6 Soups To Warm You Up This Winter

Butternut-Pear Soup. Because pears deserve a shot at the soup spotlight, too.

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Beef and Barley Soup. Mom was right. If you stay outside in the cold, you will get a cold. Get your immune system in check with one of mom's favorite foods.

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Pasta and Meatball Soup. Tomato soup and spaghetti and meatballs got together and created this wonderful Frankenstein of foods.

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Split Pea Soup. Another classic that will take you back like it's #tbt.

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Winter Pumpkin Soup with Parmesan Croutons and Bacon Chips. There are just so many things right with this soup. Pumpkin? Check. Cheesy Croutons? Check. Bacon Chips? Check.

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Cozy Winter Soup with Fennel Sausage, Leeks, White Beans, and Rapini. Clearly the best winter soup because it says so in the title. Rapini, aka broccoli rabe, is a big green vegetable that resembles broccoli but isn't related to it.

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Not enough soup here for you? Check out Soups for All Seasons to get your fill.

Julie Ruggirello is the Recipe Editor and firmly believes that the only way to warm up throughout the winter is with a big bowl of soup. Follow her on Twitter @TDMRecipeEditor.