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Sweet Potato Butternut Squash Soup

Teresa Ambra
This sumptuous Sweet Potato Butternut Squash Soup is perfect comfort food on bleary, cold winter days. It's filled with apples, leeks, sweet potatoes, butternut squash & fresh ginger & lightly seasoned with cinnamon. Spice up our life with a hearty winter soup that's both irresistible and mouthwatering. Healthy, low calorie, clean eating, gluten free & vegan.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Main Dish, Soup, Stews and Chowders
Cuisine American
Servings 14
Calories 140 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Dutch oven with lid or large stock pot with lid
  • 1 wooden spoon
  • 1 sharp knife to cut or pare vegetables
  • 1 vegetable peeler
  • 1 immersion blender preferred, or a a regular blender
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • 1 soup ladle

Ingredients
  

  • 2 large butternut squashes (2 ½ to 3 lbs. each), peeled and cut in ½-inch chunks
  • 2 large sweet potatoes peeled and cut in ½-inch chunks
  • 4 medium gala apples cored, diced (unpeeled) (or 6 small apples)
  • 1 leek green top removed, washed carefully, diced
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 white onion chopped
  • 2 tbsp. fresh ginger peeled and grated (or more to taste)
  • 32 oz. carton vegetable broth or more if desired
  • 1 to 2 tsp. cinnamon as desired
  • 1 tsp. pink Himalayan sea salt
  • 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds for garnish, if desired
  • 1 tbsp. cinnamon for garnish, if desired

Instructions
 

  • Pour vegetable broth into a large Dutch oven or stock pot.
  • Add butternut squash, sweet potatoes, apples, leeks, garlic, onion, ginger, cinnamon and salt.
  • Cover with lid and bring veggies to a simmer.
  • Cook over low to medium heat until sweet potatoes are tender about 30 minutes.
  • With an immersion blender, puree soup until smooth. If desired, add additional broth to thin the soup.
  • Ladle soup into bowls.
  • Garnish with pumpkin seeds and cinnamon, if desired.

Notes

NOTE: Speed up preparation time by using pre-cut butternut squash, sweet potatoes and diced onions from the grocery store. (This will cut your preparation time down to about 10 minutes).
 
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Nutrition

Calories: 140kcalCarbohydrates: 34gProtein: 3gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.2gTrans Fat: 0.001gSodium: 170mgPotassium: 645mgFiber: 6gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 18419IUVitamin C: 28mgCalcium: 91mgIron: 1mg
Keyword apples, butternut squash, leeks, main dish, soup, sweet potatoes, vegan
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