Cozy Winter Squash Soup in Under an Hour!
This easy butternut squash soup can go from grocery bag to dinner table in less than an hour! With minimal hands-on time needed, it is the ideal meal for a busy family. It’s just what you need for a quick, cozy dinner at home, and it will make your house smell gloriously autumnal. Thank you, butternut squash, garlic and thyme! I love that it’s super healthy, too!
The secret to making this soup perfectly smooth is that it is made in a high speed blender (I use my Ascent Series Vitamix). All I did was gather the best fall ingredients, roast them in the oven and then pop them in the Vitamix for a silky, creamy, smooth soup. For another creamy autumn soup, try Thai pumpkin soup, too! Got squash to use up? Try my cheesy butternut squash gratin.
What Spices Do You Add to Butternut Squash Soup?
There are only three types of butternut squash soup worth having:
- One that is loaded with fall spices (like this one!)
- Curried Butternut squash soup. Or…
- Rich and warming slow-cooker butternut squash soup
While curried butternut squash soup is legit delicious, for this recipe we are leaning hard into classic, cozy fall spices and herbs. Nutmeg and thyme compliment the roasted sweetness of the roasted apples and buttery orange squash.
How To Make Butternut Squash Soup From Scratch
Making soup from scratch is super easy, promise! This butternut squash soup recipe starts with whole ingredients (apples, squash, onion, garlic) that get a rough chop and are then roasted in the oven. Once everything is beautifully browned, I simply transfer it to the blender. It sounds too easy, but there is no catch! This is truly the best butternut squash soup recipe out there, and the fact that it’s also the easiest is just the cherry on top. Once you make it, you’ll be hooked on this warm, healthy and flavorful fall dinner!
Ingredients You’ll Need to Make Butternut Squash Soup.
You could pretty much just shop for everything you’ll need at the farmers market. And that’s our favorite thing to do this time of year! Here’s what you’ll need:
- Fresh produce: Butternut squash, onions, apples, and fresh garlic.
- Herbs and spices: Thyme, nutmeg, cayenne, salt and pepper
- Stock: Vegetable or chicken stock.
- Cream: A splash of heavy cream makes our butternut squash soup recipe silky and smooth, but you can easily swap it with some canned coconut milk to make it a vegan butternut squash soup. However, if it’s health you’re worried about, a little heavy cream doesn’t undo the fact that this is a veggie-loaded, healthy butternut squash soup!
How To Make Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
- Roast the squash, apples, onion, thyme and garlic.
- Blend all the roasted things together!
- Pour in a little stock, cream, and spices, and you’re done.
Tips for Making Butternut Squash Soup:
- Cut the squash into evenly-sized pieces so everything roasts at the same rate. OR…
- Buy pre-cubed squash at the grocery store to cut down on prep time for a super quick weeknight dinner
- Be careful when blending hot liquid! Always keep the blender lid vented (or remove the center cap and cover loosely with a towel).
- I like to use juicy, sweet apples. I’ve had good luck with Fujis, Galas, or Honeycrisps. This will add a lovely sweet note to your soup.
- Topping options are endless! Crispy sage leaves, pumpkin seeds, crumbled bacon, fried shallots, roasted garlic, croutons, roasted chickpeas, pomegranate seeds, a dollop of crème fraîche.
- Mix up the flavor profile! Try using ginger instead of nutmeg, and adding tablespoon of red curry paste. Top with fresh cilantro and a squeeze of lime.
What Else Can I Make in a Vitamix?
This time of year you can find us constantly making the following things in our Vitamix:
- Any creamy soup you love! Think tomato soup, pea soup, lentil soup. The list goes on and on.
- Salad dressings and marinades are also constantly putting our Vitamix blenders to good use and we use them on just about everything!
- And of course our daily smoothies
Which Vitamix Can Make Hot Soup?
You can make hot soup in any Vitamix! Say what? I know, it’s crazy and it’s awesome. How does it work? The friction of their blades is the trick to making steaming hot soup in under 10 minutes, right in the container, no stove required. It’s yet another way to ensure that this recipe hits your table in under an hour!
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