NewsBite

Creamy cauliflower and potato soup topped with mini cheese toastie bites.

Recipe collection

16 freezer-friendly soups and stews to cook (and stash away) this week

These hearty and comforting recipes all freeze like a dream. Just skip the yoghurt or cream, fresh herbs and sprinklings (and toasties!) before you put those extra portions on ice.

16 recipes
Crispy curry leaves and coriander seeds add zing to this curried chickpea stew.
EASY

Indian spiced chickpea and coriander stew

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Warm up with this homestyle barley broth with a lemony twist.

Karen Martini’s braised lamb and barley broth

  • 2 hrs +
  • Karen Martini
Roast pumpkin soup swirled with spinach puree and cream.

Roast pumpkin soup with spinach puree (freeze the extra) and cream

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Cauliflower, thyme and potato soup topped with mini cheese toastie bites.
EASY

Cauliflower, thyme and potato soup with cheesy mustard croutons

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Budget-friendly and comforting carrot and lentil soup.
EASY

Spiced carrot and lentil soup (freeze before the yoghurt goes in)

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
This beef stew is great served with fresh pasta.
EASY

Beef chuck and white bean stew (goes well with pasta, pesto and burrata)

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Advertisement
Casarecce with pork and fennel ragu.

Adam Liaw’s casarecce with pork and fennel ragu

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Pick up a supermarket roast chicken for this spiced soup.
EASY

Ras el hanout and lentil soup topped with leftover roast chicken (optional)

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
This slow-cooked lamb can largely be left alone on the stove.
EASY

Slow-cooked lamb with cumin yoghurt, chickpeas and pomegranate

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Neil Perry's pea and ham soup.

Neil Perry’s pea and ham soup with tinned tomatoes

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s beef short-rib ragu.

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s beef short-rib ragu

  • 2 hrs +
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Spice up your soup and sandwich combo with kimchi and gochujang.
EASY

Tomato and kimchi soup with chilli cheese toasties

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Fresh ginger gives this vegan curry a nose-clearing kick.
EASY

Vegan red lentil, ginger and coconut curry

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Chunky, hearty chilli con carne.

Jill Dupleix’s ultimate chilli con carne (and 10 ways to use it when you defrost it)

  • 2 hrs +
  • Jill Dupleix
Serve this sugo-laden pasta with a heft of excellent cheese.
EASY

Pasta all'arrabbiata with slow-cooked sugo

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Advertisement
Chicken, vegetable and risoni soup.

Bill Granger's chicken, vegetable and risoni soup

  • 2 hrs +
  • Bill Granger

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/recipes/16-freezer-friendly-soups-and-stews-to-cook-and-stash-away-this-week-20240510-p5jcj8.html