Wednesday 6 November 2013

Viccy's Scrummy Yummy Butternut Squash Soup

Viccy's Scrummy Yummy Butternut Squash Soup

x1 onion
x1 red pepper
x3 carrots
Vegetable oil
x6 medium potatoes
x1 large butternut squash (or a pumpkin, when in season)
x2 vegetable stock cube
Salt & pepper

Finely mince the onion, pepper and carrots and gently fry in a smidge of vegetable oil until soft. **I love my Pampered Chef hand chopper to finely mince veggies**



Peel and chop the potatoes and butternut squash into 1" cubes.

Boil the kettle, and add the stock cubes to a mug. Add freshly boiled water to the mug to create a liquid stock. Add this to the saucepan with the softened veggies. Stir.

Add the potato and butternut squash cubes, then enough freshly boiled water to just cover all the veggies.

Simmer for approx 30 minutes. Leave to cool slightly, then blitz with a hand blender. You may need to add more water if it's too thick. Add salt & pepper to taste, and serve.



Freezeable too, so I tend to make a big batch so I can freeze to enjoy later in the season.

Serves approx 6 - 8 portions

Enjoy! What's your favourite soup? 

28 comments:

  1. This sounds amazing! Actually, I am hosting Thanksgiving this year and think this would be a nice compliment to my turkey!

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  2. I love butternut squash soup. My Hubs not so much, but I make it anyway it is so good. Your recipe looks very close to the one I use.

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  3. I will be trying this, have all of the ingredients so it will be dinner tomorrow. Love any kind of squash soup.

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  4. Oh this is funny! I actually posted a recipe for butternut squash soup today too! Yours sounds yummy.

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  5. I just made a quick and easy pumpkin soup the other day--the lazy ladys way--a can of pumpkin, some half and half and some pumpkin pie seasoning--heated it all up in a sauce pan-stirring consistantly and voila! Your soup sounds delicious but I am so darn lazy and I am cooking only for me--

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  6. This soup looks very colorful and healthy. I am currently enjoying black bean soup that I made via Terry's blog. I would love to try this one next!

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  7. This sounds so perfectly Fall and delicious. I've never tried anything like it!

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  8. I'm not a big fan of squash, but this actually looks great! I love soup! I will have to try it out! Thanks for sharing!

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  9. I love butternut squash, so will have to try this recipe

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  10. I just had squash for the first time last month and loved it. I would definitely love to try this soup! Thanks for sharing the recipe!

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  11. This sounds yummy! We have a bunch of butternut squash from our garden and I actually was just wondering what I should make with some!

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  12. I am a little nervous about butternut squash. We accidentally planted it in our garden this year instead of the kind that is normally panted so I have a basket full in my basement. I should just suck it up and try this soup! Sounds yummy!

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  13. Oh gosh, my mom would love this. I will have to make this for her the next time we get together.

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  14. Great post! I have never had butternut squash soup before but you made it look easy breezy. Thanks for sharing this.

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  15. I'd love to cook this for my mom, as she loves any kind of soup. Really great recipe!

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  16. Sounds delish right now with the cold weather we've been having!

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  17. Do you know I don't think I have ever eaten butternut squash I must try it sometime I'll have to save this recipe for then thank you :) x

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  18. This looks really yummy. My husband would love this but my kids not so much. They're not a big fan of squash.

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  19. I have only ever eaten squash once and was not to keen on it but this actually looks really nice.

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  20. I've heard of this. It sounds great!!

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  21. great selection of fall veggies for a nice sounding soup. thanks for the recipe.

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  22. I love Butternut squash soup, especially this time of the year.. yours look delicious and super easy; I think I will give it a try this weekend... Thanks for sharing

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  23. This sounds totally delicious! I am loving soups right now and will have to try this.

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  24. Never had this or even heard of it! But I so want to try it now!

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  25. Butternut squash soup is my 2nd favorite soup after a creamy tomato. Your recipe sound delicious!

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  26. I love this time of year! The squash recipes come out and I can't wait to try them all. This one seems super easy! Thank you for sharing.

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  27. Love this soup! It's always a great fall dinner or even lunch. The kids enjoy it too, so it's a win all around

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  28. Made this today and found it perfect for thhis weather. Will freeze the rest forc when I gonfishing on Wednesday. Very tasty. Thank you Viccy. Pops

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