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This butternut squash and apple soup is the perfect bowl of winter warmth and goodness! Squash, sweet potato, carrot, and apple combine for a lightly sweet and richly flavorful soup that is sure to satisfy and comfort.

I was recently reminded by a friend how much I love a creamy, delicious, squash soup.  My husband isn’t a huge fan of squash, so while I like it, it’s one of those foods that I just kind of let go so that everyone agreed at the dinner table.  Then a few weeks ago a friend served me a creamy and delicious pureed pumpkin soup with curry powder.  It was pretty divine.  I think I gobbled up approximately 5 bowls (don’t judge, 4 were for the baby, who is currently measuring large for his gestational age, he can’t stop).  I decided that despite hubby’s feelings I needed to reintroduce squash into my life.  I want to say I won him over completely with this butternut squash and apple soup, but that would be a lie.  He did say it was good “for squash” which I guess is good enough for me.

Butternut Squash and Apple Soup

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Suggested Tools and Equipment

High Quality Chef’s Knife

Plastic Cutting Board

9×13 Casserole Dish

Silicon Spatulas or Wooden Spoon

Sharp, Quality Veggie Peeler

Enameled Cast Iron Dutch Oven

Stick/Immersion Blender

This butternut squash and apple soup is really basic.  I don’t have tons of tips and tricks to share with you, because it comes together fairly quickly and easily.  I will say that butternut squash is a tricky vegetable.  That might be part of the reason that it doesn’t often grace our table.  The peel or shell is just so dang hard to peel or cut through.  Whenever  I cook with squash, I prefer to use a good quality chef’s knife to cut the squash in half, and bake it before I use it.  This way I don’t have to try peel the hard shell at all.  This works especially well for soups like this one where you will be pureeing the squash anyway, so you don’t have to have perfectly adorable little cubes.  If you are particularly good at peeling squash, you are welcome to peel and cut the squash and cook it directly in the soup pot with the other vegetables.  This will cut down a bit on the cooking time.

I really like to cook all of my soups in my enameled cast iron pot.  Of course, any large soup pot will do, but the cast iron heats nice and evenly which makes it great for sauteing veggies.  The enamel makes for really easy cleaning which is a plus in my book.  I also just can’t get over how cute it is, I love all the color choices.  These pots are also great for making no-knead bread, which is pretty incredible stuff if you have yet to try it.

My last tip for this butternut squash and apple soup is to puree the soup using a stick/immersion blender.   This is also not 100% necessary, however it makes pureeing the soup so much easier.  If you’ve never used one, you just plug it in, stick it straight into the pot and blend until the soup reaches your desired smoothness.  It’s awesome.  You can also blend the soup in a regular blender, but be VERY careful when working with hot liquids.  Work in small batches and blend until all of the soup is pureed, then return it to the soup pot.

This butternut squash and apple soup can make a wonderful light dinner if paired with bread and salad, or can be the perfect side dish for a holiday party or event.  It’s smooth, healthy, lightly creamy, and totally delicious.

What are your feelings about squash, love it or hate it!? Let me know in the comments below!