Roasted Winter Squash Soup with Kefir

Ingredients

• 2 cups Lifeway Organic Organic Whole Milk Plain Kefir
• 4 cups butternut or kabocha squash, peeled and cubed into 1” pieces
• 2 shallots, thinly sliced
• 4 cloves garlic, whole
• 2 bay leaves
• 4 sprigs thyme
• 1 dried chili
• 1/4 cup champagne or white wine vinegar
• 1/2 cup + 4 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• Zest of one lemon
• 6 cups vegetable stock*
• Salt and pepper, to taste