How to Make a Rich and Hearty Sweet Potato and Apple Soup
Guests will love the rich and hearty combination of this unique and delicious sweet potato and apple soup. Perfect for holiday entertaining!
Sweet Potato and Apple Soup and Some Fall Table Decor Ideas
There is finally a chill in the air here in my part of the world and I am loving it. It's time to start
The center of the table is reserved for some gourds that will last throughout the season placed in arustic serving bowl that is food safe {multipurpose} ~ gotta love it.
In addition to placing the gourds in the bark bowl, also made some quick and easy place cards with them adding a tag around the stem of the mini pumpkins and using a mini clothespin to attach a mum from the garden to the place card for me.
I'm the only girl in the house so I get the flower by default. I placed the place cards on a wood bark cake stand {also food safe} along with some glittery pinecone mushrooms {next week, there'll be some cupcakes on that cake stand}.
And now for the soup ~ I love a good hearty healthy soup when Autumn arrives and all through the winter and this Sweet Potato-Apple Soup is just enough sweet to not be overwhelming and so filling all I needed to add was some fresh bread and our dinner was complete. I have the crumbiest soup and cereal bowls. I bought some new ones last year and I must have left home without my brain because they make no sense whatsoever {it's sort of hard to mess up buying a bowl but in this particular instance, I messed up big time}.
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That being said, my family was so happy that I got these double-handled soup crocks ~ they can now eat soup and drink from the side without it dripping down their chin. I am so thrilled with these crocks and the soup that was in them.
📖 Recipe
Sweet Potato and Apple Soup
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup diced onion
- 2 cloves garlic chopped
- 1 ½ lbs sweet potatoes peeled and cut into 2-inch chunks
- 1 pound Idaho potatoes peeled and cut into 2-inch chunks
- 2 Gala apples peeled, cored and cut into 2-inch chunks
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup water
- ¼ cup maple syrup {plus more for drizzling}
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large, lidded pot over medium heat.
- Add onion, cook 4 minutes.
- Add garlic, cook 1 minute.
- Stir in sweet potatoes, Idaho potatoes, apples, chicken broth and 1 cup water.
- Cover and bring to a simmer.
- Cook 20 minutes.
- Blend in blender in small batches until smooth.
- Return to heat.
- Stir in maple syrup, salt and pepper.
- Drizzle with maple syrup before serving.
Notes
As with any of my recipes, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly depending on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.
Nutrition
I hope you enjoyed the Autumn Decor, Some Soup and a Little Craft thrown in for good measure!
For more inspiration check out these awesome bloggers ~ all part of the Autumn Abounds Blog Hop
Monday, Sept, 9th Shannon @ Fox Hollow Cottage ~ Fall Fireplace Mantel
Tuesday, Sept. 10th Heather @ At the Picket Fence ~ House Numbers Pumpkin Topiary
Wednesday, Sept. 11th Jen @ Jennifer Rizzo ~ How to Paint a Pumpkin Step-by-Step
Thursday, Sept. 12th Kristin @ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia ~ Rustic Fall Mantel
Friday, Sept. 13th Maryann @ Domestically Speaking ~ Apple Poppers
Monday, Sept. 16th Kristin @ Yellow Bliss Road ~ A Welcome Autumn Breakfast and Free Printable Mini Chalkboard Banners
Tuesday, Sept. 17th Vanessa @ At the Picket Fence ~ Picket Fence Fall Mantel
Wednesday, Sept. 18th Heather @ Setting for Four ~ Sparkle and Shine Fall Mantel
Friday, Sept. 20 Becca @ Adventures in Decorating
Monday, Sept. 23 Kristen @ Ella Claire Inspired
Tuesday, Sept. 24 Angelina @ JoJo and Eloise
Wednesday, Sept. 25 Courtney @ French Country Cottage
Thursday, Sept. 26 Debbie @ Debbie Doos
Friday, Sept. 27 Kim @ Sand and Sisal
Mary Beth, this soup sounds so wonderful! Thanks for sharing your recipe and a look at your fall table, which is SO pretty! I love the cake stand so much! This is a great giveway!!! Pinning! Hope you are having a wonderful week and have a happy Thursday. Hugs!
Thanks so much, Cindy ~ that cake stand is really awesome ~ I imagine all sorts of little cupcakes on it 😉
Marybeth, OMG! That soup sounds amazing. I am going to make some tonight in my vitamix. I'll let you know how it turns out! I just don't have time to cook it on the stove today. Thanks!
Thanks, Julia ~ I look forward to finding out how it turns out for you. 🙂
This sounds so amazing Mary Beth! We are big into soups at our house! 🙂
Vanessa
Thanks, Vanessa! I love soups especially this time of year. Creamy ones are my favorite but I try to avoid those ~ they seem to like my hips a little too much.
Oh Mary Beth this soup looks amazing!!! I can't wait to try it, thanks for sharing with us.
XO
Kristin
Mary Beth that soup looks delicious! Hopefully within a month we'll be cool enough here that I can think of soup 🙂 Love that bark bowl - something that could be used throughout the year!
From Tiramisu to Soup! I have to try this recipe too, but I'll make a vegetarian version of it. 🙂 Love that wooden bowl of yours!!
This looks and sounds so DELICIOUS!!! I could of certainly used some of this while we were sick 🙂 I love your Pumpkin Name Placements and your Bowls are Beautiful!!
Happy Fall Friend!
xoxo
Love this soup recipe Mary Beth - I want to make it this weekend...there's a nip in the air here lately - perfect soup weather!! 😀 Heather
Oh how yummy and comforting!
This looks SO yummy!! Thank you for sharing!