I eat soup everyday- cold in summer and warm in winter. I don't follow recipes as such, just use what I have around. I do have a hand blender and like my soups smooth, but you an just chop bits smaller if you like.
Today I made two soups:
Courgette, onion, carrots and pumpkin (the pumpkin was the tinned variety but you can use fresh). With chicken stock (I always have some in the freezer). I used onion granules' garlic granules, cumin and paprika to spice it. And two whole chillies.
I also made a soup for the family for dinner tomorrow which is one I make a lot. Fry onion, add chopped carrots. Add a whole pack f washed RED lentils, add chicken stock, season with loads of cumin. I blend but you don't have to.
One I made loads over the last winter was a roasted vegetable soup. Onion, garlic, carrots, and butternut squash cut into pieces and roasted with olive oil in the oven. Then tip into pan with stock and cook. Again, I blend, but you don't have to. The roasted veg add a totally different flavour than boiled. I like it with chillies in too for a kick and sometimes add coconut milk. Or yogurt.
Over the summer I did a cold soup a lot with onion, courgettes and frozen peas. Cooked with stock. Blended and loads of chopped mint added.