Fall Butternut Squash Soup With Roasted Potatoes and Carrots

Hi friends! I am back to tell you about the wonderful dinner I had tonight, made by Anna! She prepared a creamy butternut squash soup with oven roasted potato and carrot chunks, along with a crunchy green salad. And for an appetizer, Juli sliced up some crusty crust bread that we dunked in some olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

From start to finish it was a strong meal that would satisfy the most massive of appetites. When I walked in the house from babysitting and smelled the air, I knew there was something good cookin'. And dining with us this evening was Anna's mom, Carolyn! She was so fun to have in the kitchen and just a really sweet lady to have over. She even came with zucchini bread and pie!

Now I'm sure you will be wanting to try this dinner out for yourself, so here is the recipe for the butternut squash soup and roasted veggies!

Soup Ingredients
3 pounds squash
1 medium onion, chopped
6 cups chicken stock
2 tablespoons butter
nutmeg
salt
pepper

Directions
In a large pot, melt butter and add onion. Cook until onions are translucent ( about 8 minutes). Peel, seed and cube the squash into 1 inch chunks. Add the squash and chicken stock to pot. Cook about 20 minutes until squash is tender. Then with a slotted spoon, take out chunks of squash and place in a blender. Puree the squash and then add back to the pot with onions and chicken stock. Add nutmeg, salt and pepper. Garnish with a dollop of sour cream and parsley. Serve hot! (www.foodnetwork.com)

Roasted Veggies Ingredients
3 large potatoes
6 large carrot sticks
olive oil
salt
pepper

Directions
Cut potatoes into 1-2 inch chunks. Cut carrots into 1 to 1 1/2 inch long chunks. Place them in a baking pan and drizzle with olive oil and add salt and pepper. Bake at 400 for 30 minutes, stirring them every 7-10 minutes.













And for the salad, it was just lettuce and spinach with carrots and tomato; drizzled with some lime juice and vinegar. So superb!

This dinner was something that Juli and I had never had before, but we really enjoyed it. It is something that I would absolutely have again, and recommend to anyone that has never had butternut squash soup, or to someone who loves it and wants to try this recipe.

After dinner, you could find Juli and I sprawled out on the couch watching The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. A perfect dessert to a prize dinner!