Best Soup Ever!

Want to try an amazing soup?  Just enough sweet and spice to make your mouth water and entice your senses!  It was by far one of the best soups I have ever made in my ENTIRE life!

It all started when we were shopping at Walmart and Nick said to me, hey, we should get a squash and make soup.  A few weeks ago I randomly bought an acorn squash and wanted to try making something out of it.  The food turned out ok, but I think I added too much garlic….oh well.  So he said we should try again.  I ended up picking out a nice butternut squash, and as we were heading to the checkout, Nick said we should buy a coconut.  "It might taste really good!" he said.  I figured, what the hey, it probably would!

First, I chopped up the squash (that was super hard!) to boil in chicken broth.  I let it boil for about 45 minutes to make sure it was nice and tender.  Then, I let it rest.  In a frying pan, I sauteed a handful or so of chopped onions and some chopped jalapenos in a few tablespoons of butter.  As they cooked, I added onion powder, cayanne pepper, marjoram, ginger and nutmeg for the spice.  When they were cooked enough, I added them to the squash in the chicken broth and brought that to a simmer again.  While it was simmering, I added a few spoonfuls of sour cream, and maybe 2 or 3 tablespoons of cream cheese and let that cook.  And the best part, we poured about half a cup of the fresh coconut milk and a few tablespoons of coconut meat in as well.  Salt and pepper to taste, and maybe a tablespoon of sugar.

Then, when it was all mushy and cooked, I put it in the blender to smooth it down.  Oh my goodness, it was heaven on a spoon!  Best butternut squash soup I have ever had before, and I definitely recommend you all try it!!