Butternut Squash Carrot Soup

Here’s why you want to eat SQUASH

Squash helps to bring greater balance to your thyroid. And, it helps to boost your liver, allowing it to function better. It also provides glucose for your brain and the rest of your nervous system, which results in you feeling calmer and more settled. Not to mention, butternut + acorn squash are also great for decreasing sweet cravings.

Ingredients

• 1 butternut squash, small, sliced in half and seeded

• 2 carrots, large, peeled and roughly chopped

• 3 vine ripe tomatoes, halved

• 1 yellow onion, roughly chopped

• 1 head garlic, top sliced off

• ½ inch ginger, optional, minced

• 2 cups vegetable broth, or water

• salt and pepper, to taste, generously

Garnish

• Coconut milk

• Red pepper flakes

• Fresh herbs

• Olive oil

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 400F.

• On a sheet pan, lay out all listed ingredients apart from the vegetable broth. Sprinkle it with salt and pepper.

• Place in the preheated oven, and roast for 40 minutes, until the squash is soft.

• When safe to handle, carefully transfer the contents of the sheet pan to a high speed blender, along with two cups of vegetable broth of water. Combine until a smooth soup is formed.

• Pour into bowls, and garnish with coconut milk, red pepper flakes and olive oil, as desired..

Recipe- Carleigh Bodrug, PlantYou.com, @PlantYou. Squash information: Adapted from Thyroid Healing, Anthony William