sweet potatoes

morganb

Sweet potato and red pepper soup is delicious; if you want the recipe I'll type it up.

soappie

I usually do some home made potato wedges with it if it's dinner for a non-meat meal. But it also makes a nice lunch dish if you serve it with some homemade bread or toast.

And 1 squash is enough

nearlyrich

I make soup from both, add a spoon of chilli powder to give it a warming hearty taste, just right for this time of the year.

Murtle

hmmm you can't have gone mad on better soup items!! As others have mentioned chilli powder or curry powder are perfect items for the soup. I have also added potatoes and parsnips when I've had excess or some left from the Sunday roast!

Sweet potatoes can also be cooked and mixed with pasta and is very yummy!!

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half the squash. Place cut side up on a baking tray with halved peppers. Tomatoes if you have them. Drizzle with olive oil. Roast (when the oven is on for something else as well if possible) Cool. Scoop out the pulps. Add to stock and bouquet garni. Cook 15 min. Remove garni. Whizz

thriftlady_2

Use this formula to make a smooth soup out of any veg;)

chopped flavouring veg -onion (at least one), garlic, leek, celery
cook gently in butter and/or olive oil

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other flavourings -spices, chopped bacon, fresh ginger, coconut cream (add this with the stock)

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chopped main veg (squash, carrot, leek, mushrooms, parsnip, potato, frozen peas, watercress, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, lentils, other beans) cook until beginning to soften

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Water/vegetable stock/ chicken stock to cover by an inch or so (too little is better than too much as you can easily thin it later). Bring to the boil then simmer until everything is cooked. Allow to cool and then blend with a stick blender or in a food processor. You may want to thin it with more water/stock. If it is too thin add some more potato and cook till soft -blend again.

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Reheat gently to serve. Add cream/yogurt/ grated cheese if liked

Obviously you don't have to blend the soup, you can leave it chunky. I tend to do this with bean soups. I also add barley or small pasta to this type of soup.

Good combinations are; lentil and spinach,spiced butternut squash and coconut, watercress and potato, leek and potato, curried parsnip, jerusalem artichoke and bacon, carrot and orange, broccoli/cauliflower and cheese, celery and stilton.

kunekune

One butternut will make heaps of soup - I did one the other day, there was lots of soup for two adults and left over butternut which I roasted and used to make a risotto (now in freezer).

Sweet potato - soup would need 2-3 I think. For more recipes look on the internet for "kumara", which is the name it has in New Zealand and Australia. If you do a sweet potato soup, a dollop of yoghurt or creme fraiche is a good finishing touch as it can be a bit cloying by itself.

Wee_Bargain_Hunter

Thank you so much for your help everyone. All the tips + ideas are great. OH won't believe his luck this weekend! I've got to run now but will check back here later. One v basic question tho, how thickly do you peel the squash? Thanks

Murtle

Only thinkly with a potato peeler is sufficent, although I'll often quarter/eighth them and chuck them in the oven for a little while when I'm cooking something else, and then scrape the flesh out of the skin.

morganb

Also have a fantastic recipe for lasagne made with sweet potato instead of pasta; if you want I can type it up ... but am supposed to be planning lessons at hte moment