Recipe Tuesday: Squash Cheese Soup (230 calorie)

Today is Tuesday and I would like to start this blog off with a good and healthy recipe (one of my new found favorites!).

Squash Cheese Soup

Originally found in The Vegetarian Lunchbasket by Linda Haynes

(but I altered it slightly because the directions are AWFUL and to suite my taste)

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I decided a few weeks ago that I desperately needed new recipes and I wanted to start getting healthier again.  I went to my public library and found a few recipe books.  I didn't really look through them but I grabbed an armful to go through at home and I found this gem of a recipe!  I LOVE this and Thaddeus loves it too! Surprise surprise...

This recipe has about 230 calories per serving if you split it into 5 servings.  When I make this I usually eat it with whole-wheat garlic toast and I use the toast to scoop the soup.  It's pretty thick in the end so if you want a runnier soup then add more water or bullion.  I also eat this with some fruit to balance it out. To me, apples go really nicely with this soup.

Ingredients:

• 1 Butternut Squash (large enough to yeild 2 cups of mash)
• 3 Tbs Unsalted Butter
• 3 Tbs While Wheat Flour
• 2 C Water
• 1 Cube of Not-Chik'n Bullion (you can find this at King Soopers right next to the soup stocks)
• 1 C Grated Sharp Cheddar Cheese
• Seasoning Salt
• Pepper
• Fresh Garlic (grated)
• Red Curry Powder (TO TASTE! You only need a little)
• Basil
• Parsley

Method(And TONS Of Madness):

1. Gather all of the ingredients
2. Grate the squash and carefully cut though the middle.
3. Start boiling some water with a collander to steam the squash
4. Take the seeds and pulp and either keep the seeds to bake or garden; otherwise dispose.
5. Cut squash into 1 inch pieces and put into the collander above the boiling water for about 20 minutes or until mushy.
6. While squash is steaming, grate cheese and garlic; then prepare bullion broth.
7. Once squash is done and mooshy, blend the squash into a mash.
8. In a saucepan, melt the butter then slowly add the flour whisking as you pour.
9. Whisk the flour for about 2 minutes (don't let it burn!).
10. Slowly add broth while whisking, simmer for about 5 minutes or until it is a preferable thickness.
11. Stir in squash, seasonings, and cheese.
12. Simmer for 5 more minutes.

I hope to you really enjoy this! There are many recipes in this book that I like and you might too!  You can get this book from Amazon.com for a penny (plus shipping) used to $6 new.

I am going to try to post daily to get into a healthy habit and I would like to keep posting healthy recipes on TUESDAYS.  What is your favorite recipe???