Warming Red Pepper and Butternut Squash Soup for Luscious Skin
4
servings25
minutes30
minutes200
kcal55
minutesThis soup is easy and delicious as I try to make all of my recipes. It warms the body and nourishes your skin with vitamin A from the red peppers and squash, and with spices like red pepper flakes and cumin. Â
Let’s get to the soup!
Ingredients
2 tbsp water
2 tbsp extra virgin, cold-pressed olive oil
1 medium-small butternut squash, peeled and chopped into 6 pieces
4 medium sweet red peppers, chopped into large pieces
Salt to taste
Large Handful of raisins
4 tbsp soy sauce
4 shakes of dried basil
1 large onion, chopped
1 medium yellow potato, chopped into quarters
32 Ounces vegetable broth
Red pepper flakes to taste
Black pepper to taste
Cumin powder to taste (I love cumin so I add several shakes.)
Fresh Parsley, finely chopped
Directions
- -Add water and olive oil to large sautee pan.
-Add squash, sweet red peppers to pan and let steam, covered until browned then add water to steam additional until soft.
-Add salt, basil, and red pepper flakes to taste.
-Add raisins and let steam 2 minutes until soft.
-In large cooking pot, add oil and water. Brown onions slightly then add potato to steam until soft.
-Scoop out potatoes and put aside.
-With about 8 ounces of broth, add pepper and squash mixture to Blender and blend until creamy.Â
-Place mixture back in large cooking pot.
Blend potatoes in blender then add to the pot.
-Add additional 24 ounces of broth to pot and stir (add more broth for a thinner soup).
-Add cumin to taste. Sprinkle with olive oil (or flax oil).
-Serve Hot with parsley or cilantro as garnish on top.
-Serve with toast.
Enjoy!
Notes
- For an extremely simple yet healthy and delicious salad to accompany your soup, see my post: Salad Recipe for Cancer Prevention.
