Sweet Dumpling Squash Soup
This Sweet Dumpling Squash Soup is the perfect way to celebrate one of autumn’s most unique squash varieties. As easy as roasting, blending, and topping with crispy bacon!
Is spending over $500 on a blender crazy? Probably. But, is spending $22 on that blender crazy? Not at all!
After asking for Williams-Sonoma gift cards for every birthday, Christmas, and special occasion (plus hoarding credit card rewards points like nobody’s business) for the last several years, the Vitamix Professional Series 300 was finally mine – for just $22 out of pocket.
Known as blenders for professional chefs and serious home cooks, I had logged quite a bit of time with Vitamixes while I was in culinary school. Each time I used one, I marveled at how efficient it was, and how it could blend anything.
I’m convinced you could throw some granite chunks and blueberries in this thing, and you would be drinking a granite-berry smoothie a moment later. Yum? (I mean, a blueberry lemon smoothie would be better).
Since the moment it arrived (seriously, I blended something within 2 minutes of unboxing it), I’ve been blending up a storm. Mostly lemon smoothies, but sauces, soups, and margaritas, too.
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Sweet Dumpling Squash Soup
This Sweet Dumpling Squash Soup is the perfect way to celebrate one of autumn's most unique squash varieties. As easy as roasting, blending, and topping with crispy bacon!
Ingredients
- 2 large dumpling squashes (about 5-1/2 pounds total)
- 4 garlic cloves (in their skins)
- 1/2 large yellow onion, roughly chopped
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1-1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 4 fresh sage leaves
- 1 can (14.5 ounces) chicken broth
- 1/2 cup water, plus additional if needed
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 cup half and half
- 8 slices oven baked bacon, crumbled
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Halve squashes and scoop out seeds. Place squashes on one rimmed baking pan, and garlic and onion on another rimmed baking pan. Drizzle everything with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Transfer both pans to oven. Roast garlic and onion 30 minutes or until onion is golden brown. Remove garlic and onion from oven; remove garlic from skins and discard skins.
- Roast squash 60 minutes or until very tender. Let squash cool 10 minutes.
- Scoop squash flesh and transfer to blender. Add sage, broth, water, cumin, paprika, turmeric and roasted onion and garlic. Blend until smooth.
- Transfer squash mixture to large pot on stove and cook over medium heat 4 to 6 minutes or until warmed through.
- Stir in half-and-half. If thinner consistency is desired, add additional water in 1/4 cup increments until desired consistency is achieved. Taste soup and season with additional salt if needed.
- Serve soup garnished with bacon.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 6 Serving Size: 1-1/3 cupsAmount Per Serving: Calories: 263Total Fat: 17gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 1051mgCarbohydrates: 21gFiber: 5gSugar: 3gProtein: 9g
More great fall squash recipes:
- Instant Pot Butternut Squash Soup – cooks in just 6 minutes!
- Butternut Squash Noodles – a healthful “pasta” dish the whole family will love.
- Butternut Squash and Pomegranate Crostini – a great app for Thanksgiving.
- Really Good Thanksgiving Salad – with roasted acorn squash.
- Fall Harvest Salad Pizza – with butternut squash.
- Butternut Squash Fritters from SkinnyMs
I like to make smoothies and milkshakes in a blender. 🙂 Thank you.
I like to make strawberry smoothies.
I love love love smoothies and all types of soup!! myamurphy@mail.com
I think Strawberry smoothies is my favorite thing to make in a blender. That and milk shakes, coffee, chocolate, strawberry, and orange sherbet ones.
OMG… I just learned about the vitamix earlier this year. My co-worker LOVES hers! I make this awesome carrot soup which is a recipe from my aunt and a yummy pesto that I found on pinterest. I love butternut squash soup but have never made my own so that would be a definite must try. This squash soup looks pretty delicious as well 🙂
We like making chocolate shakes in the blender.
Homemade coleslaw, and strawberry daiquiris!
I like making fruity drinks or chocolate and coffee combos.
Strawberry banana smoothies
I haven’t ever had a blender but when I’ve stayed with friends, I’ve made smoothies.
Banana smoothies.
smoothies are our fav – regnod(at)yahoo(d0t)com
My favourite dish to make in a blender is a vegan pumpkin square filling. My next favourite is a good old-fashioned comforting soup like this Squash Soup.
I love to make granola, apple, greek yoghurt smoohies.
I love making mixed berry smoothies and homemade salsa in a blender.
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I would love to make a pineapple and berry smoothie.
I love strawberry banana smoothies.
SMOOTHIES!
Healthy soups!
Oh this looks delicious!
I make a lot of smoothies
I too have no shame I want this to make everything in the receipe box
We love to make milkshakes in the blender! I like vanilla – the hubby likes peanut butter
My favorite is a chocolate milkshake
I love making mixed berry smoothies.
Tara Woods
my favorite meal by far to make in a blender is gazpacho!
I love to make loaded baked potato soup!
We like making strawberry banana smoothies in the blender
I love making green smoothies and dessert creams… the Vitamix would be so perfect!
l like the blueberry kale coconut water avocado smoothie from Doctor Oz
I like to finish off my homemade marinara sauce in the blender!
I like to make protein shakes in my blender.
Susan Chester
I love to make green smoothies.
i love to make oreo milkshakes for dessert sometimes, or strawberry banana smoothies in the morning!
green smoothies!
My son loves smoothies and I love pureed soup. I’ve been wanting a Vitamix for a year or so and I tried to convince my mom to give me hers, but she said no! Fingers crossed for winning this one. Thanks for the opportunity.
i like making smoothies in a blender
I love autumn soups ~ apple rutabaga is my current favorite sweetened w/maple syrup but spiced w/a touch of cayenne pepper
Blueberry Vodka Smoothie is my favorite drink to mix in the blender.
I love to make berry smoothies
I make a drink with frozen mangoes, blueberries, yogurt, orange juice, chia seeds, flax and old cold cooked oatmeal (don’t laugh it makes it really creamy) that is pretty great.
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If I had a blender I would make the best milkshakes ever. The cheap blender I have won’t even make a smoothie.
I love making a smoothie for my kids with mangoes, bananas, french vanilla organic yogurt, and a splash of orange juice. 🙂 Unfortunately our old blender can’t handle anything remotely hard!
Oh squash! i am so looking forward to soups this fall/winter.
Soups are my favorite for the blender.
I like to make smoothies which is all I can pull off on my old blender. I’d love to make soup but the motor would burn out first.
Love making smoothies. Current favorite is a pumpkin smoothie.
I’ve been blending batches of Tomato Bisque made from our heirloom tomato harvest this summer.
I love mango smoothies :3
My kids love for me to make Ice cream shakes in our blender!
My favorite things to make in a blender are soups and smoothies. But milkshakes are pretty high up on the list as well!
I make smoothies with my blender. I’d love to make more stuff with a vitamix though!
My dad has badder and prostate cancer. He makes “smoothies” out of kale and spinach. He goes through a lot of blenders.
My kids use the blender to make milkshakes
I have wanted a vitamix blender for so long. I would make some fall soups in it.
I have a killer margarita recipe!
I love making fruit smoothies for my guest in my blender.
I make a lot of smoothies and would love to have a Vitamix to make them in.
Hummus, and all kinds of smoothies!
I like to make banana and peanut butter smoothies with my blender
I like to make hummus for one thing. Lots of other things too.
That vitamix looks awesome. I imagine lots of soups this winter!
I love to make pina colodas if my sister is over we make Margaritas
my favorite is lime margaritas~!
Making smoothies in my blender is how I use it most! Would love a better quality one so that I could try more stuff out!
I love a good PB and banana milkshake!
I love making real fruit smoothies my favorite is a strawberry banana
This squash soup sounds absolutely delicious. I’m not a big soup eater, generally, but every so often one will get me hooked.
My favorite thing to make with a blender is smoothies.
I love making protein shakes!
I like margaritas!
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I like to make fruit smoothies before going out the door In the morning. A vitamix would sure speed up the process. If I am running late I tend to skip it due to the time it takes to make it.
I love that this has the capability to make food hot, how cool is that! WOW. I love homemade soups and sauces. Your soup looks great, thank you.
I make smoothies but with a vitamix I could make soup so much quicker & easier!! The possibilities are endless
I’ll be honest and tell you my favorite is a rich, vanilla milkshake.
Favorite thing to make in a blender: Margaritas! Though, the avocado cream sauce I made the other day was a close second.
well, my favorite good-for-you food is hummus or smoothies… my favorite all-time is a double-chocolate milk shake.
Bacon and a Vitamix giveaway in the same post!!! It’s just too much! 😉 My favorite thing to make in a blender is a banana oat smoothie I have for breakfast several times a week.
As for my fave thing to make in a blender. A frozen margarita! Not even a close runner-up.
Squash + bacon. Yes! I am on board.
I am a big fan of smoothies! A vitamix will last a lot longer than my current magic bullet. Don’t judge me 🙂
I love to make broccoli cheddar soup!
Can not wait to try some of theses recipes!!
I make a yummy green smoothie in my blender! I also love juicing. My mom had a vitamix when I was growing up (actually, she still does!) and man do I wish I had one!
strawberry banana yogurt smoothies
tvollowitz at aol dot com
love green smoothies
I would make my chocolate and banana smoothies
I like to make smoothies
I had a vitamixer at work but I’ve since relocated and I am missing it! I used it daily for green morning smoothies and homemade nut butters. I’ve been saving up to buy one too- but I couldn’t resist entering a giveaway. Your soup looks beautiful. The addition of dumplings is a great one.
Smoothies
I make a really great vegan pumpkin soup– and I’d LOVE to have a better blender!
I make potato soup with my mixer,but I have always wanted a vitamix!!!
Big fan of making Squash soups but also roasted califlower soups in a blender!
My favorite drink in a blender is a chocolate peanut butter banana smoothie.
I don’t even own a blender, but my sister had a Vitamix she was lucky enough to get in a thirft shop and used it every single day until it broke. She made vegetable drinks and smoothies, mostly. I don’t know if she’ll find another in a thrift shop, but I’d give this this her. She could make me some squash soup as a thank you. 🙂
All my friends love their Vitamix – I would use it for smoothies for sure!
We love super smooth soups, so that’s what we’ll do doing! Our current blender just doesn’t cut it!
lori, i have no shame. i want this, badly… nic and i make a pureed soup at least once a week during the fall and winter, and a vitamix would be money.
just so i don’t feel this is a complete steal, i’ll share what i’d probably make first, which is one of my most favorite cold-weather meals of all time:
http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/carrot-ginger-soup-with-coconut-roasted-shrimp
my only adjustments are that i use about half the pb they suggest, and i also make a quick veggie broth that’s heavy on the carrots, mushrooms, and onions in place of chicken broth.
There are too many delicious things that come out of my blender to pick just one favorite (though Dutch Baby pancakes are pretty high up on the list…) And I’m sure they’d all be even tastier if I had a shiny new Vitamix to make them in 😀
I’m seriously mystified by the way the Vitamix can make soup and make it hot. I need to experience this myself. The fact that it’s American-made? That’s the best of all.
I have a feeling the Squash Soup will be my favorite dish. I am just now starting to eat healthy or trying and would love to start drinking some smoothies and just all around healthier meals. In the past I would say my favorite drink would be Peanut Butter Fudge Shake or a Bushwacker. A habit I will break!