It’s soup season and you’re not going to want to miss the recipe for this Apple Butternut Squash Soup. I made it for some friends for a lunch and they both requested the recipe and made it the following week! It’s basically like a nourishing bowl of comfort with a touch of sweet. Plus, it’s Whole30 and can be vegetarian when made with veggie broth and sans bacon.
Apple Butternut Squash Soup
Cozy into fall with a comforting bowl of this sweet yet savory Apple Butternut Squash Soup that requires minimal effort and packs big flavor. Not only is it comforting and filling, but it’s also fully nutritious with seasonal produce and herbs. Plus, the most work you’ll do is peel and chop the butternut squash, which I honestly find somewhat therapeutic. Don’t knock it ’till you try it.
There’s nothing better than prepping a handful of ingredients and throwing them into a slow cooker to be blended and ready to eat in three hours. Then having leftovers to reheat throughout the week? Slow cooker season is my favorite!
DIETARY NOTES
This recipe is made with real ingredients and fits seamlessly into the following dietary needs when using the products/brands (or ones that are similar) listed in the recipe:
- gluten free
- grain free
- soy free
- refined sugar free
- egg free
- nut free (using dairy milk)
- dairy free (using nut milk)
- Whole30 (using compliant broth, milk and bacon)
- paleo (using compliant broth, milk and bacon)
- vegetarian (sub veggie broth; omit bacon)
- vegan (sub veggie broth; omit bacon)
- Plant Based Whole30 (sub veggie broth; omit bacon)
Make it your own!
While this soup is naturally free of dairy and gluten, you can easily make it vegetarian and vegan as well. All you need to do is swap the chicken broth for veggie and leave out the bacon topping! Also, if you prefer to use dairy over coconut, feel free to use whole milk heavy cream instead of nut milk.
Need a side of crunch with your soup? I bought an extra honey crisp apple and whipped up some grilled cheeses with some leftover bacon, thinly sliced apple, sharp white cheddar and buttery bread. It made for a perfect pairing with this soup!
A NOTE ON CALORIE COUNT, NUTRITIONAL INFO AND SERVING SIZES
Due to my past experiences, I do not include most of the above information within my recipes as it is unsafe for me to do so personally. While I try to share a rough estimate when it comes to the serving size, please note that it is very subjective as we all have different hunger levels both from person to person and even from meal to meal.
If any of the above information is important to you, I understand! We are all different and have various goals and needs. If you’d like, you are welcome to calculate the information needed based on the ingredients you use when making one of my recipes.
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Hungry for more?
Check out some of my other popular soup recipes:
- Easy Gluten Free Chicken Ramen
- Whole30 Zucchini Noodle Ramen
- Chicken Pot Pie Soup
- Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup
- Gluten Free Chicken and Dumpling Soup
- Chicken Tortilla Soup
- Apple Butternut Squash Soup
- Creamy B(No L)T Soup with Chicken
- Bacon Potato Soup
- Healing Ginger & Turmeric Chicken Soup
- Hidden Veggie Tomato Bisque
- Easy Whole30 Zuppa Toscana
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Apple Butternut Squash Soup
Equipment
- Slow Cooker
- Blender/Immersion Blender
Ingredients
Apple Butternut Squash Soup
- 1 large apple (I use honey crisp)
- 1 butternut squash (or 6 cups)
- ½ sweet, white or yellow onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp sage, fresh
- 1 tsp thyme, fresh
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ tsp pepper
- 3 cups chicken broth/bone broth (I use Bonafide Provisions Bone Broth)
- ¼ cup nut milk, of choice
Toppings (Optional)
- sage, fresh
- thyme, fresh
- chopped bacon
- coconut milk drizzle (full fat)
Instructions
- Peel the butternut quash, then chop the squash into squares.
- Chop the rest of the ingredients aside from the toppings and place into a slow cooker. Cook on high for three hours or low for six.
- OPTIONAL: Chop bacon and cook in a skillet until crispy. Dry and set aside once done.
- OPTIONAL: Mix the butternut squash seeds with a drizzle of oil, salt and thyme, then roast at 400℉ for 10 minutes.
- Once the slow cooker cooking time is up, blend the soup by using an immersion blender or by transferring everything in the slow cooker into a blender. Blend until smooth.
- Spoon into bowls and top with bacon, thyme, a drizzle of coconut milk and a few roasted butternut squash seeds!
What a delicious soup! This has easily become one of our favorites. It is so flavorful and I love that all of the ingredients are real & clean! Roasting the butternut squash seeds and adding them to the top of the soup is genius. I wish those seeds were sold by the bag, they’re so yummy! My 3 year old also devoured his bowl! 🙂 yum!
Nothing better than hearing that a recipe is a hit with kids too! So glad this is something you can both enjoy. 🙂 PS I also wish the seeds were sold by the bag, they are too good!
I would love to try this recipe but how would you cook this if you don’t have a slow cooker?
On the stove is fine! Just cook until everything is soft enough to blend in the blender. 🙂
A family favorite . Am making it for the third time round and decided to pop the seeds in the oven this time and they came out so nicely. Love butternut squash and the touch of apples is just a masterpiece, especially now during autumn and apples are falling of the trees.
Thank you for this amazing recipe.
This made me so happy to see! So glad your family loves this. 🙂 Happy Fall!