One of my favorite seasons is fall! I love the cool, crisp air and all the color that nature has to offer. I also love that many varieties of squashes come into season. Today I am sharing one of my all time favorite soups, butternut squash soup. This soup is very simple to make and has so much flavor. There are so many different varieties of squash and over the next few months, I will be showcasing some amazing fall recipes that will get anyone in the mood for cooler weather. If you haven’t seen my video on the different squashes and how to cook and prepare them, you might want to check this video out.
Organic Butternut Squash Soup Recipe
Prep Time: 15 mins- Cook Time: 45 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 6 cups
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Nutrition Info: Calories: 192.1 Fat: 9.1g Carbohydrates: 23.9g Protein: 6.2g
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp coconut oil or grass fed butter
- 1 large carrot, diced
- 1 large stalk celery, diced
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 medium squash cubed, skins and seeds removed
- 1 tbsp fresh thyme
- 4 cups chicken stock
- 1/2 cup half and half or heavy cream
- unrefined sea salt and pepper to taste
- nutmeg
Instructions
- In a dutch oven melt 2 tbsp of coconut oil or butter.
- Add onions, carrots and celery.
- Cook until onion are translucent (about 4 minutes).
- Add butternut squash and stir well.
- Add chicken stock,thyme and salt and pepper to taste and allow to cook another 30-40 minutes or until squash is tender.
- With a stick blender (or a food processor) blend until smooth.
- Whisk in half and half or cream.
- Put in serving bowl and top with a little nutmeg.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
Along the same lines with a twist is this soup I made yesterday with the produce in my weekly farm basket ….it was wonderful…. http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/butternut-squash-and-leek-soup-test-kitchen
Gosh that soup looks delicious!
That looks great too. I just happen to have some cooked bacon and some sour cream in fridge, might have to try this. Thanks for sharing.
wow that looks divine. I love soup in the fall. This looks like a great soup. I love squash in soups:) Thanks for the great recipe
This sounds delicious! I have several butternut squash from a farm day we took last week. I cant wait to try this! I would love it if you could leave this post on my Natural Living Monday linky party. I know my readers would too. Thanks!
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We’ve just started seeing butternut squash at our market. I am definitely trying this recipe this fall and winter! I have also just started a new Tuesday Greens link up for gardening, sustainable tips and recipes and everything green living. Please feel free to swing by and link up. I’d love to have you join us. http://www.craftygardenmama.com
Fantastic tasty and healthy recipe. Please share this soup on foodie friday today.
@DianeBalch will do Diane 🙂 Heading over now!
Halle,
We have so many fabulous Butternuts in our garden right now this will be a great recipe to try. It looks very rich and creamy just like we like it. Great Video! Hope you are having a great weekend and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
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Miz Helen
appreciate the recipe…my wife spends hours on pintrest trying to find new and exciting things to cook…i will pass this along to here.
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I love squash soup! Thank you for sharing this recipe! I have it pinned and tweeted! Hope to see you at GFF this week 🙂
I love squash! This one’s a keeper! 🙂
Thanks for the great recipe. I’m pinning it and linking it up to this week’s <a href=”http://onecreativemommy.com/category/linky-parties-and-buttons/gluten-free-monday/ “>Gluten-Free Monday</a> on OneCreativeMommy.com. Feel free to link up anything you’d like to add!
I would love it if you visited my new <a href=”http://onecreativemommy.com/category/linky-parties-and-buttons/gluten-free-monday/ “>Gluten-Free Monday</a> party at OneCreativeMommy.com and linked up this and any other idea you would like to share. I hope to see you there.
Congrats, your delicious soup is being featured on foodie friday. Drop by and get your featured button and thanks again for sharing your recipe.
@DianeBalch Thanks so much Diane, I just finished up linking some new recipes to this weeks link party 🙂 Thanks for the feature! ~ Halle
Looks very good….
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Just made this soup. It is delicious! I didn’t use any cream and still think it’s fab! Thanks!
Everything sounded great until I got to the dairy product…Can I just leave it out or is there a substitute?
Thanks, irene
Have you ever tried any recipes with almond milk instead of regular milk? Also, can you think of a substitute for heavy cream? Maybe coconut?
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