Crock Pot Summer Squash Soup

I’ve been sharing a lot of crock pot soup recipes lately, like this Crock Pot Summer Squash Soup recipe. I’m not sure if it’s because I love soup recipes or if its because I can’t wait for the cool weather of Fall.

Wishing for cool Fall weather

Now I love soup and even in the blazing Florida summer heat I will eat soup for lunch or dinner. I am so sick of the heat this summer. It has been one of the hottest summers in a long time.

This week most of the kids head back to school in my neck of the woods. Usually back to school means that the cooler weather of Fall is on it’s way. Well, maybe in your neck of the woods it does. I’m jealous, believe me.

August and September are the hottest months of the year down here in Florida. And if that wasn’t bad enough hurricane season kicks into high gear this time of the year.

Its been a long time since we had a bad storm blow in. I hate having to prepare for a hurricane but I do have a list of 50 Must Have Hurricane Supplies for my Hurricane Survival Kit.

If you also live in a hurricane prone state check out the list and start gathering those hurricane survival supplies now before there is a threat of a storm!

I hope our luck holds out. Riding out a hurricane is no fun and now I have a bunch of grand babies to worry about.

Crock Pot Recipes for Two

This weeks crock pot soup recipe is brought to you by a reader request. After sending out a survey a few weeks ago there were many of you who wanted to see smaller portion recipes.

Some of you are older and are cooking for one or two. Some of you are young and single and do not need to prepare recipes that feed 4 or more family members.

This crock pot Summer Squash Soup recipe will feed two adults with a bit left over. Depending on how large of a serving you are serving. It makes about 4 cup of soup.

For those of you who would like to feed a family of 4 or more this Crock Pot Summer Squash recipe is easily doubled. Double all the ingredients except the salt, pepper and dill weed. Once the recipe is finished cooking take a taste and adjust the seasonings as needed.

Vegetarian Crock Pot Soup recipe

Another reader survey request was for me to share more vegetarian recipes. Make this slow cooker squash soup recipe using vegetable stock and it is a very tasty vegetarian soup recipe.

I actually used vegetable stock when I made it. But if your not following a vegetarian diet you can use chicken stock.

Gluten Free Crock Pot Soup Recipes

There were also many requests for gluten free recipes. I do not follow a gluten free diet. I do follow a low carb diet though.

I have many recipes that would be considered gluten free but because I do not know all the ins and outs of where gluten is hiding I don’t usually tag my recipes as gluten free.There are a few gluten free recipes on my blog from when I worked with a couple of gluten free companies.

You might want to check out the Halloween Candy Corn Pudding recipe if you have kids who are gluten free. It’s a fun gluten free Halloween dessert recipe.

I would feel horrible if someone who is newly diagnosed with celiacs or just found out they were gluten intolerant and made one of my recipes that I said was gluten free. There is a good possibility I could have used an ingredient that had trace amounts of gluten that I didn’t realize and they became sick.

Besides the fact that there is a piece of french bread perched on the side of my bowl this Crock Pot Summer Squash Soup recipe is gluten free as far as I know.

If you’re following a gluten free diet it is your responsibility to read those labels as I am sure you know by now gluten can hide in some weird places.

Are you still with me?

Woo hoo seems like I just couldn’t stop yakking today. I covered a lot of topics in today’s Crock Pot recipe. I usually keep Fridays recipe short and sweet but I had a lot of news to share and wanted to address some of the responses that came up in my reader survey.

How to Make Crock Pot Summer Squash Soup

Ingredients

1 cup cubed zucchini
1 cup cubed yellow squash
2 cups vegetable or chicken broth
1/2 cup diced onion
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon dill weed
plus 4 ounces sour cream added at the end of cooking time.

Directions

Place all the ingredients into a 4 quart crock pot and cook for 4 hours on high or 6 hours on low.
Right before serving mix the sour cream into the hot soup.
Place a dollop of sour cream on each serving and sprinkle with dill weed.
Makes 2-4 servings. Can be doubled easily.