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A sweet and zesty soup with the flavours of fall from butternut squash and sweet potato. This soup will keep you warm through the Fall and Winter months.
As delicious as this Butternut Squash Sweet Potato Soup is, the writing of this post was a complete afterthought. I was desperate to share it with you but was unfortunately preoccupied with trying to keep up with social media (new reality show?).
As you saw in my Day In the Life of the Maven post, blogging full-time requires being on social media A LOT. From Facebook to Pinterest to Instagram and everything in between, my life is so consumed by social media that I oftentimes find myself craving a social media detox.
Actually, a few weeks ago I took a SM detox only to return and discover that a new social network had been created! WTF. Because just what we all need is a another way to communicate…
I initially heard about Ello from my cousin who explained that it’s a new social media platform with similarities to Facebook but without all of the ads and creepiness you find yourself scrolling through on the book. I was skeptical at first but within a day it had been mentioned by at least 3 other people so I jumped on the bandwagon.
It’s currently still in the Beta stage so it’s invite only but somehow I scored an invite. The verdict? I’m kind of into it. Although the last thing I need is another SM platform, I actually really like the simplicity of Ello. Or maybe it’s just an opportunity to have a clean slate and not have to unsubscribe from 30% of the people you follow (just me?)? It could also be that I currently only follow food bloggers so I don’t have to worry about being infiltrated with pictures of people’s cat’s and TMI statuses.
Either way I think I am maxed out on social media. That is until the next greatest platform is released…
Butternut Squash Sweet Potato Soup
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 T olive oil
- 1 large yellow onion, diced
- 4 cups peeled & chopped butternut squash (about half a medium BNS)
- 3 cups peeled & chopped sweet potato (about 2 medium)
- 6 cups vegetable stock
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 tsp ground pepper
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Heat up olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat.
- Add in onion and sauté for 2-3 minutes or until onions are translucent.
- Add in butternut squash and sweet potato and cook for another 2 minutes.
- Top with vegetable stock and spices and bring to a boil.
- Lower heat to a simmer, cover and cook for 20 minutes.
- Remove from heat and allow soup to cool slightly.
- Using an immersion blender blend soup until smooth. OR blend in a regular blender in small batches.
- Serve warm.
- Will keep up to one week in fridge and also freezes well!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 10
Mmmm, comfort in a bowl! It’s not cold enough here for soup yet, but it will be soon!!
Social media stresses me out! It took me a while to get into it at all, and maybe being introverted it just feels “busy” and like a lot to do all the time! I miss quiet time before notifications existed!
This recipe looks so, so good and something I really want to try!
butternut squash soup is my favourite! I haven’t made any yet this year, I’ll have to do it soon. As for Ello – nope. I’m still trying to convince myself to get more active on Twitter…
I’m loving all of your abbreviations in this post. BNS is def being added to my vocab. I miss you and I want to eat 20 bowls of disssssss.
I’ve heard so much about Ello recently as well that I was thinking of jumping aboard as well! Especially since I’m looking for employment in the social media sphere…
Thanks for this recipe, looks delicious!
I’ve been waiting for something to trump FB so maybe Ello will be it. LOVE the new dishes (I hope they’re new…. otherwise, I’m just that nonobservant).
Thanks for the recope, Davida! I am excited to throw all of this I to my slow cooker to see how it turns out. I also love love love soups.
I love butternut squash soup! I can’t believe there’s another SM platform I have to worry about! I’m just now learning how to use instagram, for goodness sake.
That baby housing the soup makes me want to lift a pinky finger whilst consuming. Because that’s normal. Never heard of that social media hub….oh no.
I just reread our convo from earlier today. Props for calling yourself that terrible terrible word. You are not that. The recipe, however, was. Never
I have never heard of it and I don’t think I want to! lol. I swear, social media is just too much most of the time. I can’t keep up with it, forget to keep up with it and as much as it blog/work related, I don’t want to do more than I do. It’s all too consuming. I do the best I can with instagram, basically forgot about my personal facebook account but use Pinterest because I enjoy it.