Evening, folks! Monday is over!
My afternoon went by quickly—I cleaned and cleaned, vacuuming, mopping, and just generally straightening up for two hours. As I cleaned, the snow began to come down…NOOOOO!!!!
Luckily, it didn’t last for very long, and it didn’t seem to stick. 
Around 5:00, I started prepping for dinner…this recipe was a keeper—so simple, and so delicious!!
Tropical Butternut Squash Soup
Ingredients
1 butternut squash, peeled, halved, seeds scraped out
1 lime
4 cups vegetable broth
1/2 13 oz. can coconut milk
1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper
salt, to taste
cilantro and lime zest, to garnish
Directions:
Place the butternut squash on a baking sheet, cut side up. Sprinkle with the juice of half of the lime, and bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes, until skin can be pierced easily with a fork:
Once butternut squash is cooked through, chop into smaller pieces. In a soup pot, combine the vegetable broth and squash. Bring to a boil, then reduce and simmer for about 20 minutes. With a submerging blender, blend until soup is smooth (you could also do this in a blender). Stir in coconut milk, the rest of the lime’s juice, cayenne pepper, and salt.
Serve garnished with cilantro and lime zest.
Coco loco!!
We enjoyed our dinner with some spring-y wine:
I’ve been digging vinho verde lately. This one was really crisp and bright.
This soup was SO good…really creamy. The flavors melded together really nicely, especially the sweet coconut milk and the tangy lime. Yum!
We served ours with a side salad, which meant…more fun with the spiralizer!
Ryan was able to document my spiralizing action tonight…some of the pics are a little blurry—sorry about that!
When you spiralize, the remainder of the vegetable comes out in this nifty little tube:
Doesn’t this beet look like a toadstool?
Cute! (excuse my sad excuses for nails)
I switched out the blade I had been using for a new one for our radishes, which produced this pasta like spiral:
So pretty! I think I’m really going to enjoy this new toy (TWSS Lindsay!!)!
Well…it’s almost time for The Bachelor WTA episode. Are you ready to meet back up with the girls? It’s been way too long since we’ve seen Rozlyn’s pretty face, and Michelle’s CRAZY eyes. How long do you think it will be before she starts talking about wanting babies? Down, girl!
Did anyone catch Ali on the Ellen show? She is totally going to be the new Bachelorette.
As a random closing note– do you ever look at the search terms that people used to get to your blog? I had a funny one today: “dirty newlywed questions.” LOL—I wonder if my blog answered their question? I’m betting not.
Goodnight! See you tomorrow!
Abby said,
February 23, 2010 @ 12:56 am
Oh no.. more snow?!?! You guys need a break, my goodness.
Your butternut soup looks absolutely fabulous.. it should be in a cookbook!!
My search terms are always “abbys vegan eats” lol.. soo lame!
inmytummy said,
February 23, 2010 @ 12:59 am
I really want a spiralizer.
The number one search that I get is “herein lies the problem.” Apparently, that was a post title once and I guess it’s a popular google search phrase?
actorsdiet said,
February 23, 2010 @ 1:24 am
pretty! the carrot looks a bit phallic….tee hee…
Evan Thomas said,
February 23, 2010 @ 1:33 am
Oh yum this sounds good! Any excuse to spoon coconut milk I like
Gracie @ Girl Meets Health said,
February 23, 2010 @ 1:56 am
Love that soup recipe! Butternut squash is hands down my favorite vegetable…maybe even one of my favorite foods!
Heather (Where's the Beach) said,
February 23, 2010 @ 2:09 am
Oh I bet the lime really brightened up the flavors. YUM!
Emily said,
February 23, 2010 @ 2:09 am
Yum-o! That soup just sounds like it tastes like the tropics. I almost bought that Vino — but I went with another brand, and ended up throwing it out. Next time I’ll try that one. Thanks for the recommendation!
Anna said,
February 23, 2010 @ 2:50 am
It was good, but tart! Just a little forewarning
Joanna Sutter (Fitness & Spice) said,
February 23, 2010 @ 2:12 am
Check you out! FANCY!!!
Karla said,
February 23, 2010 @ 2:18 am
I want a spiralizer!! Sounds so fun!
Also! I LOVE LOVE LOVE vinho verde! I studied abroad in Portugal and drank a little more than necessary
Meghan@traveleatlove said,
February 23, 2010 @ 2:21 am
I love butternut squash and coconut milk in all forms, delish!
Madeline - Greens and Jeans said,
February 23, 2010 @ 2:30 am
Oh my gosh! I have all of those ingredients AND I have tomorrow off… I think this soup is going to have to happen! Today someone found my blog by searching for “wakey wakey rise and shine hot diggity dog.” Amazing.
Anna said,
February 23, 2010 @ 2:52 am
LOL…I’m going to start saying that to Ryan in the morning when I wake him up.
Christine (The Raw Project) said,
February 23, 2010 @ 3:05 am
Soup looks great. Same spiralizer I have and I used it for turnip noodles tonight, so much fun.
Heather said,
February 23, 2010 @ 12:15 pm
That spiralizer looks like so much fun! I just saw vinho verde in the store the other day and was wondering if it was good…guess that answers that question!
Karin said,
February 23, 2010 @ 12:16 pm
The soup looks fantastic and seems so simple. Totally my kind of thing
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kilax said,
February 23, 2010 @ 12:22 pm
The spiralizer looks like so much fun!
I miss eating squash. It has been really expensive here lately
Kristie said,
February 23, 2010 @ 12:57 pm
Coconut milk in soup is so, so good! And I’m betting with the lime it was divine
lpskins said,
February 23, 2010 @ 1:08 pm
Hi! Couldn’t help myself before. Love the toadstool–too cute. I am totally going to make your recipe and search for your polenta recipe. You have one up right? I don’t think I made that up. Anyway, search words are so funny. Everyday some one finds my by searching butt disorder.
Anna said,
February 23, 2010 @ 1:11 pm
Yep– the polenta recipe is under my Valentine’s Day post…I don’t think I put it on the recipe page…I guess I should!
ginger said,
February 23, 2010 @ 1:40 pm
That soup looks so good! I love butternut squash. We made your portabella burgers last night (even found raw cheddar at Sunshine) And, I made the wheatberry salad using a brown rice/quinoa combination and it worked great. I LOVE that spiralizer!!
Sophie said,
February 23, 2010 @ 2:28 pm
That soup looks great! Almost thai-ish! Would be great with some lemongrass
I’ll have to try it, I’m not much of a soup maker, but this looks great!
eaternotarunner said,
February 23, 2010 @ 2:38 pm
Haha that is an awesome search term! I get a lot of “I’m not a runner” haha
jaclyn@todayslady said,
February 23, 2010 @ 3:41 pm
Hahahaha I love the search term!!! So funny/weird!! Ok, I’ve decided that I need a spiralizer. That salad looks so pretty…… spiralized beets yummmmm
Kelly said,
February 23, 2010 @ 5:31 pm
That butternut squash soups looks fabulous! I love it!!
I do look at the search terms and I thought it wwas funny that my number 1 is Peyton Manning…haha…I obviously don’t hide THAT obession very well do I??
Christie @ Honoring Health said,
February 23, 2010 @ 5:48 pm
That soup sounds delish!
Maytina said,
February 23, 2010 @ 6:43 pm
We’re covered in snow in Toronto too! I love your photos. I recently got some shredding/slicing/grinding attachments for my Kitchen Aid, and I have been shredding up a storm! I made 2 squash soup last weekend (butternut, spaghetti and acorn), but this looks even better! It’s a must try for sure!
Lele said,
February 23, 2010 @ 11:52 pm
I loooooove vinho verde! And that soup looks ridic. I just got back from Thailand and they actually love pumpkin over there, so who knows, maybe they do a coconut and orange vegetable soup too! (They put coconut in everything. It’s a wonderful, wonderful place!)
finnyfinds said,
February 24, 2010 @ 3:47 am
Thanks for the coconut milk recipe! Since my husband purchased a couple cans for me, I’ve been keeping an eye out for ways to use it. The soup looks awesome.
Jen said,
July 15, 2010 @ 10:49 pm
maybe the google searcher’s question was “how to introduce some excitement into a marriage” & the answer is… SPIRALIZER! who knows, some people get a kick out of these things