Butternut Squash

Tonight I thought I’d cook up some soup

Just enough for me, not a whole group

Butternut squash, the main ingredient

With a recipe I found, no need to invent

I roasted the squash and minced the onion

And used my food processor to make it fun

Then on a whim I added some fruit

An apple minced with onion, oh what a hoot

So I minced an apple to sauté on the stove

Oh boy, what a great concoction I wove

The squash was roasted, the fruit sautéed

With onion, some ginger; I was on a crusade

What a thrill I had when I pulled out the blender

Just what would my squash and veggie broth render?

So I pureed, pureed, then pureed some more

And hoped it would soon be thin enough to pour

But it wouldn’t puree so I added more broth

But all I got was a burnt orange froth

I must have misread the recipe along the way

The mixture was creamy, that’s how it would stay

So I heated it through and gave it a taste

I decided that it would not go to waste

It was surprisingly good, really quite yummy

And so I had a bowl to fill up my tummy

So I’ll try this recipe on another day

I’ll make soup with squash, I’ll not run away

From trying something new to serve at dinner

In the meanwhile, my creamy squash is a winner