Healthy Butternut Squash Soup Recipe — Eat This Not That

Ingredients

• 1 large butternut squash
• Olive oil
• Pinch of grated nutmeg
• Salt and black pepper to taste
• 2 strips bacon
• 1 small onion
• diced
• 1 Tbsp minced or grated fresh ginger (The ginger gives this soup a subtle heat
• but if you want to turn up the spice level
• try a few shakes of cayenne or a tablespoon of chipotle pepper.)
• 1 green apple
• peeled
• cored
• and chopped
• 4 cups low-sodium chicken broth
• Chopped chives and light sour cream (optional)