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Roasted Acorn Squash Soup
Servings = 4 | Serving size =one cup
This recipe can be multiplied by 2.
This recipe keeps well for 3 days in the refrigerator.
Serve with a whole wheat roll and 1 ounce soft goat cheese.
AND
Serve with a side salad of your choice.
| 1 | acorn squash |
| 1 tsp | grapeseed or canola oil |
| 1 small | shallot (minced) |
| 2 cups | low sodium chicken stock (or low sodium vegetable stock) |
| 1/2 cup | water |
| 1/4 tsp | salt |
| fresh ground black pepper (to taste) | |
| 1/2 tsp | dried marjoram |
| 1 tsp | pure maple syrup |
Preheat oven to 325°F.
Cut the acorn squash in half and scoop out the seeds. Place the squash in a large skillet cut side down and roast in the oven for 50 minutes. Remove from the oven and place on a plate cut side up to cool.
Place the grapeseed oil in a medium sauce pan over medium heat and add the shallot. Cook, stirring frequently, for about 5 minutes. When the shallots are softened scoop the roasted acorn squash out of their skins and add to the sauce pan.
Add the chicken stock, water, salt, pepper, marjoram and maple syrup. Cook for about ten minutes, stirring frequently.
Use a blender or stick blender to puree the soup.
Serve.
Nutrition Facts
Serving size: 1 cup | Servings 4
Calories 107 | Calories from Fat 18
Amount Per Serving (% Daily Value)
Total Fat 2g (3%) | Saturated Fat 0g (2%)
Monounsaturated Fat 1g | Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0 mg (0 %) | Sodium 188 mg (8 %)
Total Carbohydrates 22g (7%) | Sugars 1g
Dietary Fiber 3g (10%) | Protein 4g
Vitamin A 14% | Vitamin C 32 % | Calcium 7% | Iron 9%
Vitamin K 0 mcg | Potassium 725 mg | Magnesium 58 mg
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The roasting brings out both the sweetness and savory flavor of acorn squash. This makes it the perfect ingredient for soup. The pureed soup is so rich and creamy and so simple you’ll make it part of your regular meals.
I use Health Valley Fat Free Chicken Broth for my recipes. There are dozens of pre-made broths on the market but in taste tests this is a consistent winner. There’s no fat and each cup has only 380 mg of sodium. This is a reasonable amount of salt. If this brand is not available to you look for one that has about 350 mg of sodium in each cup. When I use it I don’t add the salt as there is enough in the broth.
There are some very low sodium chicken broth products on the market that are very good. One good option is to choose one with less than 100 mg of sodium in a cup and carefully measuring the salt in your recipes. Each 1/8th teaspoon salt has about 300 mg of sodium and you can control your salt intake by carefully measuring.