I've come up with a few different types of easy yummy Fall and Winter Soups to make that will appeal to many people and are relatively easy to prepare.

A lot people, me included at one time, are inclined to think that soup is rather a difficult dish to make. However I've discovered that this isn't the case, and that making soup can actually be really enjoyable and have a delicious result.

It's easy to make soup from leftovers - a favorite is Stuffed Peppers Soup, or Golumpki soup made from my leftover Lazy Golumpki stuffed cabbage casserole recipe. I've even turned leftover Pot Roast into a soup for lunch or dinner.

Easy Soups to Make

A Crockpot is my best friend for cooking Fall and Winter meals.

First, we have an old favorite of Crockpot Slow Cooker Leek and potato soup. There are two ways you can enjoy eating this, either cream, or not blended, and each way has its own distinct merits. If you blend it, you'll truly enjoy the soft texture that this technique creates and it looks wonderful as well, perfect for serving up at dinner parties, or even enjoying while chilling out sipping wine around the fireplace in winter or playing cribbage or your favorite family board games.

The ingredients also go very well when prepared as a cream soup too, so if you blend it, add in some of this and you'll have a meal of pure indulgence.

However you can also leave the soup unblended, allowing you to enjoy the textures of the leeks and the potatoes, as well as the broth it produces. This can be perfect for those cold winter nights when all you want is a hearty, warm dinner.

Homemade soups are always a great dish to bring for someone who's under the weather, has a new baby in the house, or loss of a family member. Ready-to-Serve, and bring along a gift-basket of colorful Handmade Dish Cloths from Moomettes Shops for easy kitchen clean-up.

Handmade Clay Orange Dish Cloths for Fall

Fall and Winter Vegetable Soups

Butternut squash soup can also be blended or not. The wonderful thing about butternut squash is that it's unusual yet yummy, and you can combine it with most of the same ingredients that you use to make leek and potato soup.

The basic principles of soup making are to chop up all the ingredients, saute them for around ten minutes and then add the stock. I like to use my homemade Chicken Stock from a roaster, or homemade scrappy veggie stock. When I don't make stock from scratch, I buy boxed Chicken Stock or Beef Stock from the grocery store, whatever is on sale.

Boil until the ingredients are cooked and semi-soft, season with salt and pepper, any of your favorite seasons to taste, and blend if you prefer.

Roasted Red Pepper soup or Tomato Soup is easy and satisfying! Serve with croutons or crackers and a artisan grilled cheese sandwich for lunch or dinner.

Traditional Cabbage Sauerkraut Kapusta Soup

Kapusta soup is yummy for Fall Oktoberfest, Christmas, Easter, or any winter day!

Search my blog for other soup favorite for all seasons!

Artisan bread is the perfect accompaniment to this type of dish, and the combination will satisfy you up, while making you feel warm and contented. Add some chunky homemade Sourdough bread, Dill Seed Onion bread or Ciabatta and sweet cream butter from Cabot in Vermont, and you'll have a meal to be proud to serve.

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A bowl of homemade soup is always a prelude to a satisfying meal. Serve up this easy, delicious Crockpot Butternut Squash Bisque Soup recipe before your next meal, for lunch, or when the kids come home from school.

Butternut Squash Soup

Comfort Food

I'm not usually one who eats a lot of vegetables, but when one of my friends gifted me with a container of her homemade Butternut Squash Soup I had to give it a try. I'd never tried it before, and one taste and I was hooked!

Rich and nutty, this creamy soup recipe was a winner. Add a dollop of sour cream, some parsley for garnish and a few oyster crackers along with slice of homemade dill bread and you'll think you were at a New England ski lodge with a view of the the snowy mountain slopes!

This colorful soup will be a great addition to your Sunday dinner table, or Holiday dinner too!

Easy cleaning with these handmade crochet Dishcloths in Moomettes Crochet Shop !

Check out my other homemade Sweet Potato soup recipe and Crockpot Potato Leek Soup recipe here.

Crockpot Butternut Squash Soup Recipe

2 Tbl. butter (or olive oil)
1/2 c. chopped onion
3-4 lb. butternut squash, pealed and cubed
2-3 c. water (or chicken stock)
3/4 tsp. dried thyme
1/4 tsp. course ground black pepper
1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper
4 chicken-flavored bullion cubes
1 (8 oz) package of cream cheese, cubed (or labne)

Melt butter in skilled. Add onion and saute until translucent, stirring occasionally.
In a 3-1/2 to 4 quart slow cooker, combine the onion along with remaining ingredients except the cream cheese.
Cook on low for about 6 to 8 hours.
Approximately 40 minutes before serving, place about 1/3 of mixture into a food processor or a hand-held immersion blender and puree on high speed until smooth. Return the puree to the crockpot.
Add the cubed cream cheese and stir until well blended.
Cover and cook on low an additional 25 minutes or until cream cheese is melted, stirring with whisk until smooth.

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