Possible Clues:

• Gazpacho or minestrone, for example
• Lunch dish (2 words)
• Sippable food
• Campbell's offering
• This may be served with lunch (2 words)
• This may be served with lunch
• This may be served with a sandwich for lunch
• Brunch item, perhaps (2 words)
• At first, of course, you'd never meet this, by the sound of it
• Of course it's not the first thing a carnivore would have