{"id":491,"date":"2014-03-01T14:00:27","date_gmt":"2014-03-01T18:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ronspencer.com\/?p=491"},"modified":"2015-01-02T17:03:44","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T21:03:44","slug":"acorn-squash-potato-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ronspencer.com\/?p=491","title":{"rendered":"Acorn Squash &#038; Potato Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"494\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ronspencer.com\/?attachment_id=494\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ronspencer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/acorn_squash_and_sweet_potato_soup-1-10.jpg?fit=600%2C874&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,874\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS REBEL T1i&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1382761920&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Squash &amp;#038; Potato\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ronspencer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/acorn_squash_and_sweet_potato_soup-1-10.jpg?fit=600%2C874&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-494\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ronspencer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/acorn_squash_and_sweet_potato_soup-1-10.jpg?resize=205%2C300\" alt=\"Squash &amp; Potato\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ronspencer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/acorn_squash_and_sweet_potato_soup-1-10.jpg?resize=205%2C300&amp;ssl=1 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ronspencer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/acorn_squash_and_sweet_potato_soup-1-10.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/>So&#8230;I am participating in my work Wellness program and the Virgin Pulse portion, we periodically receive challenges from staff.\u00a0 I received a challenge to add fruits &amp; vegetables that I have never had.\u00a0 So&#8230;Becky took it upon herself to bring home an Acorn Squash! What am I supposed to do with this?\u00a0 Hmmm<\/p>\n<p>Well&#8230;it was not too hard.\u00a0 Add a Potato, Leeks&#8230;and other ingredients..and you have Acorn Squash &amp; Potato Soup!\u00a0 Perfect winter meal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>2 tablespoons butter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>1 leek, white and light green parts only, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced crosswise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><!--more-->1 bay leaf<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Salt and pepper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/2 of a large acorn squash&#8211;peeled, seeded and cut into 1\/2-inch cubes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>1 large baking potato, peeled and cut into 1\/2-inch cubes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>1 tablespoon flour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>3 1\/2 cups chicken broth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>2 tablespoons heavy cream<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>1 1\/2 teaspoons prepared horseradish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>(Note: Two things I did.\u00a0 1. I lightly blended in a blender before putting back in the pot and adding the heavy cream.\u00a0 Next time will blend 1\/2 and put back in order to have some chunky pieces of potato.\u00a0 2. I ended up doubling the recipe as I wanted to bring some to work)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section><strong>Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In a large saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the leek and bay leaf; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring, until the leek is softened, 7 to 9 minutes. Stir in the squash and potato; cook until softened, about 5 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Stir in the flour, then the chicken broth. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium-high heat, then lower the heat to medium-low and simmer until the vegetables are tender and the liquid is thickened, 10 to 12 minutes. Stir in the cream and horseradish.<\/li>\n<li>See note above.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/section>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Makes: 4 servings<\/li>\n<li>Prep: 15 mins<\/li>\n<li>Cook: 25 mins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So&#8230;I am participating in my work Wellness program and the Virgin Pulse portion, we periodically receive challenges from staff.\u00a0 I received a challenge to add fruits &amp; vegetables that I have never had.\u00a0 So&#8230;Becky took it upon herself to bring home an Acorn Squash! What am I supposed to do with this?\u00a0 Hmmm Well&#8230;it was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[29,15],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bermudafoodie-2","category-food","tag-cooking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82n0m-7V","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ronspencer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ronspencer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ronspencer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ronspencer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ronspencer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=491"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ronspencer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":602,"href":"https:\/\/ronspencer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491\/revisions\/602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ronspencer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ronspencer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ronspencer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}