Thick and Creamy Roasted Butternut Squash Soup Recipe
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Recipe type: Soup
Cuisine: American
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • 4 Cups of Fat Free Vegetable or Chicken Broth
  • Large Butternut Squash, Peeled, Seeds Removed & Cubed
  • 2 Teaspoons of Olive Oil
  • 1 Large Red Onion, Diced
  • 2 Granny Smith Apples, Peeled, Cored & Diced Small
  • 6 Garlic Cloves, Minced
  • ½ Teaspoon Each of Salt & Pepper
  • Pinch of Cayenne Pepper
  • ⅔ Cup of Fat Free Half & Half
  • Fat Free Plain Greek Yogurt or Sour Cream, Optional
  • Vegetable Cooking Spray
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Lay your butternut squash on top of parchment skin side down. Spray flesh of Butternut Squash well with vegetable cooking spray. Season with salt/pepper.
  2. Roast for 45 minutes and then remove from the oven. Set aside to cool.
  3. Spray a large stock pot or sauce pan with vegetable cooking spray and place over medium high heat. Add in olive oil. Reduce heat to medium. Put in the diced onion and apple and saute for 10 minutes. Add in the garlic and saute for 5 minutes more. Season with the ½ teaspoon each of salt and pepper.
  4. Add the pan contents to a large blender.
  5. Using an ice cream scoop or large spoon, scoop the softened flesh from the butternut squash into a separate bowl. Discard rind.
  6. Before adding some of the squash to your blender, pour 1 cup of broth into blender base that contains the onion/apple mixture. Add in some of the squash. Put the lid on and blend well. When that is thoroughly blended, pour back into your sauce pan. And repeat process with remaining broth and squash.
  7. When all has been added back to your sauce pan, add in ½ and ½ and cayenne. Stir to blend well. Taste and adjust spices if needed while warming over medium heat.
  8. This makes 4 bowls of soup. After pouring into soup bowls, swirl in Fat Free Greek Plain Yogurt or Fat Free Sour Cream, if using. (SP calculations below do not include SP for yogurt or sour cream) Add additional seasoning to taste.
  9. Per serving on the WW Personal Points Plan, each serving is 2 PP. Enjoy!
Recipe by Dee Dee Does at https://deedeedoes.com/thick-and-creamy-roasted-butternut-squash-soup-recipe/