Butternut Squash Soup

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons butter (may sub margarine or olive oil)
• 1 small onion, peeled & diced coarsely
• 1 celery rib, chopped
• 1 medium carrot, peeled and sliced
• 2 medium potatoes, cubed
• 1 medium butternut squash, peeled & cubed
• 1 quart chicken broth (or vegetable broth)
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 in a large pot, cook onion, celery carrot, potatoes and squash in butter for 5 minutes or til veggies are browned.
• 2 add enough stock to cover veggies, bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer til veggies are tender, appx 40 minutes.
• 3 puree veggies and cooking broth with stick blender (or remove to blender to puree and return to cooking pot).
• 4 add remaining stock to make soup the desired consistency.
• 5 season with salt and pepper.