Vitamix Apple Butternut Squash Soup
A cutting board. A knife. A Vitamix.
Resist the urge to pre-cook your butternut squash.
Apple Butternut Squash Soup
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
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.
In hindsight: I would have caramelized the onions for better flavor. But that’s just me!
Serves approximately 2-3.
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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?
I am looking forward to trying this recipe, but… I always heard that apple seeds were toxic and should be removed before processing.
Hmmm . . . I hadn’t heard that about the seeds. We haven’t had a problem.
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.
Thanks so much for the info on the apple seeds!!!
Yummmy!!! I added a bit of celery and carrot to mine! I love the hot soup setting on my Vitamix.
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.
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!
Just made this soup, using just a little onion, & it was delicious!
Thank you!
Yes, after making it — i agree — less onion!
Bad,bad,bad way to much onion
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.
I tried the recipe, but omitted the apple seeds. Apple seeds are toxic.
Easy recipe to follow and tasted great… Thx
Did you keep the skin on the squash or peel it off?
I peel the skin off with a potato peeler!
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.
Yea! So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for letting me know!
Incredible soup! I swapped broth for water and yogurt with a dairy free sour cream to make it vegan!
Thank you!!! So glad you enjoyed it!!!
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.
This soup is delicious! Thank you so much for sharing the recipe!
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.
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!!
You’re right – I didn’t cook it and it was DELISH!
Is the recipe for just one serving?
The reality is that it probably could be one serving (especially if you are doing the GAPS diet) but 2-3 servings.