Slow Cooked Spiced Butternut Squash Soup

   Butternut squash is a SUPER food! Mainly because it's super delicious, filling, and full of vitamins and minerals. The great thing about this recipe is that it requires very few ingredients to make it taste decadent and sweet. The real kicker however is that you can throw all the ingredients into a crock-pot and it takes up so little of your time!

*This makes ALOT of soup, by the way. But it's perfect for leftovers or frozen.*

Recipe:

1 Vidalia onion, chopped

2 garlic cloves, smashed and minced

1/2 tsp unrefined organic coconut oil

1/2 tsp sea salt

1 1/2 butternut squash, peeled and diced

6 cups water

1 tsp. turmeric

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp. ground  ginger

1 tsp sea salt

Cracked black pepper to taste (omit if you don't like the bite)

Directions:

1.) Sauté garlic and onion with coconut oil and 1/2 tsp. sea salt until translucent. (Salt tapers the coconut taste).

2.) Transfer garlic and onions into crock pot. Add diced butternut squash and cover with 6 cups water. Add in spices, salt, and black pepper and stir.

3.) Cook on low heat for 5-6 hours until squash is tender. Using an immersion blender, puree soup.