Slurp On This!

 With a fridge full of squash halves and boredom with my standard way of preparing them. I decided to make a clean out the fridge soup. Soup is the perfect way to use up vegetables on their last leg.

Three Piece Squash and Apple Soup 

3/4 apple**

1 small  Japanese sweet potato

1/2 small  Kabocha squash

1/2 small  Butternut squash

1/2 small  Buttercup squash

1 small  roasted head of garlic (will only use half)

2 Tbsp. Melted coconut oil 

Knob of  butter or coconut oil**

1/2 small  yellow onion, chopped 

1/2  jalapeno pepper,chopped

3-4 C. water or high quality stock

2 pinches smoked sea salt

3 grinds cracked black pepper

1. Preheat Oven to 425
2. Cut Apple, Potato, and Squash into small chunks.Cut the top off the head of garlic to expose the cloves
3. Toss everything in coconut oil, put on cookie sheet. Roast until deliciously brown and caramelized
4. While apple and veg is roasting, sautee onion and jalapeno until onions become soft and transparent                                                                                                                   5. Add water or stock, jalapeno, onion, roasted garlic, salt, and pepper into a high speed blender. Whirl on high until well combined.
6.  Add roasted veg and apple, flip on high and blend until creamy

**Recipe Notes:
I used a honeycrisp apple but any sweet apple will do (honeycrisp, gala, fuji)
Leave in the jalapeno's ribs and seeds for a spicier soup
If you use butter please make sure it comes from happy grass fed cows!
You could also sub whole milk or  unsweetened almond milk for some of the liquid.This will result in a silkier mouth feel. If you like a thicker soup use less liquid. If you like a thinner soup add more!


Have fun with toppings. I am a texture and crunch fiend. So, I say the more toppings the better.

All of these would be great additions and would add to the complexity of flavor.

• Toasted Flaked coconut 
• Toasted pumpkin or sunflower seed
• Sliced green onion
• Crispy onions (made by shallow frying)
• Crumbled bacon 

HAPPY COOKING!!!


P.S. I would like to clarify that all ingredients used in my recipes are organic and of the best quality. I don't like to reference each ingredient as organic this, organic that because I feel it is a tad redundant and kinda snobby sounding.