Sunday, November 11, 2007

squash soup for Kirk, Kari and Eva's souls (or whoever else wants some)


I love the fall. And I love cooking fall-ish food such as sweet potato oven fries, butternut squash soup, and some garlicky greens.

easy squash soup recipe:

1. Chop an onion and saute in olive oil in a large pot or wok with salt and pepper on medium low heat.
2. After onion is soft, add 2 peeled, seeded, and chopped butternut squashes.
3. Add enough water to cover, a couple of vegetable bouillon cubes, and boil until it all becomes very soft.
4. Puree in batches in a food processor (or blender).
5. Return to pot and add salt and pepper and curry powder to taste.

A little cream can be added if you like. I usually forget to get any, which is probably better for my health. I'll often add a potato to the mix, and I've made this with zucchini or pumpkin or even peas and carrots as the base.

3 comments:

amanda said...

eva, you inspire me with all your food creations. i'm going to have to try this. do you put anything on your sweet potato oven fries? how long do you bake them?

you make the baby hungry.

eva said...

yeah - we coat the potatoes in some olive oil and montreal steak seasoning. they bake at 350 or something for maybe an hour? i'm not quite sure, we just keep watching them and wait for them to be crispy but not burnt.

eva said...

yeah - we coat the potatoes in some olive oil and montreal steak seasoning. they bake at 350 or something for maybe an hour? i'm not quite sure, we just keep watching them and wait for them to be crispy but not burnt.