The BEST Butternut Squash Soup!
I had been craving a rich, creamy, aromatic, roasted butternut soup for weeks now! I'm in the second trimester of my 5th child and have to respond to these cravings! So I finally had a cold rainy day with no dinner ideas so I got to work making my long awaited soup!
I begin by cutting my squash in half lengthwise. Lay face up on baking sheet. Sprinkle with fresh grated nutmeg, cracked pepper, pink Himalayan sea salt, and garlic powder. A whole peeled sweet Vidalia onion and a persimmon (apple or pear would work too) added to the sheet also. Roast in oven on 400°F for an hour.
Will be fork tender and your house will smell amazing! Let cool to touch after removing from oven. Then spoon out the squash flesh from the skin to prepare to blend it smooth. You can use an immersion blender or something like my Ninja Blender.
Add onion, persimmon and inside of squash and blend. You will have to add your broth as you go. It can be vegetable or meat broth, store bought or homemade. I used the organic chicken broth from Kroger. Blend until smooth.
Now pour into a cast iron (enameled like mine) or stainless steel pan and add your favorite spices! You can go sweet or savory here and I went with both and I leaned in an Indian flavor direction because I felt like it (pregnancy cravings have to be obeyed). For the sweet side I used more fresh grated nutmeg, a dash of Ceylon cinnamon and have seen people use pumpkin pie spice. Then for Indian highlights I did a pinch or masala, a dash of curry powder and some cumin. A little salt and pepper and we had the perfect flavor profile... almost! Then I bring to simmer on low to medium heat. Be careful not too hot or splatters will burn you.
When you get a low simmer it's time to add the final ingredient, a can of coconut cream to bring all those flavors together and create a creamy texture that makes you just want to keep eating bowl after bowl!
I don't know if it was because this was the perfect recipe ever created or if those pregnancy hormones were on overdrive but I couldn't stop tasting it before dinner! I had three sample bowls before dinner was even served!
I had every intention in the world of taking all the leftovers and putting into individual serving sizes in freezer. But in two days there was nothing left! It was even better the second day! I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I did! Leave a comment down below of you changed it up and put your own spin on it!
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Blessed to see something new from you here!!! (Glad some others saw it too!)
Take care of those cravings!!!
So good to feel so welcomed back!
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Hey, welcome back! And what a cracking post to come back with. I really need to get some of my butternuts from earlier in the year used up.
We've had a lot happening since you were last posting. I see you resteemed something from @naturalmedicine 10 months ago. They are going really strong now. Anyway, I hope we see more of you again.
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I hope to have more energy to do more posts. I have had a difficult year with my health and other stuff. I miss the community here for sure! I'm actually really surprised and touched that you remember me! Thank you for welcoming me back!
Me again, @minismallholding. I keep having to reply on another account because partiko keeps crashing on your post. I also cont be bothered logging another account out to log in on another front end. You can tag homesteading posts to #naturalmedicine and then it will appear on their front end, which I'm also logged into as Minismallholding.
Anyway, after all that I was just going to say, it was your Facebook group page that alerted me to the fact that you posted, or I may have missed you in my feed. I couldn't easily forget you and follow you on Insta too. You were an important part of the early homesteading community and I'm glad to see you back.
The alternative lifestyle community has grown and expanded. @homesteaderscoop is the main homesteading and gardening group now and the marketplace is doing well. @innerblocks is a growing community and front end from @freedompoint and @freedomtowrite. Then there's the afore mentioned @naturalmedicine which is so active and incorporates a meditation and mindfulness group. There's #weedcash for the cannabis community in areas where it's finally been legalised. So much going on its hard to keep track!
This, of course, is from the home education community, which has very recently started up.
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