Eating with Ellie: Butternut Squash Soup with Tahini and Crispy Chickpeas

        The 106th recipe I made with the Eating with Ellie group is Butternut Squash Soup with Tahini and Crispy Chickpeas, and can be found in Ellie Krieger's book Whole in One, on pages 36-37.  

       Ingredients: olive oil, onion, garlic, butternut squash, chickpeas, salt, cumin, black pepper, turmeric, cayenne pepper, chicken broth, honey, tahini, and crispy chickpeas for garnish. 

       Margaret, Nancy, and I were discussing “soup season” and Margaret is definitely in the camp that there is a Soup Season as she lives in Louisiana and doesn’t make soup in the summer.  Nancy and I are definitely in the camp that Soup Season is all year long. That being said, it is true that once the grill comes out, the soup pot isn’t in use as much as when the grill is tucked away for winter storage.  It’s nearing the time that the grill can come out and play again. Before grilling season truly gets here, and coinciding with March Madness and all the basketball game watching that happens here this time of year, soup is a fine thing to have on hand. 

       Ellie has great soup recipes, I have never made a soup recipe of hers that wasn’t just full of flavor.  She has a way of making the ingredients sing together in perfect harmony.  This soup is no exception, it is creamy without cream, and the spices are just enough to make it interesting and give it all a bit of a nice kick. It all tastes so deliciously fresh. Those little crispy chickpeas floating around are tasty and fun. Definitely worthy of a repeat.  

      Eating with Ellie participants: Margaret at Tea and Scones, and Gaye at Laws of the Kitchen.  You can check the Eating with Ellie category in their blogs to see the recipes they have made and are making. (If you would like to join us, just leave a link at one of our blogs.)

      Note:  In our posts, we do not publish the recipes from Ellie Krieger's books as those belong to her, we like to honor that and encourage you to buy her books to get the recipes.  

 

 

        The 106th recipe I made with the Eating with Ellie group is Butternut Squash Soup with Tahini and Crispy Chickpeas, and can be found in Ellie Krieger's book Whole in One, on pages 36-37.  

       Ingredients: olive oil, onion, garlic, butternut squash, chickpeas, salt, cumin, black pepper, turmeric, cayenne pepper, chicken broth, honey, tahini, and crispy chickpeas for garnish. 

       Margaret, Nancy, and I were discussing “soup season” and Margaret is definitely in the camp that there is a Soup Season as she lives in Louisiana and doesn’t make soup in the summer.  Nancy and I are definitely in the camp that Soup Season is all year long. That being said, it is true that once the grill comes out, the soup pot isn’t in use as much as when the grill is tucked away for winter storage.  It’s nearing the time that the grill can come out and play again. Before grilling season truly gets here, and coinciding with March Madness and all the basketball game watching that happens here this time of year, soup is a fine thing to have on hand. 

       Ellie has great soup recipes, I have never made a soup recipe of hers that wasn’t just full of flavor.  She has a way of making the ingredients sing together in perfect harmony.  This soup is no exception, it is creamy without cream, and the spices are just enough to make it interesting and give it all a bit of a nice kick. It all tastes so deliciously fresh. Those little crispy chickpeas floating around are tasty and fun. Definitely worthy of a repeat.  

      Eating with Ellie participants: Margaret at Tea and Scones, and Gaye at Laws of the Kitchen.  You can check the Eating with Ellie category in their blogs to see the recipes they have made and are making. (If you would like to join us, just leave a link at one of our blogs.)

      Note:  In our posts, we do not publish the recipes from Ellie Krieger's books as those belong to her, we like to honor that and encourage you to buy her books to get the recipes.