Oh, my goodness. Oh. My. Goodness.

The first time I intended to make this soup, I had it planned for a while , and oddly enough a similar butternut squash soup was served to me at The King's Feast of The Texas Renaissance Festival. I had never had butternut squash soup before then, but I immediately fell in love. It was thick and rich and served with some sort of toasted seed and herb topping.

It was such a good soup that I thought I would have dreams about it that night.

I was a bit curious when I got home if the recipe that I had come up with would be anything similar to the amazing one that I had at the feast. Needless to say I was somewhat skeptical that so few of ingredients would actually come together to make such an amazing soup.

This soup was absolutely fantastic! It was thick and rich and full of flavor, just like the one at the feast. The soup needed nothing at all, but I happened to have some fresh pesto, leftover bacon, pumpkin seeds and some seeds from my butternut squash that needed toasting - I just had to use those things up. What better way than to top an already ridiculously great soup?

What's even better about this soup is that it's easy and super low in calories, though you would never guess it was healthy in any aspect by how great it tastes.

Sneaky, sneaky butternut squash... how I love you.

Like I said, this soup doesn't need any help, but I really enjoyed the added flavor and crunch of the toppings that I chose.

Seriously, if you're going to make one soup this fall... let it be this one!

I promise that you won't be disappointed.

Nutritional Claims: High Fiber • Low Fat • Gluten Free • Wheat Free • Egg Free • Peanut Free • Tree Nut Free •Soy Free • Fish Free • Shellfish Free • Pork Free • Red Meat Free • Crustacean Free • Celery Free • Mustard Free • Sesame Free • Lupine Free • Mollusk Free • Alcohol Free • No Sugar Added • Sulphite Free