Because I Love A Pig In Sunglasses

                                          

Not so much of an issue over here (if you're not a regular reader, it will take you 10 years to figure out why I linked that post,) but a great idea.

Join in!

Even though you didn't ask, and even though I'm no Pioneer Woman, here's a recipe for:

Super Simple Squashy Soup

Ingredients:
One yellow or white onion
Two cloves of garlic
Two or three carrots
Two medium sweet potatoes
One medium butternut squash
2 32oz cartons of vegetable stock
Olive or canola oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Smidgen of half-n-half (optional)

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Chop onion, carrot and garlic.  Coat bottom of soup pot (preheated to medium) with oil and add onions, garlic and carrots.  Cook until translucent (not brown) adding a little salt and pepper. 

In the meantime, peel and chop the sweet potatoes and butternut squash (making the chunks equal size).*  Add to soup pot and stir. 

Turn heat to high and add stock.  Bring to a boil and then lower heat to simmer until vegetables are, um, squashable against the side of the pan.

Turn off heat and allow to cool a bit.  Clean up the kitchen a little or something.  Ladle the veggies and broth into the blender in batches (don't fill more than half-way and make sure to get enough broth in the blender).  Puree.  Continue until all the soup is velvety smooth.  Return to pot.

Stir in a little bit of half and half if you like.  (You can easily leave it out for a vegan option.) And reheat  (if necessary).

Add more salt and pepper to taste*.  Yum.

*Options:  I often use the pre-cut squash that they have in the produce section.  Quick and easy.
You can also add other spices (chili powder, curry spices or cinnamon, etc.) to give it a little zing.

I don't know if looks all that great in this picture, but trust me, it's pretty tasty.

Comments

[Kristen]

Well aren't you fancy?

Wait until you see my Vegetarian recipe.

Heh.

[mimi]

Ummmm .... soup. My vegetarian heart is all warmed at the prospect. Yum.

[Clink]

Be still my veggie heart!!
I am emailing this to a vegan friend too!!

[Jess]

This sounds delicious. I keep meaning to try cooking with squash. Maybe this will be enough to actually get me to do it.

[M&Co.]

That looks very good and BoyChild friendly. I don't think we could give up meat for a week. Since we've given up wheat, dairy, corn and rice and all processed foods, I don't think we can remove meat from our diet too.

[Arkie Mama]

Sounds ever so tempting. I may give this a go sometime this week.

[the new girl]

M&Co: You could always just eat, you know. AIR. ;)

[margaret]

Got any other recipes? I have to make dinner for a friend who just had a baby and I have no clue what to make!

[andi]

I'm loving all these veggie recipes. Thanks!

[mindi]

I'm jumping on the bandwagon, as long as I can still have dairy!
Oh - I stole another one of your ideas for my blog, but in my defense, you stole it from someone else first ;-)

[Mindi]

I know this is an old post (amazing that 2 weeks is considered "Old" in bloggy-land), but it was the best place I could think of to stick it.....ok - you know what I mean!
Anyway - I'm on the fence about going veg (not a problem) vs. going vegan (as in the Skinny Bitch book) and I remembered from your "I have all the answers" post that you are the sole vegetarian in your family....
When you get a chance, could you check out my blog and perhaps give me some tips or the gentle push? It's today's post "Should I be a Skinny Bitch?")

'tanks!

[Madonna Sunglasses]

Good post and good recipe although i didn't get the connection with sunglasses and pig