October Followers Fest: My Favorite Fall Soup

In honor of the October Followers Fest

Hosted by Casey, Illy, Danielle and my sweet friend Jess, I am posting my favorite fall soup recipe:

Butternut Squash and White Bean Soup with Parmesan Biscuits

c/o Real Simple Magazine

Ingredients for Soup

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 medium sweet onion, chopped

1 14.5-ounce can diced tomatoes

1 small butternut squash, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces (4 cups)

1 tablespoon fresh thyme (you can use dried as well, I just use more)

sea salt and black pepper

2 15-ounce cans great northern beans, rinsed

1 bunch spinach, thick stems removed (about 3 cups)

Peel and slice your butternut squash

I use a veggie peeler to get the thick skin off, then cut the squash in half, and half again, etc etc until I get pieces that are big bite sized. Be sure to scoop out the meat/seeds well.

Once sliced, set aside.

Chop up your onion.

Heat the oil in a large soup pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring often, until it's soft (5 minutes or so).

 Add the tomatoes and their juices and cook 3-4 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Stir in the chopped up squash, thyme, 5 cups of water, 1 ½ teaspoons salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and bring to a boil.

Here is a tip, pour 2 cups of your water into the tomato can, then pour it into the soup (it grabs all the extra tomato juice in the can!)

Reduce the heat and simmer until the squash is tender, about 15 minutes.

 While it's simmering, chop up your spinach and drain and rinse your white beans.

 After the soup has simmered, stir in the beans and spinach and cook until the spinach is wilted and the beans are heated through - about 2 to 3 minutes.

Optional: Parmesan Biscuits
1 can biscuits
Parmesan cheese

place biscuits on baking sheet (also pre heat oven according to package directions) and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese

 Once soup and biscuits are done, serve and enjoy! This recipe will serve six-eight people.

 Tomorrow I'll be posting our fall decorations around the house! Happy Friday!