If I haven’t told you, or you haven’t figured it out, FALL IS IN THE AIR. I am so happy and so is my electric bill. Although I am pretty sure my roomate may not be when I leave all the windows open, the house fan on, and we wake up to a beautiful and comfortable 58 degrees in my house. I think that is completely acceptable though because if I could, I would live in sweatpants and hoodies. Those are the two most important advances in fashion in the history of man kind. Better than shoes, suits, hats, gloves or anything else you name. The existence alone of hoodies made my life significantly better and brought way more joy to my life; so for that reason, they win. And sweatpants, not the creepy gym teacher kind, but the comfortable, baggy, and non creepy kind are just too good to even have an accurate adjective to describe them. So for that reason, I won’t try.
Now if you are still reading, you may be completely confused as to why I was talking about sweatpants and hoodies. In my head, there is definitely a path to where I will connect it with this recipe, but my ADD might take over way before then. Anyways, I think my train of thought was something along the lines of it was freezing in my house, I was comfortably being a scrub lounging around and I wanted something warm and hearty to fill me up after I drank my amazing Spiced Apple Wassail. With that being said, I went to my refrigerator to peek what I had, and then it hit me. I had the worlds most important ingredient,BACON, turned around a saw a butternut squash and proceeded to steal an apple from my roomate to make this happen. Then it happened and voila.
I think I did it. First paragraph was about hoodies and sweatpants, second was about the recipe, and this one is me tying it together. Woot woot I completed a thought without leaving you hanging. I would reach back and pat myself on the back, but it hurts too much after I got the whole thing tattooed the other day. It looks pretty sick though, let me know if you want to see a picture and I will post one up. I lost my thoughts again because in case you didn’t realize, tattooes have nothing to do this this recipe but I am going to save it right here. It is also a genius idea. I think that it should be fall year round so I can have an excuse to wear sweats non stop and eat warm foods loaded with bacon. We should make that happen or I should move to a mountain. Neither are going to happen so I will just keep cranking my air conditioning down and pretending it’s fall outside. With that being said, I have killed enough of your brain cells this morning so enjoy.
- 1 large butternut squash, peeled and cut into large chunks
- 3 whole carrots, peeled and cut into large chunks
- 1 1/2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
- 1/2 pounds raw bacon, chopped
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 small apple, chopped
- 2 cups chicken stock
- 1 cup full fat coconut milk
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1-2 tablespoons cinnamon(taste bud depending, start with 1 and add to taste)
- 1 tablespoon nutmeg
- Preheat your oven to 350 Degrees Fahrenheit
- Toss squash and carrots with coconut oil
- Arrange in a baking dish and roast uncovered for 35 minutes or until tender
- In a large stock pot or dutch oven over medium heat, cook bacon until crisp Remove bacon with a slotted spoon and set aside for the soup garnish
- Add the onion and apple to the dutch oven or stock pot and sauté in bacon fat over medium heat until tender, about 5 minutes
- Add the roasted butternut squash, carrots, chicken broth, and coconut milk to dutch oven or stock pot and bring to a boil stirring often
- Remove from heat
- Use an immersion blender to blend your soup or working in several small batches, blend soup in food processor or blender until smooth
- Return to dutch oven or stock pot, bring to a simmer and season with salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg
- Serve soup in large bowls garnished with bacon or you can freeze and save for later. I have frozen mine up to 2 months
Just one word….. LOVE!!!
One of my favs!
Woohoo thank you
So, I have been cooking so many different variants of Butternut squash soup! Ones with sweet potato, without, ones with coconut, without, the list goes on.
Then, BAM, I stumble across this sweet little creation. May I just say it is amazing! Slightly more time consuming then my other variants but it is so worth the effort!
Everyone, make this soup.
Do it now, you will not regret it!
Haha thank you Didi, I am so glad you came to leave me a comment :)
My mom and I wanted to try this, but unfortunately she is allergic to coconut. Would this still work even without the coconut ingredients?
You can, but I don’t know how it will taste. Let me know
George,
I’ve made your soup many times now, and it gets better each time! I make a large batch and freeze half for the days where I may not be able to cook/prepare meals. Thank you for your passion and dedication to health.
Many Blessings to You,
Christina
Thank you so much Christina, I am so glad you love it
Excited to try this now that we are GF and avoiding dairy. Pinned it to refer back to later in the week. Thanks for posting this!
Your welcome :)
George, First time have made one of your recipes and this soup was great! I made a double batch as I have made various versions of butternut soup before, but never with apples and bacon. The rest should last me the better part of the work week! Thanks!
Sorry for the typos, but there is no edit feature.
Awesome, welcome to my site. Hope you love many more
Love love love this soup! Blows all others out of the water. Thank you so much for sharing. It has become a staple in our Paleo eatin’ household. After reading one of the comments above, I’m going to check out your brownies.
Thanks again!
Thank you Jennifer :)
I made this tonight! We haven’t sat down to dinner yet, but from the tastes I had out of the pot, it’s delicious! I didn’t have any nutmeg:( I added only a tiny but of cinnamon and some cayenne for heat.
Oh that sounds delicious Michele, I will try that
George – I wanted to let you know that my husband and I made this soup Friday night and both of us really enjoyed it. We made a large batch and froze half to have during a future busy weeknight. Thank you so much for your website and your words and your recipes. I have no idea how you juggle everything so successfully, but it is apparent that you love what you do and we love you for it!
P.S. The bacon we used produced a lot of grease, but we left all of it in the pot since the recipe didn’t mention removing any. For me personally, I will remove about half next time. While it gives the soup a great flavor, it was a little overwhelming. This is in no way a negative critique of your recipe, just my personal opinion.
Thank you so much for all the kind words Alicia. I am so glad you both loved it and since I make my own bacon it doesn’t produce a lot of fat so that is completely acceptable. I hope you enjoy many more recipes :)
I made this soup a couple of weeks ago. The BEST Butternut Squash soup EVER! I made it exactly according to your directions. I don’t think there is a need to change anything. With the entire family eating Paleo, it didn’t last very long. I have some cooked squash in my frig ready to make another batch in a couple days. Thank you.
Your so welcome. So glad you all loved it :)
Love this recipe! I used unsweetened applesauce, dried sage and cayenne for a little heat. So good!
That sounds devine
This recipe was great I added some minced ginger.
That sounds awesome Julie
Congrats on getting featured on US Wellness Meats newsletter!
It just so happens I have a squash on the counter, and all the other ingredients (we buy USM’s bacon in mega batches) are available, so I think I’ll be making this today! :)
Thanks Rene. I hope you enjoy the soup
This soup was a hit last night…. With the family:) even my husband who refuses to eat squash enjoyed a bowl full….. Thanks for all the great recipes.
Oh that’s awesome. You are so welcome
Made this tonight with a different kind of squash (not sure what it was as I’m in Switzerland and I’d never seen this one before…just said it was good for soup). Roasted the seeds and used as a topping with the crumbled bacon. It was amazing! Thanks for your great recipes!
Thats amazing. I am so glad you loved it
I made this for a dinner party a couple weeks ago and one of my sisters ‘begged’ that I make it again for Thanksgiving! GREAT recipe! THANKS!
You are so welcome Amy. So glad you enjoyed :)
If you like the chilly fall weather you belong in Washington! It is beautiful up here but it does rain so you would have to get used to that! I am totally going to make this next week! Looks delicious.
Can’t wait to hear how much you like it, report back
I made this tonight and it was absolutely delish! I have never liked squash until I started on my paleo journey, now I cannot get enough of it!
Awesome Denisa, I am so glad you enjoyed :)
George! This soup is delicious!! It took me a while to make it; I have a high maintenance 4 month old baby, but the wait was worth it :) The bacon is the icing on the cake! Thanks for a great recipe!
You are so welcome. So glad you enjoyed
Thanks for the recipe george, it was yummy – at least for me & my hubby lol. Of course the kids hated it! Though my squash must have been bigger as it wasn’t soupy at all still good though :)
I am so glad you both enjoyed it :)
Excellent! The only thing that differed for me was that the squash took closer to an hour to roast. Maybe the size of my chunks, who knows. The flavors are excellent. Can`t wait to freeze some for later and also taste tomorrow as a leftover. Sogood!
It probably was the size of the chunks, I keep mine tiny :)
Seriously good. I found it took a little longer than 35 to roast, but 7 mins int pressure cooker fixed that :) Will definitely be making this again.
Great call on the pressure cooker, so glad you enjoyed
Made this last night for dinner (using my fantastic new food processor) and was blown away by the flavors! It was even better today reheated for lunch!! Awesome recipe as usual, thank you!
Woohoo so glad you loved it and that you rocked a new food processor :)
DoDomyiunthink this could be made in slow cooker? If so, what setting and how long? I was thinking low for 2-3 hours? I have a programmable crockpot…love it. Most used appliance in my kitchen.:)
Low for 2-3 hours would be my guess too
Thanks. Making it tomorrow. I will let you know how it turns out:). Love your e-cookbook!
This soup looks great, and I am getting ready to try it tonight as part of our first Whole30. I roasted a pumpkin last night, and am wondering if I could add some of that to this soup as well? Pumpkin and butternut squash should go together well, right?
Yes they do Camille, just use it as a 1 for 1 swap with the squash
Absolutely delicious!!! Thank you so much for the recipe!
You are so welcome, hope you enjoy many more
Amazing!! I loved this recipe even though a made a poor college students version. I used olive oil and regular 2% milk instead of coconut. I made the mistake of not peeling the carrots, so I had to mash them separately after baking. Also, I don’t have a blender, so I let the mixture simmer for 30 mins and then took a hand mixer to it. Still turned out amazing!! Next time I will add the bacon pieces to the actual soup (we ended up eating all the bacon before the soup was done, haha). Thanks do much for this recipe!
HAHA that is amazing, I have the same problem with bacon so i always make double so I can eat it and still have some for the recipe haha
I haven’t even made it yet, and I am already thinking I’ll have to make double bacon! I can’t wait…it looks awesome!
You can never go wrong with doubling the bacon
So I spent almost the entire weekend in noncreepy sweatpants (sans the hoody cause it was unseasonably warm in Pittsburgh this weekend) in the kitchen…in my glory. I made your fabulous soup with a few minor tweeks, cause you can do that with soup, right;) I decreased the cinnamon to 1.5 teaspoons and 1 teaspoon of nutmeg. Maybe my squash was a baby compared to yours because I love spices too. I increased the broth to 4 cups and my soup was more “soupy” than your photo. The soup was fab-u-lous topped with crispy pastured bacon goodness and will surely be in a regular rotation this winter. Thanks for the recipe love!
All recipes are made to be adapted. To each is own and I love hearing what other people do with them. I am so glad you like it and rocked the sweatpants, high five for that one
I made this soup this evening using an acorn squash and it was delicious! I cut back on the cinnamon a bit and used some white pepper and it was really good. I can’t believe how much flavour the apple gave it too. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Fall is my favorite season. There is nothing like snuggling up in a hoodie with the windows open and a crisp breeze coming through the house (bonus points if a neighbor is burning leaves or has a fire going so you get that smell coming in, too :)).
At least, there was nothing better than that until I made this soup! It is absolutely delicious and easy to make. The bacon is the perfect contrast to the sweetness of the squash. And it is the perfect addition to my perfect fall evening. Can’t wait to have leftovers for lunch tomorrow!
Yoga pants, winter squashes, and autumn recipes basically make my life. My younger brother made your stuffed butternut squash and he loved it – he isn’t really into cooking so I’m always happy when he gets excited about cooking. I’ll be recommending this recipe next!
Did you make this Kate
Wow – I’ve got two butternut squashes and a kabocha sitting on my counter at home and one more butternut on the way with my CSA. Would it be okay to combine the two squashes, or will that give it an off texture/flavor?
Also, does this freeze well?
Dolores yes you can combine them, that will probably make a delicious flavor combination. You will have to come tell me how it is. Also it freezes awesome, I freeze mine all the time :)
Good in concept – WAY too much cinnamon for us. Completely overpowering and spent another hour or so trying to counteract it to make it at least edible and get it to a place where it tasted like squash again. Sorry – still searching for the perfect butternut squash soup recipe.
I am sorry you didn’t like it JWG. I forgot to put in the post that this is entirely dependent on your squash. I personally had a HUGE squash and forgot to weigh it so I am not sure of the exact. That is probably why I needed so much cinnamon, but I also LOVE cinnamon
This looks killer. My younger brother made your butternut squash stuffed with beef & bacon and he loved it – he’s kind of new to cooking so anytime he gets enthusiastic I get really excited. I’ll definitely share this recipe and make it for myself too!
I totally second you on comfy sweatpants & being fall all year round. Best weather, best foliage, and hands down best FOOD!
Awesome recipe! I have decided to make this year the year that I make lots of awesome soups. This was the kick-off and it’s delicious! I am eating it out of a cup and not a large bowl, though. I hope that’s ok. :)
I think I can forgive you for eating it out of a cup. I normally reserve the cups for my wassail I have been making everyday lol. So glad you enjoyed. I have some other soups you should try :)
Ok, the soup is deeply delicious but even more important …that tat!!
Very impressive! And the man underneath all that ink isn’t too bad either. ;)
Did you do it all in one session??
Thank you Amy. Yes it was done in one very long and painful sitting lol
You can never go wrong with butternut squash and bacon… Best combination ever! Thanks for the amazing creation :-)
Ps: I really want to see the tattoo!
Thank you Rayssa, head over to my caveman facebook page and look in the photos ;) http://www.facebook.com/civilizedcaveman
Okay, I am bookmarking this for next week, it sounds amazing! Plus soups are always good for fall (and my baby digs ‘em). Also — I blast the A/C all day so I can wear my warm clothes, true story. I didn’t know other people did that!
Oh yea Rachel me and you both blast our A/C, no shame in our game. Hope you enjoy this recipe
Made this tonight for my daughter and I, and we both absolutely LOVED it! Best paleo soup I’ve made to date. She loves it so much that she asked me to pack some in her lunch tomorrow. I’ll def be making this a lot this fall and winter. Thank you!
Fabulous!! I made this for lunch and it was a hit. Even the picky two-year old loved it! I didn’t have a butternut squash so made do with an acorn squash and it was still very tasty. Thank you!!
Woohoo, I am so glad that you loved it, it sounds good with acorn squash too :)
I have to second your first (hoodies are the bomb),second (non-creepy sweat pants rock),third (full-warm tummy) and fourth (not being able to pat ones back after a large tat, did that…OWch!) thoughts! Thanks for the recipe! Now I know what is for dinner :)
Haha I loved your comments. Please come back and let me know how you liked this and only leave a comment again if it is worth 5 stars haha. For real if it sucks please tell me lol
Hands down the best Butternut soup I have made. Savory and seet! Followed by your pumpkin brownies I made last night…Yum, what a lunch! Five stars to both.
Awesome, so glad you loved them all
I just bought one this weekend at our local farmers market. I couldn’t find a butternut squash soup recipe. But here is it-thank you! It looks so good!
You are so welcome Elaine, I make butternut squash soup all the time. Its the best :)
Thank you! I roasted a butternut the other day and it’s been staring at me every time I open the fridge, now I know what to do with it!
Oh awesome Ann, I can’t wait to hear how you like it. Enjoy :)