutes of prep post has more warm, low-effort meals.
The hearty crockpot beef stew with root vegetables is a batch stew that freezes as well as any soup here.
And the slow cooker chicken and dumplings is the coziest bowl I make all winter.
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