Fall hasn’t truly arrived until my family and I have enjoyed our first bowls of butternut
squash soup. That’s right. That’s what I said: squash soup. Friends, don’t roll your eyes
and turn the page. Put down that pumpkin-spiced latte and give yourself 5 minutes
to make this unbelievably easy-to-prepare soup. Both you and your family will be so
thankful that you did. The “hardest” steps in this recipe aren’t hard at all: 1) Thanks to
Costco, Trader Joe’s and probably your local grocery, there’s precut squash. Check!
2) You have to cut an onion. Easy! 3) You have to puree batches of the prepared soup
in a blender. No problem! And do you know who likes to push buttons on blenders?
Kids! Make them part of the process, and they’ll already be sold on tasting the
creation they helped to make.
- 32 oz. cubed butternut squash
- 1 tbsp. olive oil
- 1 box (32 oz.) vegetable broth
- 1 chopped onion
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- 8 oz. low-fat cream cheese
- In a large saucepan, sauté the onion in olive oil over medium heat for 3 minutes.
- Add cubed butternut squash, mix and cook another 2 minutes.
- Add the vegetable broth and 8 oz. water.
- Cover partially and cook over medium heat for 25 minutes until butternut squash very tender.
- Puree soup, cream cheese and brown sugar in a blender, food processor or soup emersion in batches until smooth.
- This can be made in the slow cooker as well, just sautee the onion and then put all of the other ingredients together in the slow cooker and cook on low for 3 hours, until the squash is very tender
- I get my cubed butternut squash from Costco. It comes in a 32 oz. container.
- When serving, I like to sprinkle the soup with cinnamon and chopped pecans.
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This looks creamy and delicious! I love how easy it is to make!
I looooove butternut squash! I’ll definitely be trying this soon. 😀
I’m not a big fan of butternut squash, but this soup looks so creamy and comforting!
Looks delicious. Love a good squash soup. Will definitely be trying this one!
Aprille, Glad to hear! Hope you enjoy this recipe!
This looks like an easy and delicious soup! I’ve never made nor eaten butternut squash soup. Are the butternut squash cubes already prepared?
Maribeth, they are already cut up. I like to get mine at Costco or Trader Joe’s. Hope you enjoy this recipe!
This looks AMAZING! I love butternut squash but haven’t tried making it myself. This looks simple enough, though, and super tasty!
The squash soup looks great. Is there anything you can substitute the cream cheese for??
Sheri,
Absolutely, you can make the soup without the cream cheese or substitute the cream cheese with 1/2 cup soy milk. Enjoy!