Book of Yum: Gluten-free Vegetarian Thanksgiving 5: Ginger Squash and Pumpkin Sage Soup Recipes
For our fifth edition of my Vegetarian Thanksgiving Event, Stephanie of the Nutty Garbanzo shared a vegan ginger-spiced squash and apple soup that her husband adored. This soup would be a wonderful, healthy and light addition to any Thanksgiving dinner. I especially like the roasted squash seeds she added as garnish. I’m so glad to get the opportunity to meet these like-minded bloggers who have so many great ideas for vegan vegetarian Thanksgiving.
Since we were talking gluten free soup today, I wanted to share a BRAND NEW soup recipe I developed for you. After making my un-panko roasted squash slices, I had extra squash that i drizzled with olive oil, salt and pepper, and then roasted in the oven on 425 until soft. We ate some plain, but one evening as I was debating what to make for dinner, I saw that squash and thought a warm fall soup would be delightful, especially with the homemade vegan and gluten ree rosemary thyme rolls I’d made that morning. (Recipe coming soon!) The resulting soup was delicious. I used celery from our garden, organic onions and carrots as the base, and then I added roasted chestnuts and pine nuts for extra protein. The poultry seasoning added the perfect dusty herbal note, and herbamare makes everything taste better. Everybody liked it except for Toddler Yum, who is suspicious of anything that is orange (except for oranges, which she will inhale like candy). My dairy-free, soy-free Mom loved it. You know some things that are mysteries to me? Why is it that so many companies add flour to their soups for thickening when they don’t really need to have it? And further, why is it that most of the boxed gluten free soups taste terrible, but that homemade soups are awesome even when they have similar ingredients? One of the few packaged soups I like is the Kettle Cuisine vegetarian soups (review coming soon) which was sent to me for trial and review some time back. Do you have a favourite gluten free pre-made soup or a favorite homemade soup recipes? Do you usually serve soup for your Thanksgiving dinner? Share in the comments!
More delicious soup recipes:
Curried Acorn Squash Sweet Potato Apple Soup
Farm Fresh Salad Soup Recipe
Potato Zucchini Soup Recipe
Snowdrops and Baked Potato Soup
Eat the Rainbow Black Bean Soup
Roasted Parsnip Garlic Soup with Mushrooms
Artichoke Soup
Double Mushroom Soup Recipe
This recipe was shared with Wellness Weekend.
Heat your olive oil on medium high in a large pot. A dutch oven would be great for this recipe, but you can do it in any large pot. Add your diced onion and saute until softened. Add your diced celery and carrots and saute until carrots soften slightly. Add your cauliflower florets and let them cook until they soften. Throw in your chopped chestnuts and heat through. Throw your chopped chestnuts into the pot with the onions, celery, and carrots. Heat through and then add your roasted winter squash to the pot. Heat and add your vegetable bouillon powder dissolved in three cups of water. Add your vegetable broth to the pot. Drain your pine nuts and process them in a food processor or blender with a little water until you have a smooth, thick sauce. add half of your pine nut or cashew puree to the pot and reserve the rest. Add your poultry seasoning. Use an immersion blender to puree your veggies in the pot. If you don’t have an immersion blender you can use your food processor or blender. Add two cups of additional water as needed. Top with fresh sage. If you like you can puree some sage into the soup too.
To serve, add extra water to the remaining pine nut or cashew puree to make it the consistency of heavy cream. Pour your soup into individual bowls and swirl your pine nut or cashew cream into the soup decoratively.
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