Butternut Squash with Apple Soup

Now that fall has finally hit us full force I was more than ready to whip up some more soups. First on my list for a while has been butternut squash with apple soup. We have a little restaurant nearby named Soups On and they have a ton of delicious soups and some really unique flavors. I've tried quite a few of them and yet every time I go I end up getting their butternut squash with apple soup, it's my absolute favorite.

I've made this soup once before but it's been at least a year since I've last made it. You have to do a lot of peeling and chopping but all in all it's not a very difficult recipe to execute. A food mill is a great tool to use in recipe to make for a nice creamy soup. If you dont have one you can always use a food processor to breakdown the squash and apples.

It's a great soup that's also incredibly healthy. There's only 3 main ingredients, no heavy creams, butters or anything of that sort. Since the soup was so low in fat I took the opportunity to enjoy it in a bread bowl! So make yourself some soup and pour yourself a heaping bowl, kick up your feet and enjoy.

Italian Wedding Soup

So I have been looking forward to making Italian Wedding Soup as soon at the calendar changed over to October, crisp cool weather was on its way and that meant soup season was upon us. Funny thing happened though, instead of getting colder, it got warmer. It was in the 80's this past weekend and I realized that my soup making days weren't quite as close as I thought and then I thought screw it, 80 degrees or not I'm making soup.

I've only made Italian Wedding Soup one time before and it was well over a year ago. I sort of winged it the first time and did the same thing this time around too. It's a fairly simple soup to make but does get a bit tedious when rolling out dozens upon dozen of mini meatballs. I actually didn't make my meatballs that mini because I like when there's a little bit of substance to them, but that's just my preference. I also browned my meatballs a bit before throwing them in the soup, I like the little bit of extra flavor it gives them.

To top it all off since this was a bit of an impromptu soup making experience I didn't have the right pasta on hand, orzo or ditalini pasta are good bets and usually I have them in my pantry but not tonight. No tonight I was limited to fettucine, spaghetti and farfalle. So what's a girl to do but improvise? I broke down the fettucine pasta into one inch pieces and made the best of it. After all, if there's anything at all to be learned about cooking it's that rules are meant to be broken.