Creamy Butternut Squash Soup with Veggies
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| Meal type | Main Dish, Soup |
| Misc | Serve Hot |
Creamy Butternut Squash with Veggies, a delicious hearty soup made with squash, potatoes, carrots, celery, onions, half & half, parsley and sweet red pepper
Ingredients
- 3 cups Medium Size Butternut squash (Remove seeds and bake a medium size butternut squash and scoop out the squash)
- 2 cans Chicken Broth 14 1/2 ounce (Reccomended to use low sodium)
- 1 cup 1/2 and 1/2 cream
- 2/3 cups Carrots (chopped into small pieces)
- 2 cups Peeled and cubed potatoes (about 3 medium sized)
- 2 stalks Celery (chopped into small pieces)
- 1/2 cup Sweet Red Pepper (diced into small pieces)
- 2 tablespoons Fresh Parsley (Substitute 1 Tablespoon dried parsley)
- 3 tablespoons Butter
- 4 tablespoons White Wine
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 cup Onion (Finely chopped)
Note
Creamy Butternut Squash Soup with Veggies is an easy to make soup, that tastes delicious. You can vary it by adding fresh mushrooms as one of your sautéed veggies.
Directions
 Cut Squash in half and remove seeds. Lay on cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees until tender about 75 minutes | |
 Cut up vegetables into small pieces | |
 Remove cooked squash from skin, scoop it out. | |
 Add squash to food processor with 1 can of chicken broth and blend until smooth. Add this mixture to large saucepan, add second can of chicken broth and stir it all together with salt. Bring this mixture up to a high simmer. | |
| Add two tablespoons of butter to large fry pan, and melt butter over medium heat. To melted butter add chopped potatoes, celery, onion, and carrots. Saute veggies for 10 minutes at medium heat, stirring occasionally so they don't burn. Next pour them into squash mixture and continue simmering for 20 minutes until veggies are tender. | |
| Add chopped sweet red pepper, parsley and wine, bring back up to a simmer and simmer for 5 more minutes | |
| Add half and half and heat back up for 5 minutes on low heat. | |
 Serve with croutons and parmesan cheese or your favorite soup crackers. https://sliceoftaste.com/ ©Valerie Boese | |
