Healthy butternut squash soup

I love fall.

I love soups.

I love fresh vegetables sold at farms.

While picking up pumpkins and apples ..

I had to buy some freshly picked butternut squash.

This soup is perfect!

Its healthy, made from all fresh whole food & simply delicious.

adapted from: Wholefoodsmarket.com

Butternut Squash Soup

Ingredients:

1 onion. peeled and chopped

1 carrot, washed and chopped

1 stalk of celery, washed and chopped

2 tablespoon olive oil

4 cups butternut squash, peeled and diced

4 cups chicken broth

1/2 teaspoon thyme

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 cup unsweetened applesauce

 In a large pot, preferably cast iron,  heat olive oil on medium heat. Add onion, carrot, and celery. Cook until onions are translucent, around 5 minutes, stirring often. Add squash, chicken broth, thyme, salt and pepper. Bring to boil. Once it has been brought to a boil, reduce heat to simmer and cook covered for 30 minutes or until squash is tender. 

Turn off heat and let soup slightly cool.

Add 1 cup applesauce and 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg. Stir to combine.

Add the soup mixture into a food processor or blender. puree soup on medium speed until well pureed.  You will probably have to do small batches of soup at a time in your blender.

Once pureed, pour fresh soup into bowls to eat or into mason jars to store in refrigerator. 

Enjoy!

This soup can also be frozen in the freezer up to 1 month. You may have to thin the soup with some chicken broth when ready to eat.

TIPS-

To learn how to peel and chop butternut squash,

here is a great website to show you how.

click HERE

(ps I LOVE this website)

For different variations of soup,

wholefoodsmarket.com

has fun twists on this soup

click HERE