Squash and Apple Soup

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 small onion, halved and thinly sliced
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 tbsp minced fresh ginger
• 1 pickled jalapeño pepper, seeded, deveined, and finely chopped (wear gloves when handling; they burn)
• 1 ½ lbs butternut squash, peeled, seeded, and thinly sliced
• 2 tsp sugar
• 1 lb MacIntosh apples, cored, peeled, and thinly sliced
• 1 lb Granny Smith apples, cored, peeled, and thinly sliced
• 1 ½ tsp chili powder
• ½ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp dried thyme
• 1 ½ cups chicken or vegetable stock