The weather has been quite crazy lately where I live, last Thursday it was 60 degrees and then over the weekend it snowed! 🙁 Hopefully it will be the last snow of the season! Anyhow, I thought it would be great timing to introduce this recipe, perfect for when a cold day sneaks up on you. A few months ago, I had a delicious butternut squash soup at a local restaurant and the flavor was surprisingly sweet! And if you’ve read my blog, you know that I have a major sweet tooth. So I decided to try and make some on my own. My husband is a huge fan of sweet potatoes so we always have those in stock in our house and I figured the texture was pretty similar so I said let’s throw that in too. We also had some red pepper that we bought and didn’t know what we were going to use it for, so I said why not? Bake all of those in the oven, mix them in a pot, throw in some chicken broth and spices, puree it up, throw in spinach ravioli to add some texture and abracadra, bada bing bada boom, you’re done!
Ingredients
- 1 large butternut squash
- 2 sweet potatoes
- 1 roasted red pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 onion chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 14 oz. can chicken broth
- dash of thyme, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, curry powder, ginger
- 1 pinch salt and pepper, to taste
- spinach ravioli (optional)
Directions
- Cut butternut squash, sweet potatoes, and red pepper in half length-wise and place face down in a baking dish.
- Roast vegetables at 375 degrees F for 35 minutes or until tender.
- In pot, saute the garlic and onion in olive oil.
- Scoop out softened butternut squash, sweet potatoes and chop red peppers and put into the pot.
- Add chicken stock and spices. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Remove soup from heat and puree with a hand mixer or in a blender.
- Serve with cooked spinach ravioli.
Mmmm tasty! A hint of spice and a hint of sweet, sure to make your stomach happy! This is a pretty thick soup so it could act as a sauce as well… as in it could be called Spinach Ravioli with Butternut Squash and Sweet Potato Sauce. Either way, it’s SOUPER delicious! 🙂
Oh my! this looks delicious!!!
I am so excited about this!
Ilooove a good soup recipe:)
Mmmmm that sounds delish!
Yuummm, Sandy!! The pic of the finished product is awesome too!
Looks delicious! I happen to have a couple sweet potatoes hanging out…. Maybe I’ll pick up a squash this week and make some soup. 😀 Thanks for the recipe!
I’m seriously drooling right now…wow, does that look good! I love sweet potatoes so I’m definitely printing this recipe out…for my husband to make 🙂 (thank god he can cook!!)
looks deeeelicious! hope your next snowfall won’t come around till next winter. yay it’s spring!
oh. my. goodness. That looks absolutely delicious.
I will definitely have to try to make that soup.
i’m not a huge sweet potato fan, but that looks really good!
Oh my goodness girl – that looks amazing! I know what I’m gonna have for dinner tonight 🙂 xo
Yum, looks so good!
looks so yummy!!
thanks for sharing, I was just looking for more squash recipes! you read my mind 🙂
Ooh, this looks so yummy! What a darling blog. I love the layout and colors!
omg this looks so yummy!!! I am definitely going to have to try this. Also I know how you feel about elephants, I am so obsessed over them right now. I even bought this cute little necklace with one!
Sounds yummy AND healthy!
Looks so good! I love the idea of adding sweet potatoes. Man, I really need to add more orange to mine, yours as way prettier coloring than mine! 🙂
ohmygoodness i want to make this right now!
j.
oooh…..that looks soooo good!!! i too love sweet potatoes. i’ve got to try your recipe. thanks for sharing!
oh my word this recipe looks amazing. i can’t wait to try it. love your blog!
That looks so delicious! One of my favorite things to make in the cold weather is a butternut squash soup with apple and pear — it’s so sweet and delicious.
I’m so sorry it’s taken me so long to get over here and say hello. I kept peeking in on your site — it’s so lovely and I’m happy I finally have the chance to poke around a bit.
Sandy, this looks amazing! I absolutely love each of these flavors individually, so together I know they must be delicious! Can’t WAIT to try! xo
This looks so yummy! I’m a huge fan of sweet potato too! I’m gonna try this recipe! Thanks Sandy!
the photos warm my heart <3
Beyond drooling over this recipe. Butternut squash is one of my favorite things to eat!
That looks delicious!