Butternut Squash Soup
Dish: Soup
Taste: 3
Preparation: 4
Recipe: 4
Cost: $$$
Repeat? No
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Butternut-Squash-Soup/Detail.aspx
Taste: Well, let’s start with the fact that I’m not a huge fan of squash. I like pumpkin. I’ll eat eggplant occasionally. I do like the butternut squash ravioli from lean cuisine, although the sauce is vile. Actually, that may be the extent of the squashes/gourds I eat. So I’m not big on butternut, but I figured I’d give it a shot. And a lot of others like it. So. It tasted … like cream cheese and squash. It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t good, to me, either. I could eat it, but it wasn’t on my list to do again.
Preparation: Chop, boil, blend. Prep isn’t bad, a little long winded with waiting for the squash to cook, but that’s about it.
Recipe: Cook the squash in the broth (sub veg broth for the water and boullion), then blend all that squash with that pound of cream cheese. Spice to taste?
Cost: The squash wasn’t expensive, but it wasn’t cheap. And two containers adds up. And two packages of cream cheese. The broth was a bit, but not comparatively. I wouldn’t mind so much if I ate squash, I suppose. Maybe a half portion if I have leftover butternut from trying my hand at ravioli