Cooking After Class: Butternut Squash Soup with Apple Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

If it was up to me, we’d have soup multiple times a week. Perfect meal on a cold evening but…my kids are not soup lovers so it’s a treat for me to actually enjoy it for dinner. Tonight was a treat since I got to have a big bowl of this tasty Butternut Squash Soup. Most times, I’ll make a batch of soup over the weekend and bring it to work each day for lunch. Butternut squash soup has always been one of my favorites. I love the creamy texture. Lexie says it’s like baby food but I totally disagree. I’ve tried numerous squash soup recipes and thought that this one was pretty good. It have a good amount of flavor and spice. The grilled cheese with apple slices sold the kids on this dish!

I had limited time to prepare dinner tonight so I made the soup a few days ago and stored it in the fridge so tonight all I had to do was warm up the soup and make the sandwiches. Pretty quick and easy!

Substitutions/Additions for Butternut Squash Soup with Apple Grilled Cheese Sandwiches:

didn’t have fresh ginger so I used about 1 tsp of ground ginger
only used 1/8 tsp of cayenne pepper
Aldi didn’t have butternut squash this week so I used two bags of frozen squash we used instead
we ate the sandwiches on sourdough bread
I had leftover Gruyere and Jarlsberg cheeses in the fridge so I used those with a little cheddar instead of the smoked gouda

Tips for Butternut Squash Soup with Apple Grilled Cheese Sandwiches:

soup can be made ahead of time
Instead of putting oil in the pan or buttering bread to make the grilled cheese sandwich, try using mayo instead. I’ve done this for years…saw it on a cooking show and have never went back. Perfect, crisp crunch everytime. Give it a try and let me know what you think 🙂

RECIPE: Butternut Squash Soup with Apple Grilled Cheese Sandwiches