Serves 4, 10 minutes prep, 40-45 minutes cooking

This comforting soup is delicious and so simple to prepare and is great as a starter at dinner or as a hearty lunch that is guaranteed to keep you going all day.

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 large onion, sliced
• 1 clove of garlic, crushed
• 675g butternut squash, peeled, deseeded and chopped into cubes
• 600ml vegetable stock (stock cubes or jellied stock pots are fine)
• 100ml fresh orange juice
• tsp ground ginger
• 50g fresh coriander
• salt and pepper to taste

Method

1. Warm the olive oil in a saucepan and add the onion and garlic. 
2. Sweat over a low heat for 5 minutes until softened.
3. Add the butternut squash, coriander and ginger and gently cook for 5 minutes.
4. Add the vegetable stock and the orange juice and simmer for 20-30 minutes until the butternut squash is tender.
5. Bring the pan off the heat, puree the soup and season to taste.
6. Serve garnished with fresh coriander leaves and crusty bread.