Serenity's Gift Cove (sgc)

Post Date: September 25 2012:

From the Editor:

 

I have two men in my house, both of whom wish to eat healthy foods… add me into the mix and you have 3 people who like some of the same foods, but who also have their own individual tastes… 

Cooking for all of us can be a challenge sometimes, so I look for recipes which may please all of us… and which are relatively easy to prepare, economical, healthy and with ingredients that are easily available… 

Fall has just arrived and with it the beginning of cooler, shorter days and longer nights….

What else says Fall like Soup… Yummy healthy soup, that warms up your tummy on the inside and just makes you feel safe and secure.. While eating our soup, we somehow feel better about life… Soup you could say is like a bowl full of love… :) 

So on my visit to the local grocery store this morning, I picked up a Butter nut squash, thanks to my dear friend Kal who had cooked us butter nut squash soup for our ladies night one year… I too thought, hey I can cook this… :) 

The internet is a wonderful place at times, and on it,  I found a simple basic recipe for the soup…

Butter Nut Squash soup is  now made sitting in the pot waiting for the men at dinner time… :) I had some for lunch and it was pretty tasty if I do say so myself…

What I used in my Butter-nut squash soup recipe: 

1 Butter-nut Squash: Washed, peeled and cut up into squares: 

1/2  Carrot: Washed, peeled and cut up into squares: 

Handful of Baby Carrots washed and cut: 

I small Onion: Chopped: 

Small amount of light tasting olive oil… 

2 Small Garlic cloves: (or one larger one)

A handful of baby spinach: Washed and Chopped: 

A dash of Turmeric: (Optional: I try to use this as much as possible in cooking as it helps to reduce inflammation)

Chicken Stock: (or vegetable) I used Bovril Brand Two Packs and about 4 cups of water: 

Pepper to taste: 

What to Do: 

In a large pot: (with a lid)

Place Oil and Chopped Onion and Cook: 

Add Chopped Butter Nut Squash, Chopped Baby Spinach, Carrots, Garlic and Chicken Stock: Add Pepper: 

Bring to a boil, then turn down to a simmer, put the lid on the pot and let it simmer for about 20 to 25 minutes: 

In batches put the soup into a blender and blend until smooth. Let the smooth soup simmer in the pot until ready to use. 

Some people like to put cream in, if you would like to add cream do so after you have done the blending…

Enjoy… :)

Below is the link where I got the original recipe from, there are some nice variations listed here… :) 

 

http://localfoods.about.com/od/soups/r/squashsoup.htm