Spooky Good Halloween Dinner: Slow Cooker Butternut Squash Soup

Ingredients

• 1 pound butternut squash, peeled, seeds removed and cubed (most markets sell squash pre-cubed, or you can cube one yourself by following this helpful tutorial from Gimme Some Oven)
• 1 can full-fat coconut milk
• 1 Vidalia or yellow onion, sliced
• 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
• 1 tbsp mild, diced green chiles (you can find these canned at grocery stores; for more heat, choose medium or hot varieties)
• 1 tbsp yellow curry powder
• ½ tsp cumin
• ½ tsp turmeric
• ½ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp pepper
• sprinkle of red pepper flakes
• drizzle of coconut milk
• pumpkin seeds (pepitas) or butternut squash seeds
• chopped chives or green onions