Quick farmers' market soup recipes

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Soup recipes for the harvest season

Roasted Red Pepper Soup

Roasting the peppers makes this soup sweet, smoky, and irresistible.

Recipe: Roasted red pepper soup

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Spicy greens meet tender ham in this restorative soup.

Recipe: Broccoli rabe and ham in ginger broth

Good old vichyssoise, but with spinach and without cream―so it’s a beautiful electric green and kind to your waistline.

Recipe: Spinach, leek, and potato soup

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We’ve used the beet to its fullest: sweet golden slices of the root, paired with dark, earthy leaves.

Recipe: Golden Beet and Beet Greens Soup

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A smooth, silky, understated first course―the Greta Garbo of soups.

Recipe: Fennel apple bisque

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Use whatever mushrooms you like in this delicate yet earthy soup, but use at least four types.

Recipe: Mushrooms in sherry shallot broth

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Kabocha (Japanese winter squash) has deep orange, sweet, smooth flesh that makes a terrific soup―especially when tinged with curry.

Recipe: Curried roasted squash soup