Fall Squash Soup

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 celery stalk, diced
• 1 carrot, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 4 cups chicken stock
• 1 butternut squash, peeled and cubed
• 1 small turnip, peeled and diced
• 1 small sweet potato, peeled and cubed
• 1 pinch ground cinnamon, or to taste
• 1 pinch ground nutmeg, or to taste
• salt and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Melt butter in a large soup pot over medium heat until just bubbling and beginning to smell nutty, 1 to 3 minutes. Add onion, celery, and carrot; cook until onion is soft and translucent, another 3 to 5 minutes. Add garlic directly to the bottom of the pot and cook for about 1 minute before stirring; be careful to prevent burning. Add chicken stock, butternut squash, turnip, and sweet potato and bring to a boil. Cover pot and simmer soup until sweet potato is fork tender, about 40 minutes.
2. Puree soup using a stick blender to desired consistency. Season to taste with cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and black pepper.