Top 10 winter soup recipes

Soup makes a cheap, filling and healthy meal, but it can be easy to rely on the same old favourites. We've put together 10 soup recipes to help see you through the winter. All serve 2.

Spicy Sweet Potato and Chipotle Chilli Soup
Spicy Sweet Potato and Chipotle Chilli Soup © Jo RomeroSweet potatoes are a great source of vitamin C - vital for keeping our immune systems in top condition, as well as vitamin A, which is good for our skin. This soup is spiced up with chipotle chilli paste for extra warmth.

Ingredients
2 tbsp olive oil
quarter tsp of chipotle chilli paste
2 garlic cloves, chopped
1 medium onion, peeled and chopped
400g sweet potatoes, peeled and roughly diced
400ml chicken stock
salt and pepper
single cream and chopped parsley, to serve

Can the DASH diet make you thinner and healthier?

The DASH diet is the latest weight-loss craze to make it across the pond, but unlike many of its predecessors it’s actually considered to be healthy - while still promising to help you drop a dress size before Christmas.

DASH has won the coveted ‘healthiest diet’ accolade in the US for two years running and the eating plan, which stands for ‘Dietary approaches to Stop Hypertension’, was initially created to help people tackle high blood pressure with what they eat.