25 Vegetable Broth Recipes To Help You Use The Whole Carton
Published Oct 17, 2026
25 recipes with vegetable broth for using up an open carton, with soups, stews, risotto, pasta, and one pot dinners that call for a cup or more.
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I use vegetable broth more than any other stock, even when I’m cooking chicken. I like the extra flavor. But when I have some left in the fridge and I’m trying to think of what to make with vegetable broth, I still think of soup first. So I wanted to pull together the other recipes I make with vegetable broth, too. Sometimes I just need to see a few ideas before I remember, oh right, I could make that. There’s soup in here as well, but I didn’t want to stop there.
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25 Recipes with Vegetable Broth
The most common recipes that use broth are soups, stews, and chilis. But I often replace water with vegetable broth in pasta dishes, or use it when sautéing veggies instead of oil, or add it to side dishes like mashed potatoes.
Dinners & Sides Made with Vegetable Broth
Main Course
Creamy Butternut Squash Pasta Recipe
This butternut squash pasta is creamy, made with roasted butternut squash and garlic, with a few spices tossed in al dente pasta,
40 minutes
Main Course
Shrimp Scampi with Zoodles
Healthy Shrimp Scampi combines the classic flavors of the dish with simple swaps like using zoodles zucchini noodles instead of pasta for a lighter meal!
15 minutes
Main Course, Side Dish
Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese Recipe
Butternut squash mac and cheese made by blending cooked squash into a creamy cheddar sauce. An easy one-pot dinner ready in 30 minutes that kids actually eat.
30 minutes
Side Dish
Melting Sweet Potatoes Recipe
These melting sweet potatoes roast until they’re soft in the middle and caramelized on the edges, made with butter, cinnamon, and a little maple syrup, with only 10 minutes of prep.
50 minutes
Side Dish
Butternut Squash Risotto Recipe
Creamy butternut squash risotto made in one pot, no endless stirring required. Arborio rice, sage, broth, and parmesan cook together for an easy recipe.
40 minutes
Main Course
Sautéed Chicken with Mushrooms
This easy one pan 30 minute meal is perfect for a weeknight family meal. Sautéed chicken and mushroom is made with simple ingredients and loaded with flavor.
25 minutes
Entree, Main Course, Main Dish
Chicken Piccata Recipe
This chicken piccata recipe is easy to make with chicken cutlets, in a lemon caper sauce that is pan seared and takes under 30 minutes to make.
28 minutes
Entree
Mediterranean Couscous with Shrimp
This Mediterranean Couscous with Shrimp is a delicious flavorful recipe to try out for dinner – it's a warm delicious dish that reheats well!
22 minutes
Entree
One Pot Chicken and Rice Recipe
This one-pot chicken and rice recipe is cooked in a single pot and is made with chicken breast, frozen veggies, and rice altogether with just 10 minutes of prep time.
40 minutes
Dinner, Entree, Main Course, Main Dish
Lentil Shepherd’s Pie Vegan Recipe
Vegan Lentil Shepherd's Pie made with brown lentils, mixed veggies, and simmered in a tomato and veggie stock, topped with mashed potatoes and baked.
1 hour 20 minutes
Entree
Red Lentil Curry
This hearty red lentil curry is made with sweet potatoes, aromatic Indian spices, and broth for an easy one-pot vegan dinner packed with flavor and protein.
30 minutes
Dinner, Entree, Main Course
Vegetarian Shepherds Pie Recipe
Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie made with mushrooms and quinoa, simmered in vegetable broth with fresh thyme and topped with mashed potatoes.
1 hour 20 minutes
Vegetable Broth-Based Soups
Soup
Tomato Cabbage Soup
Tomato Cabbage Soup is a hearty vegan soup loaded with vegetables in a spicy tomato broth. It’s easy to make, customizable, and makes for a nourishing starter or light lunch
45 minutes
Soup
Zucchini Orzo Soup Recipe
One-pot Vegetable Orzo Soup with zucchini, carrots, celery, tomatoes, and orzo simmered in vegetable broth. About 10–15 minutes of prep.
55 minutes
Soup
White Bean Soup Recipe
Vegetarian white bean soup made with white beans, carrots, celery, spinach, and broth. It comes together in about 30 minutes and keeps well for leftovers.
30 minutes
Soup
Chickpea Noodle Soup Recipe
Easy chickpea noodle soup simmered with carrots, celery, and rotini with simple seasonings in a vegetable-based broth.
45 minutes
Soup
Zucchini Soup Recipe
Creamy zucchini soup made with leeks, cannellini beans, basil, and lemon. Blended smooth without cream and ready in under 30 minutes.
45 minutes
Soup
Roasted Butternut Squash Soup Recipe
This roasted butternut squash soup is made with a whole, roasted butternut squash that is simmered with spices, vegetable broth, and coconut milk.
1 hour 5 minutes
Soup
Roasted Tomato Soup Recipe
Easy, creamy roasted Tomato Soup with fresh tomatoes, canned tomatoes, onion, garlic, vegetable stock, fresh rosemary, and fresh basil.
1 hour 30 minutes
Soup
Potato Leek Soup
Make this healthy vegetarian potato leek soup with simple ingredients, and no flour, butter or cream. Smooth, creamy, and easy to prepare for a cozy meal!
1 hour
Soup
Lebanese Crushed Lentil Soup
Learn how to make this authentic healthy Lebanese Crushed Lentil Soup in 30 minutes! Made with simple pantry ingredients, it's vegan, hearty and so filling!
45 minutes
Soup
Curried Butternut Squash Soup Recipe
This curried butternut squash soup is made with a whole butternut squash simmered in a coconut milk and curry broth and then pureed until creamy and smooth.
50 minutes
Entree
Peas and Carrots Stew
Bazella W Riz is a Peas and Carrots Stew that is a popular Lebanese recipe made with a tomato base broth and served with vermicelli rice
40 minutes
Dinner, Main Dish, Soup
Freekeh Soup
This Lebanese freekeh soup recipe is made with cracked freekeh, shredded chicken, onions, and spices for a hearty, comforting chicken soup.
1 hour 40 minutes
Soup
Lentil Kale Soup
Lentil Kale Soup is a hearty vegan recipe that is easy to throw together with green lentils, onions, celery, carrots and kale – 13 grams of protein/serving!
40 minutes
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You can also use homemade vegetable broth, which will last 4-5 days!
hahahah…… Potato & Cauliflower Casserole recipe mentioned above has no broth mentioned as an ingredient.
Thank you for pointing that out! I’ve made the changes to correct that.
I googled How to Use Vegetable Stock and this is all about BROTH
Yes! This post is called 10 Recipes with Vegetable Broth.
Hi it was an honour reading this blog got to know so much about it that I wasn’t aware before but after reading the article I got to know so much about it and will surely work on this skills as well and try and test it as soon as possible.
Thank you!