Pumpkin & Butternut Squash Soup

Don’t throw away your Halloween pumpkin, instead follow this simple recipe to make a warming and healthy soup. Rich in Beta-carotene which is converted to Vitamin A in the body. Pumpkin, butternut squash and sweet potatoes share the same properties as Carrots as in helping you to see in the dark! Vitamin A is required by our eyes for healthy vision as well as being an anti-oxidant clearing harmful free radical build up in the body

Ingredients

1 medium pumpkin

1 butternut squash

2 sweet potatoes

2 large onions

2 cloves garlic

1.5L Chicken/Veg Stock

Crème Fraiche

Squash seeds

Chilli flakes

Method

Cut pumpkin & squash into segments

Peel sweet potatoes

Chargrill or Roast all for 60 mins at 160oC

Dice and fry onions & garlic until softened

Peel squash and pumpkin segments

Place all in a pan with the Stock

Bring to the boil and simmer until needed

Blend thoroughly

Serve with crème fraiche, toasted seeds and chilli flakes