Butternut Squash Tomato Soup

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Butternut Squash Tomato Soup

Ingredients:

• Fresh tomatoes, depending on the type and size, about 6-10 tomatoes.

• 2 cups butternut squash, but let’s be flexible, any winter squash will work such as acorn, sweet dumpling, kabocha, delicata, and striped spaghetti are all available in August

• 1 onion, finely chopped

• 6 carrots peeled and chopped

• 3-6 fresh garlic cloves (less for Pitta, more for Kapha and Vata)

• ¼ cup + olive oil or your best oil listed in your food program

• Your Saumya sweet churna, as much as you like (or ½ teaspoon dried ginger, ½ teaspoon turmeric)

• For those with a fresh herb garden some of these!

• 3-4 cups of broth

• 1 cup milk (non-dairy, dairy, unsweetened milk of your choice)

• 1-2 teaspoons Hawaiian red salt

• Freshly ground black pepper

Directions:

1. Chop those veggies. I like to place the squash on towel or stick cutting mat to avoid cutting myself.

2. Add olive oil to your pot.

3. Sauté onion and garlic.

4. Then add tomatoes. (For those with higher Pitta or Pitta symptoms such as heartburn, skip the tomatoes.)

5. Add spices.

6. Add the squash and carrots.

7. Pour in the broth.

8. Cook until it’s all nice and soft. (Depending on the squash and your elevation, pot, and cooking source, about 30 minutes.)

Once it’s soft, move it to a blender or use an immersion blender.

Find your favorite fall soup bowls, ladle it up and garnish with roasted pepitas (or sunflower seeds) and cilantro.

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Butternut Squash Tomato Soup is a delicious way to bridge summer and fall and turn your food into medicine.

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