Healthy Blender Recipes

Creamy Vegan Roasted Butternut Squash Soup

vegetarian vegan dairy_free gluten_free egg_free nut_free soy_free blender
  • 4 Tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 medium butternut squash – cut up into 8 cups of cubed butternut squash
  • 2 medium carrots – chopped (about 2 cups)
  • 1 medium onion – peeled and quartered (about 1 cup)
  • 1 whole head of garlic peeled
  • 8 cups vegetable broth / stock (I use Massel when I can't make my own)
  • 1 bunch cilantro – separate the roots in a bunch and finely chop the leaves
  • 1/8 cup coconut milk (optional)
  • 2 teaspoons of freshly minced ginger
  • 1 tsp Celtic sea salt or Himalayan salt
  1. Preheat your oven to 350 Fahrenheit.
  2. Slice the butternut squash in half and scoop out the seeds.
  3. Cut off the ends where the seeds have been scooped out, place peeled whole cloves of garlic in each cavity and place those pieces face down on the baking dish.
  4. Peel and cut up the rest of the squash into large cubes and place in the baking dish with the cut up onion and carrot with a some olive oil and a touch of Celtic sea salt.
  5. Roast for one hour until just tender.
  6. In the mean time, heat 8 cups of vegetable stock.
  7. Place the cilantro root in a large saucepan and cover with the hot vegetable stock. Allow this to steep while the vegetables roast.
  8. Empty the roasted vegetables in to the saucepan, and scoop out the whole butternut squash sections that have been infused with the garlic into the saucepan, add the garlic as well!
  9. Add the minced ginger and bring the pot to the boil, simmer for ten minutes, add the coconut milk and then allow to cool.
  10. Remove the cilantro root and blend the soup in batches in your Vitamix, until thick and creamy which will be a minute or two depending on the power of your blender.
  11. Garnish with chopped cilantro and serve with a scoop of your favourite grain. YUMMO!
  12. Serves 8.

Piggy Cooking Tips

the best way to clean your blender

After blending up something sticky, gooey or smelly, just place a few drops of soap in the carriage with some warm water and blend on high until all of the congealed food slips away from the blades and sides. Then repeat this process. Then rinse with water and presto! Clean carriage. 
If you have smells or stains repeat this process with some bicarbonate of soda or lemon juice and water. 
Check out the video on A No Hassle Way To Clean Your Blender that I did as part of the Chow Tips Series.