Recipe:Seasonal Sweet Potato - Butternut Squash Soup

October 17, 2007

Hi Everyone, This soup tastes divine. The difficult part was peeling

the butternut squash. At Costco they have bags of peeled and squared

butternut squash. It would make this recipe alot easier. Those things

are hard to peel. The Vegetable Bisque can be purchased from Trader

Joes, it makes this soup full bodied and really yummy. No extra salt

is needed because the Bisque is pre-salted.

Serves alot!!

Here it is:

1-2 T Olive Oil

2 Stalks of Celery chopped

1 Onion chopped

1 t of each Rosemary, Thyme and Sage

1/2 t salt

3 bay leaves

2 Large Sweet Potatoes peeled and diced in to small squares

3 cups Butternut squash peeled and diced into small squares

1 32oz aseptic soup pack from Trader Joes called Vegetable Bisque

In large pot, saute celery, onion, herbs in EVOO with salt sprinkled

on top to bring out the flavors of the onion & celery. Put potatoes

and squash in with sauted onion mix, fill with water until just

covering to top of the potatoes/squash in the pot. Bring to boil,

cover and turn down to low for 20 minutes until tender. Add vegetable

Bisque and mash the to potatoes with a masher depending on how you

like the consistency. It's nice to have a few chunks in there. Bring

it back to a boil, turn off and serve. It tastes even better the next

day!!!

October 17, 2007

My trick to peel butternut or any other squash is to poke a few holes in the

skin with a knife, pop it in the oven at 350, and bake until soft. Then all

you have to do is let it cool enough to handle, cut it in half with a big

knife, scoop out the guts, and then use a spoon to scoop the flesh from the

shell. Then you can add it to your stock and let it simmer for a little

bit.

Pam

On 10/17/07, atmakk <atmak wrote:

>

> Hi Everyone, This soup tastes divine. The difficult part was peeling

> the butternut squash. At Costco they have bags of peeled and squared

> butternut squash. It would make this recipe alot easier. Those things

> are hard to peel. The Vegetable Bisque can be purchased from Trader

> Joes, it makes this soup full bodied and really yummy. No extra salt

> is needed because the Bisque is pre-salted.

>

> Serves alot!!

>

> Here it is:

>

> 1-2 T Olive Oil

> 2 Stalks of Celery chopped

> 1 Onion chopped

> 1 t of each Rosemary, Thyme and Sage

> 1/2 t salt

> 3 bay leaves

> 2 Large Sweet Potatoes peeled and diced in to small squares

> 3 cups Butternut squash peeled and diced into small squares

> 1 32oz aseptic soup pack from Trader Joes called Vegetable Bisque

>

> In large pot, saute celery, onion, herbs in EVOO with salt sprinkled

> on top to bring out the flavors of the onion & celery. Put potatoes

> and squash in with sauted onion mix, fill with water until just

> covering to top of the potatoes/squash in the pot. Bring to boil,

> cover and turn down to low for 20 minutes until tender. Add vegetable

> Bisque and mash the to potatoes with a masher depending on how you

> like the consistency. It's nice to have a few chunks in there. Bring

> it back to a boil, turn off and serve. It tastes even better the next

> day!!!

>

October 17, 2007

Just a question--I try to avoid buying aseptic soup packs because we

cannot recycle them. May I assume that any vegetable stock will do or

is there a special flavor that I should add to my vegetable stock?

Kathleen