Spicey Butternut Squash soup...

My WW leader brought in a sample pot of soup this week. It was so nice
i made a double batch! Oddly enough, it's almost all gone...

For those in the UK, it comes from the new 'Low Point to No Point'
recipe book by Joy Skipper, which also has lots of other good things in.

Low fat cooking spray
1 onion, chopped
400g/14oz butternut squash, peeled, de-seeded, and chopped
2 teaspoons of ground cumin
850ml/1 1/2 pints(20 fl oz) vegetable stock
salt and pepper

Spray a medium saucepan with the low fat cooking spray, and sauté the
onion for 3-4 minutes until it begins to soften
Add the butternut squash and cumin and stir well.
Pour in the stock and bring to the boil. Simmer for 18-20 minutes until
the butternut squash is tender.
Remove from the heat and blend in a food processor or with a hand
blender. Check the seasoning and serve.

This is a NO POINT soup - we had it for lunch, with bagels for stodge,
and it is lovely. My son thought it was the best soup ever made by me
(and he's used to good home made soups!), and the DH had two large
bowlfuls!
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Kate XXXXXX
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk
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Hi Kate,

Just curious. Butternut squash is 1 point for one cup. Are the servings
less than this?

Carol

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68 lost since December 2002
I am a slim person in process.
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"Kate Dicey" wrote in message
...
My WW leader brought in a sample pot of soup this week. It was so nice
i made a double batch! Oddly enough, it's almost all gone...

For those in the UK, it comes from the new 'Low Point to No Point'
recipe book by Joy Skipper, which also has lots of other good things in.

Low fat cooking spray
1 onion, chopped
400g/14oz butternut squash, peeled, de-seeded, and chopped
2 teaspoons of ground cumin
850ml/1 1/2 pints(20 fl oz) vegetable stock
salt and pepper

Spray a medium saucepan with the low fat cooking spray, and sauté the
onion for 3-4 minutes until it begins to soften
Add the butternut squash and cumin and stir well.
Pour in the stock and bring to the boil. Simmer for 18-20 minutes until
the butternut squash is tender.
Remove from the heat and blend in a food processor or with a hand
blender. Check the seasoning and serve.

This is a NO POINT soup - we had it for lunch, with bagels for stodge,
and it is lovely. My son thought it was the best soup ever made by me
(and he's used to good home made soups!), and the DH had two large
bowlfuls!
--
Kate XXXXXX
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

Mmmmm, sounds great!
I just had butternut squash myself tonight. I made Jamie Oliver's "Pumpkin
Hamilton", which is a butternut squash filled with rice, sundried tomatoes
and wild mushrooms. It was delicious and very low in points.
Let me know if anyone wants the recipe!
--
Nathalie from Belgium
134.1/103.1/minigoal 102.3 Goal 68 Kg
295.6/227.3/minigoal 225.6/Goal 150 pounds
NYNY 227.3/227.3/214

"Kate Dicey" wrote in message
...
My WW leader brought in a sample pot of soup this week. It was so nice
i made a double batch! Oddly enough, it's almost all gone...

For those in the UK, it comes from the new 'Low Point to No Point'
recipe book by Joy Skipper, which also has lots of other good things in.

Low fat cooking spray
1 onion, chopped
400g/14oz butternut squash, peeled, de-seeded, and chopped
2 teaspoons of ground cumin
850ml/1 1/2 pints(20 fl oz) vegetable stock
salt and pepper

Spray a medium saucepan with the low fat cooking spray, and sauté the
onion for 3-4 minutes until it begins to soften
Add the butternut squash and cumin and stir well.
Pour in the stock and bring to the boil. Simmer for 18-20 minutes until
the butternut squash is tender.
Remove from the heat and blend in a food processor or with a hand
blender. Check the seasoning and serve.

This is a NO POINT soup - we had it for lunch, with bagels for stodge,
and it is lovely. My son thought it was the best soup ever made by me
(and he's used to good home made soups!), and the DH had two large
bowlfuls!
--
Kate XXXXXX
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

Carol in NC wrote:

Hi Kate,

Just curious. Butternut squash is 1 point for one cup. Are the servings
less than this?

Carol

Dunno! Here in the UK it's a zero point veg. Has 50 calories, almost
no fat, and plenty of fibre per serving. This quantity will do 4
servings, according to the book.
--
Kate XXXXXX
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

I always find it interesting that some places list a veggie as 0 points and
some as 1 point. The vegetables must be the same...it's odd that WW doesn't
have a Worldwide standard.

Carol

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I am a slim person in process.
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Carol in NC wrote:

Hi Kate,

Just curious. Butternut squash is 1 point for one cup. Are the
servings
less than this?

Carol

Dunno! Here in the UK it's a zero point veg. Has 50 calories, almost
no fat, and plenty of fibre per serving. This quantity will do 4
servings, according to the book.
--
Kate XXXXXX
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

I just put this recipe through Mastercook, figuring it would be about 4
servings and came up with 150 cals, 3g fat, 4g fibre (2 points) (most of the
calories are coming from the vegetable broth)???. Substituted lowfat
chicken broth for the vegetable broth and came up with 67 cals, 1g fat, 2g
fibre (1 point). Go figure!

Anyway Kate, it looks good, so I'll try it someday. Thanks.

--
Brenda
209/174/150
NYNY goal 160

"Kate Dicey" wrote in message
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Carol in NC wrote:

Hi Kate,

Just curious. Butternut squash is 1 point for one cup. Are the
servings
less than this?

Carol

Dunno! Here in the UK it's a zero point veg. Has 50 calories, almost
no fat, and plenty of fibre per serving. This quantity will do 4
servings, according to the book.
--
Kate XXXXXX
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 23:38:52 +0200, "Nathalie W"
wrote:

Mmmmm, sounds great!
I just had butternut squash myself tonight. I made Jamie Oliver's "Pumpkin
Hamilton", which is a butternut squash filled with rice, sundried tomatoes
and wild mushrooms. It was delicious and very low in points.
Let me know if anyone wants the recipe!

Yes please Natalie.

I only recently "discovered" squash and we eat them regularly now. We
usually just bake them for an hour and add a tiny amount of butter at
the end. The yellow "spaghetti" squash are the nicest we've found so
far.

Do you like Jamie Oliver recipies then?

Ray
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rmnsuk
overall - 273/203/182
swwc - 205/203/192

I do ! I don't really like his TV-shows, I never watch them. But his
cookbooks are great. Easy but original recipes, fun to read, and great
pictures. (When I can't have the food, I like reading about it and looking
at pictures of it - lol!)
I 'll post the Pumpkin recipe tonight, OK?
(I 'm in a bit of a hurry now, woke up at 11.00 which is extremely rare for
me, and I have to be at a brunch in 30 minutes, and I 'm still in my
pyjamas...)
--
Nathalie from Belgium
134.1/103.1/minigoal 102.3 Goal 68 Kg
295.6/227.3/minigoal 225.6/Goal 150 pounds
NYNY 227.3/227.3/214

"ray miller" wrote in message
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On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 23:38:52 +0200, "Nathalie W"
wrote:

Mmmmm, sounds great!
I just had butternut squash myself tonight. I made Jamie Oliver's
"Pumpkin
Hamilton", which is a butternut squash filled with rice, sundried
tomatoes
and wild mushrooms. It was delicious and very low in points.
Let me know if anyone wants the recipe!

Yes please Natalie.

I only recently "discovered" squash and we eat them regularly now. We
usually just bake them for an hour and add a tiny amount of butter at
the end. The yellow "spaghetti" squash are the nicest we've found so
far.

Do you like Jamie Oliver recipies then?

Ray
--
rmnsuk
overall - 273/203/182
swwc - 205/203/192

On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 11:12:10 +0200, "Nathalie W"
wrote:

I do ! I don't really like his TV-shows, I never watch them. But his
cookbooks are great. Easy but original recipes, fun to read, and great
pictures. (When I can't have the food, I like reading about it and looking
at pictures of it - lol!)
I 'll post the Pumpkin recipe tonight, OK?
(I 'm in a bit of a hurry now, woke up at 11.00 which is extremely rare for
me, and I have to be at a brunch in 30 minutes, and I 'm still in my
pyjamas...)

Hope I got your mail address right. Check your mail.

I think I've sublimated eating food into shopping for it I've got a
pumpkin in the fridge waiting for something more interesting than
fried pumpkin with bacon and mushrooms (nice though that is).

Ray
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rmnsuk
overall - 273/203/182
swwc - 205/203/192

Brenda Hammond wrote:

I just put this recipe through Mastercook, figuring it would be about 4
servings and came up with 150 cals, 3g fat, 4g fibre (2 points) (most of the
calories are coming from the vegetable broth)???. Substituted lowfat
chicken broth for the vegetable broth and came up with 67 cals, 1g fat, 2g
fibre (1 point). Go figure!

Anyway Kate, it looks good, so I'll try it someday. Thanks.

The book says 4 servings, but I liked it so much I had two bows for
lunch! Are you looking at KCALs or KJ's? The way I did it, there were
about 2 sprays of the spray oil for sauteing the onions, amounting to 2
calories, about 1g of fat from the stock cubes I used, and that was the
whole fat content. Nothing like as much as 3g in the whole lot, never
mind per serving. You could cut the fat content to nothing by using
home made veg stock (just save any cooking water from the vegetables
served with meals) and not frying the onion, but that does lessen the
flavour somewhat.

I get very puzzled at the differences we show in the points values of
some things. It appears that the points are there in some US veggies,
but not here in ours, and that there are fewer points in other things
than we count... We are probably safest taking any shared recipe and
recalculating the points according to the system we use, and then
fitting it in to a meal plan.

Another funny thing: I had two different lots of bagels, one was the
supermarket's own brand, and the other was a bad of New York Bagel
Company ones. The supermarket own brand ones (with herbs and onions
in!) worked out at 3 points each, which agreed with the food list in the
handbook. The NYBC's worked out at 4 points each! Hm...
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Kate XXXXXX
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!