Name: Squash and sweet potato soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil; 2 onions roughly chopped; 2 garlic cloves crushed; small piece ginger peeled and grated; 2 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp ground turmeric; 500g butternut squash cut into chunks; 500g sweet potatoes cut into chunks; 1 litre vegetable stock; croutons and coriander leaves to serve

Two bowls of squash and sweet potato soup

2 tbsp olive oil
2 onions
roughly chopped
2 garlic cloves
crushed
small piece ginger
peeled and grated
2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground turmeric
500g butternut squash
cut into chunks
500g sweet potatoes
cut into chunks
1 litre vegetable stock
croutons and coriander leaves
to serve

Method

step 1
Heat the olive oil in a pan over a medium heat and cook the onions, garlic and ginger for 10 mins, until the onions have started to soften. Add the cumin and turmeric and cook for 2 mins more.
step 2
Add the squash and sweet potato and cook, stirring, for another 3-4 mins.
step 3
Add the stock and bring to a simmer. Cook for 20 mins, until all the veg is soft, then blitz using a hand blender until smooth, thinning the soup out with a splash of water or more stock, if you like. Top with croutons and fresh coriander to serve.