This butternut squash soup is great for your weekly meal prep!
My Mom gave me three butternut squashes probably three weeks ago. They rolled around the back of my car for almost that whole time, until I cleaned out my car and found them – thanks Mom! Butternut squash is a hearty vegetable!
Roasting this butternut squash is my favorite way to use it. That, and my healthier version of Jessica’s butternut squash queso – that’s amazeballs!
I find if I microwave the squash whole for 5 minutes, it cuts so much easier. I just cut in half, and threw the squash (seeds and all!) face down on a baking sheet with one sliced honey crisp apple, 3 large carrots and 4 cloves of garlic. The seeds are super easy to take out once the squash is cooked.
Let cool slightly, and I use a melon baller to get out all the pulp.
Then you just add all the ingredients into a blender and blend for five minutes. I know that seems like a long time, but you’ll get this velvety texture
Butternut Squash Soup
This creamy butternut squash soup screams fall. It uses roasted butternut squash and apples with a hint of cayenne so make it the perfect sweet and savory combo.
Ingredients
- 1 large butternut squash*
- 1 large honey crisp apple, cored and sliced
- 3 large carrots, washed and unpeeled
- 4 cloves garlic
- 4 cups vegetable broth
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper **
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 4 brussels sprouts, sliced thin (optional garnish)
- 1 teaspoon grape seed oil (optional garnish)
Instructions
Heat oven to 425. Spray a baking sheet with Pam, and place the butternut squash (that's been cut in half) cut side down. Add apples, carrots and garlic. After 30 minutes, take the apples, carrot and garlic off the pan. Set aside. Cook the squash another 15 minutes, or until you can pierce it with a knife.
Let the veggies cool about 20 minutes. Throw everything into a blender, except the sprouts and oil. Blend for 5 minutes - this will give the soup a velvety texture and mimic a bisque even though there is no cream in the soup.
Heat grapeseed oil over medium heat, saute the sprouts for about 2-3 minutes - just until they are wilted a bit. Toss with a pinch of salt and pepper and garnish the soup with the sprouts.
Notes
* if you microwave the butternut squash for 5 minutes, it's easy to slice in half before roasting
** cayenne pepper is a personal preference - the amount I have in the recipe is the perfect sweet/savory/spicy combination, but if you don't like as much spice, reduce to your liking.
Since I am on the diabetic plan, I have to count for the apple, but it's only 1 WW point per serving on my plan. Click this link to see what the WW points would be on your plan.
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I had my knee doctor appointment at 8:45 in the morning. They think I may have a torn miniscus (sp?!). So they scheduled an MRI for 3:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon. I had planned to meet my Mom for lunch and we were going to see A Star is Born, but we only had time for lunch. I don’t post this very often, but this is my favorite breakfast when a) I am not that hungry but need to eat and b) if I know I am going out to lunch. This cookies and cream Premier Protein with espresso tastes just like cereal milk to me, in the best way possible.
Hi Momma!
We went to Big Bowl – I love that place. I’ll have all the veggies please! Except onions 😛
I needed a bigger bowl!
I got mine with tofu – love. I felt like I was eating for 30 minutes straight, but still brought more than half of it home – the leftovers will be my lunch today.
Mom got the pad thai – I had a bite so good!!
My MRI lasted 45 minutes – I’ll know the results next Thursday when I go back. I may need surgery – we’ll see! I had time to do a dry run of my Cooking Club dish on Thursday – this tastes amazing – I am making an artichoke dip chicken – you’ll want to stay tuned with this recipe – I’ll post it on Friday.
Being off on a Tuesday makes today feel like Monday – I keep having to remind myself that it’s Wednesday!
Happy Wednesday my friends – make it a great day!
I had surgery in March for a torn meniscus. I was not in excruciating pain, it came and went. It still kinda hurts, but the dr. told me its arthritis. Personally, I think I didn’t need the surgery. Its my left knee so I was able to drive after a week. I only took pain meds for a couple of days. I did go to PT about a month after the surgery. Btw, there is a class action law suit against premier protein. You can get up to 40 bucks back if you have proof( like from Costco or Sam’s). If no proof, you’ll get half that. Basically, they allegedly lied about the amount of protein in the drinks.
It was weird today Randi, my knee hardly hurt at all today – but tonight I am sure I will walk up in stabbing pain – weird!
I heard about the class action lawsuit – I am not too concerned – it was only like 4 grams less than what they said it was – and 26 grams of protein is still a lot and its the only one that doesn’t upset my stomach.
Hope you are doing well!
I’ve had torn meniscus on both knees and was able to repair them with PT and time. I know each one is different so do what is best for you.
Thanks for letting me know! It was weird, today it hardly hurt today, but I know tonight I will probably wake up with stabbing pain tonight 😛
As yummy and delicious as the soup looks and sounds I want to know about the blender. Is that one of those that has a “sound barrier thing” ? It is in quotes because I am so skeptical. The main reason I rarely use my blender is the noise. Your lunch spot looks like a place I would love. Honestly, I would love it if we had any place at all that had that many fresh veggies to choose from. Hope everything comes back okay with the knee. Maybe it is something you can just do some physical therapy or something. Best wishes for good news.
You would be correct! It’s a sound guard. I love it, Hannah, not so much – but she tries to put too much stuff in the blender at one time.
I bought it at Walmart for $45 – I’ll take a picture of it tomorrow so you can see which one it was 😀
I second what Amanda says….I had surgery for a torn meniscus and it was a great experience. Really solved the pain and the recovery was a breeze. As long as you have good insurance to pay for it!
I do have good insurance! I just bought a two months supply of my insulin for $100 – and insurance saved me $3400!
I totally forget about stuff in my car sometimes. Glad I’m in good company 👍 Your Mom is so pretty- just like all the women in your family. Good luck with your knee!
Yep, you are not alone – I do that all too often!! I was cleaning out the car and I only really drive to the train station and back home, and Hannah wanted to know how I collected so much shit in there 😀
I’ve had a meniscus surgery. Honestly it wasn’t a huge deal. I had surgery Thursday and was back to work Monday. It’s othoscopic and minimally invasive. So if that’s what you have to do it could certainly be worse!
Thanks Amanda! Yep, my doctor suggested having it on a Friday and taking it easy for the weekend and it wouldn’t be too bad.