Vitamix Apple Butternut Squash Soup

Oct 2, 2013

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Vitamix butternut squash soup

A cutting board. A knife. A Vitamix.

Resist the urge to pre-cook your butternut squash.

Apple Butternut Squash Soup

using cutco cheese knife to slice butternut squash for vitamix

Ingredients

1 pound peeled butternut squash, cut into chunks
1 medium onion, sliced
apple cut into quarters – leave the seeds
1 1/2 cups of chicken stock (but I cheated and used store bought chicken broth)
1 tsp Celtic Sea Salt (this is what I use)
dash of Olive Oil
dill or Italian herbs to season
1/2 cup of countertop yogurt (optional)

Directions

vitamix ingredients butternut squash

Seriously. Vitamix recipes are the easiest blog posts to write. Stick it all in the Vitamix, except the Italian herbs and yogurt.

Run on high speed, level 10 for approximately 10-12 minutes.

steam butternut squash soup

In hindsight: I would have caramelized the onions for better flavor. But that’s just me!

Serves approximately 2-3.

final butternut squash soup for Vitamix

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26 thoughts on “Vitamix Apple Butternut Squash Soup”

Maria on Oct 6, 2013 at 12:22 pm said:

So it is ok to leave the apple seeds in? I thought there was something about them not being too delicious or safe to ingest?
Laura on Oct 6, 2013 at 2:43 pm said:

I am looking forward to trying this recipe, but… I always heard that apple seeds were toxic and should be removed before processing.
- Jodi M on Oct 18, 2013 at 8:20 am said:
  
  Hmmm . . . I hadn’t heard that about the seeds. We haven’t had a problem.
jenifer on Oct 21, 2013 at 4:32 pm said:

Yes, apples have a compound that, when digested, produces the toxin cyanide. however, our bodies can detoxify this poison quite well in small doses. you would have to eat the seeds of a ton of apples at once to run any risk of dangerous toxicity levels.
- Jodi M on Oct 23, 2013 at 10:13 am said:
  
  Thanks so much for the info on the apple seeds!!!
Judy on Nov 12, 2013 at 2:11 pm said:

Yummmy!!! I added a bit of celery and carrot to mine! I love the hot soup setting on my Vitamix.
Lenny Gale on Nov 13, 2013 at 10:53 pm said:

Love that steam flowing out of the container. I noted the same thing in my post about pumpkin spice lattes. http://lifeisnoyoke.com/pumpkin-spice-latte/

Also, that’s a sexy red Vitamix! When / where did you get it? Looks like a collectible.
- Jodi M on Nov 27, 2013 at 5:02 pm said:
  
  You make me feel old!!! The Vitamix is about 4? maybe 5 years old. And we got it from Vitamix . . . though I am drooling over the new ones that they are demoing at Costco! Nice website you have, Lenny!
Cynthia Phuphanich on Nov 25, 2013 at 4:10 pm said:

Just made this soup, using just a little onion, & it was delicious!

Thank you!
- Jodi M on Nov 27, 2013 at 4:53 pm said:
  
  Yes, after making it — i agree — less onion!
Rob on Dec 12, 2013 at 7:13 pm said:

Bad,bad,bad way to much onion
- Jodi M on Dec 16, 2013 at 8:56 am said:
  
  Rob! So sorry it was too much onion for you. I think in the comments I listed that I wished I had caramelized the onions and several have used less onion.
Jackie on Jan 9, 2014 at 8:59 pm said:

I tried the recipe, but omitted the apple seeds. Apple seeds are toxic.
Easy recipe to follow and tasted great… Thx
Keisha T on Jan 14, 2014 at 2:23 pm said:

Did you keep the skin on the squash or peel it off?
- Jodi M on Jan 17, 2014 at 8:34 am said:
  
  I peel the skin off with a potato peeler!
Paula on Jan 20, 2014 at 1:12 am said:

Wow, unbelievable. This was great soup! Thank you so much. I peeled the squash – a friend has a very sharp peeler that is wider and easier than a potato peeler – I was using her VitaMix. The remarkable thing was how it cooked into a perfect, velvety, good tasting puree. I simply seasoned it with turmeric, but will experiment more next time.
- Jodi M on Jan 30, 2014 at 9:20 am said:
  
  Yea! So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for letting me know!
cadogirl on Jun 16, 2014 at 1:15 am said:

Incredible soup! I swapped broth for water and yogurt with a dairy free sour cream to make it vegan!
- Jodi M on Jun 16, 2014 at 11:53 am said:
  
  Thank you!!! So glad you enjoyed it!!!
gene on Nov 19, 2014 at 12:44 am said:

I made this only I took your suggestions to caramelize the onions and it was really great! I used cashew cream instead of yogurt to make it vegan. I used a red apple but next time I’d use a green one instead.
Maura Malloy on Jan 2, 2015 at 9:20 pm said:

This soup is delicious! Thank you so much for sharing the recipe!
Sharyn on Oct 3, 2015 at 4:23 pm said:

Curious why should I resist cooking the squash first? I love roasted squash and think it would be yummy but maybe you have a good reason? I do plan on caramelizing the onions – and I’m using shallots.
- Jodi M on Nov 13, 2015 at 9:22 am said:
  
  I agree, roasted squash is yummy, but in this case I allowed the Vitamix to cook it by running so long . . . I was trying to make it more of a “one pot meal.” But feel free to cook it!!
  - Sharyn on Nov 13, 2015 at 10:26 am said:
    
    You’re right – I didn’t cook it and it was DELISH!
Hannah Boersma on Nov 10, 2015 at 9:54 pm said:

Is the recipe for just one serving?
- Jodi M on Nov 13, 2015 at 9:11 am said:
  
  The reality is that it probably could be one serving (especially if you are doing the GAPS diet) but 2-3 servings.