In a perfect world we would all have a personal chef and dinner would be on the table when we came home in the evening. Piping hot, satisfying and healthy.

While we don’t live in a perfect world a slow cooker gets us a bit closer. Add the ingredients in the morning before heading out the door and arrive home to the delicious aroma of a fully cooked meal. Add a side salad or some crusty bread from your favorite bakery and you can have your family fed before they can even think about asking, “What’s for dinner?”

Check out these 12 Slow Cooker Soup Recipes for tons of inspiration

1. Homemade Minestrone Soup – Minestrone soup is loaded with tasty veggies, like spinach and zucchini. It’s also protein packed with red kidney beans and great northern beans. You’ll be full for hours from this healthy, nutritious soup!
2. Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup – The ultimate comfort food and cold/flu panacea. Make it for yourself, your family or a sick friend and don’t worry about spending all day on it. Toss the ingredients in the crock pot and snuggle on the sofa until it’s done.
3. Slow Cooker Potato Soup – Served plain or piled high with garnish this recipe is one you will turn to again and again. Put the ingredients in the slow cooker and it’s ready to finish off 6-8 hours later.
4. Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken and Rice Soup – A perfect warmer upper on a chilly day. This soup will fill you up and warm you from the inside out.
5. Crock Pot Vegetable Lentil Soup – Are you looking for a hearty vegetarian soup? Look no further.
6. Slow Cooker 15 Bean Soup with Turkey Kielbasa – Add more veggies to this if you like. It’s a great way to clean out the crisper drawer at the end of the week.
7. Crock Pot Cheeseburger Soup – What’s better than hot soup? Hot soup with cheese! This thick and creamy soup will fill your tummy in no time.
8. Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Soup – Put it all in the slow cooker and when you walk in the door in the evening you will have dinner ready to serve. This is a super easy recipe that the whole family will love.
9. Slow Cooker Broccoli and Cheese Soup –  Are you a big fan of Panera’s Broccoli and Cheese Soup? If so, you will LOVE this recipe. Can’t live without the bread bowl? You can find a recipe to make them right here – Homemade Split Peas Soup in a Bread Bowl.
10. Slow Cooker Ham and White Bean Soup –  If you aren’t sure what to do with the left over Christmas or Easter ham this recipe will save the day. Loaded with fiber and protein you will stay full a long time.
11. Slow Cooker Vegetable Beef Soup – Pair this soup with a loaf of crusty bread and you are all set for the evening meal.
12. Slow Cooker French Onion Soup – A rich beefy broth loaded with caramelized onions and herbs and topped with an amazing Gruyere cheese topping! Who could ask for more?

Which one are you going to try this week? Let us know in the comments!