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Fall for These Sensational Squash SoupsNot just table decoration—squash is a delicious, nutritious autumn favorite Squash is super-easy to stir into hearty autumn soups Acorn, buttercup, butternut, delicata, hubbard, spaghetti, turban—a bounty of colorful winter squash and pumpkins overflow grocery produce tables every fall. A fruit (really!) native to North America, and a member of the gourd family like melons and pumpkins, squash is super-easy to stir into hearty autumn soups. Add squash to your diet for good health“Winter squashes, especially pumpkin, are one of the most nutritionally valuable foods known to man,” says Steven Pratt, MD, coauthor of SuperFoods. Loaded with good-for-you nutrients, the richly colored interior flesh is the first clue to squashes' nutritional benefits, which include:
Make an easy squash soup the star of your weeknight menuFor a quick and easy squash soup, use fresh, canned, or frozen squash, or canned 100% pumpkin purée (not pumpkin pie mix, which includes sugar and spices) as the soup base.
Judith H. Dern, an independent writer living in Seattle, WA, loves vegetables and finds squash soup the perfect cold-weather dish. Copyright © 2025 TraceGains, Inc. All rights reserved. |