Best Ever Pumpkin Or Butternut Squash Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 fresh pumpkin, seeded and diced or 4 butternut squash, peeled seeded and diced
• 4 potatoes, peeled
• 1 onion, sliced
• 1 teaspoon crushed garlic
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• water, to cover
• 120 ml single cream (optional)

Recipe

• 1 saute the sliced onion and crushed garlic in a little olive oil.
• 2 add the pumpkin or butternut squash and peeled potatoes to the pot and immediately add enough water to cover everything.
• 3 add the oregano and cover the pot with a lid that allows steam to escape.
• 4 boil until the pumpkin/butternut squash and potatoes are soft.
• 5 either mash the vegetables for a chunky soup or blend for a smooth soup.
• 6 at this point, the soup can be refrigerated for a few days or frozen for a few months or served immediately.
• 7 when ready to serve, warm up the soup and mix in the cream saving a little to swirl on each plate. the cream is a delicious extra, but for a lighter, healthier soup i leave out the cream.