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Your Thanksgiving table has room for more liquids beyond gravy—serve soup! Squash, carrot, celery, fennel, mushrooms, potato, and more combine for creamy fall-themed soups. Many of these can be prepared ahead of time and reheated when T-day comes.

Do you serve soup at your Thanksgiving dinner? If not, maybe you'll feel inspired after checking out these recipes.

• Gingered Butternut Soup [SE]
• Silky Leek & Celery Root Soup [Fine Cooking]
• Carrot-Ginger Velvet [Splendid Table]
• Thai-Spiced Pumpkin Soup [101 Cookbooks]
• Smoked Sausage, Butternut Squash and Wild Rice Soup [Food Network]
• Roasted Fennel Soup with Cranberries and Hazelnuts [La Cucina Italiana]
• Chipotle Sweet Potato Soup [Homesick Texan]
• Creamy Celery Root Soup (with or Without Chicken) [SE]
• Curried Cauliflower Soup [Martha Stewart]
• Creamy Parsnip Soup with Prosciutto [Food & Wine]

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• Squash and Fennel Soup with Candied Pumpkin Seeds [SE]
• Smoked Haddock Chowder Recipe from the Spotted Pig's April Bloomfield [SE]
• Carrot Vichyssoise [SE]
• Mushroom Soup with Toasted Bread [Food & Wine]
• Calvados-Laced Squash Soup with Cinnamon and Bay Leaves [Epicurious]
• Carrot Pumpkin Soup [Bitchin' Camero]
• Richard Olney's Garlic Soup [101 Cookbooks]
• Chestnut Soup with Crisp Prosciutto [Fine Cooking]
• Oyster Stew [Saveur]
• Potato and Leek Soup with Truffles [La Cucina Italiana]