Easy Acorn Squash Soup

Acorn squash soup

I picked up a couple acorn squash at Trader Joes (the price was great) to make baby food for Jacob. I love these squash they look so cool - they are not that big which makes handling easier - and they have a creamy rich flesh when roasted. I roasted and pureed the squash and I ended up with quite a lot. I wanted to make a appetizer soup for dinner... I looked at the squash and thought perfect. So I heated chicken broth added the pureed squash and herbs and it was great. So easy. Tonight for dinner I was dining alone so I made this soup again and paired it with leftover bread sticks and it was satisfying as a main course too. This soup is pretty thin so it's a nice change. Soup can be SO thick at times almost a porage consistency - well this one is not. It's soup weather today... you really never know around here - one day its 60 degrees the next its 80.

Soup:
1 C roasted and pureed acorn squash (roast at 350 degrees about 1hr - use water to puree)
3/4 C water
1 packet Trader Joes Chicken broth (hopefully it's not too bad for you - if you have chicken broth on hand by all means use that and substitute for the water)
fresh herbs - any kind you like - I used chives and oregano

Boil water in a small pot - add chicken broth - add squash - heat just until simmering - pour into a bowl and top with fresh herbs.