Squash soup

Since I am obsessed with trying to model my life after my pinterest boards, it made sense that I needed to make butternut squash soup. Keep in mind I had never tasted such a soup, nor did I have any reason to believe I would enjoy it, but pinterest said so, and I made it.

And guess what, it was fu*king awesome. Like blew my shoes off good.

I adapted a recipe from the Whole Foods website, which I tend to do a lot, because they usually post some winners.

Even manfriend liked this one, and it is hard to get him on board with my meatless dinners. Not that that stops me from making them, but I do enjoy when he is happy from time to time.

So here you go kids:

You Will Need:

1 Butternut squash (shocker I know)
1/2 of a Large white onion
3 cloves of garlic
1/2 of a Jalapeno pepper (or a whole one if you are feelin' fiesty)
Salt
Pepper
1 Granny smith apple
4 cups Veggie broth
1 cup half and half (I used fat free)
A dab of butter

Directions:

-Chop up your onion and jalapeno and begin sauteing it in a little butter in a soup pot. While it is cooking start working on your squash. (Cutting that bitch up was the only difficult part of this soup). Chop it so that you remove all the seeds and skin and it is in small chunks. Add it to the pot and stir.

-Peel and chop the apple and add that to the pot as well. Saute a few minutes then add in chopped garlic. Next add in the veggie broth and simmer for thirty minutes.

-Check to be sure the squash is tender, if it is use a stick blender and blend it all up. Add in the half and half and blend as well. Season with salt and pepper. (If you don't have a stick blender, just cool the soup and use a regular blender to mix the soup in batches.)

Its friggen good guys.