{"id":390,"date":"2023-09-28T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/14\/squash-soup\/"},"modified":"2023-10-23T15:49:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:49:15","slug":"squash-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=390","title":{"rendered":"Butternut Squash Soup (from The Fat Fallacy)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The reason Ponce de Leon, that optimistic Spaniard, never found the famed Fountain of Youth wasn\u2019t for lack of trying. It\u2019s a (very) little known fact that one day, after weeks of marching his men through the thickets of the pre-Disney Floridian forests, he came upon a clearing. Within the perfect grassy circle stood a well, raised on its knoll like a baptismal font prepared from th\"\"<\/a>e finest marble.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sensing the completion of his quest and the validation of his sanity, he stumbled upward as the sun sliced through the primeval mists and the wind brushed back his long curly locks in a very Steven Speilbergian pose.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He knew that the culmination of his work had been reached at last. He had finally found the fountain of youth. The elixir of life. He would live forever. He stumbled to the top and reached the perfect smooth marble basin. Looking over its rounded edge, he couldn\u2019t believe his misty eyes. He lowered his hand, drank from its nectar, and wheeled about dramatically to his men.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWrong fountain,\u201d he yelled. \u201cThis one\u2019s squash soup.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Everyone groaned in unison. And the disappointed band tromped off into the waiting trees. If only he had known about beta-carotenes. <\/span><\/p>\n

These are found in abundance in yellow and orange vegetables and help prevent cancer. This squash soup recipe, then, must have been what Ponce de Leon found so long ago and mistook as the work of juvenile native pranksters. It combines butternut squash with just enough creamy flavors to make sure your body can absorb the cancer-fighting carotenes and keep you ticking forever (your individual mileage may vary).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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You\u2019ll need:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3 Tbsp olive oil<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2 onions, chopped<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00bd tsp cinnamon<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00bd tsp coriander<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

About 2 \u00bd lbs butternut squash (acorn squash is good too)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3 \u2013 4 cups chicken stock<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1 cup half-n-half<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

4 pats butter<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Salt and pepper to taste<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Parmesan cheese, grated<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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To start.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n