Butternut Squash Bisque & New Additions to our Halloween Family

Our garden produced 7 butternut squash this year.

This is my mother's recipe for Butternut Squash Bisque. Enjoy!

1 medium butternut squash, cut in half lengthwise, scoop out seeds, bake until tender. My squash took 45 minutes to cook at 350 degrees.
Scoop out the pulp.
Puree pulp. I put the squash in my blender to puree the squash.

1 1/4 Cup chicken stock
1 1/4 Cup whipping cream (or 2% milk)
2 Cups squash pulp, pureed
Place the above ingredients in a sauce pan and bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally

Add:
1/2 Cup brown sugar (1/4 cup)
1 teaspoon cinnamon (I used much less)
1 pinch nutmeg
Salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste
Garnish with apple slices.

Note: If soup is too thick, adjust by adding equal amounts of cream and chicken stock.

Aside from cooking and catching up on laundry Saturday, Chris and I were busy getting more decorations out for our upcoming party.

These spiders were purchased after season last year at Target. I noticed they had them again this year in a variety of colors. Their legs are bendable and they are made of a velvet-like material.

Last year I picked up this Bethany Lowe Halloween decoration at TJ Maxx.

I added black-n-white pictures of my girls faces over the existing faces.

This was something I put together last year.

The fish bowl was picked up at my local thrift store.

It's filled with dried black beans, mini skeletons, pumpkins and a battery operated tea candle. Our yard is continuing to be transformed.



I was serious about electric bill. When you turn onto our street, there's no denying which house is our house...hee hee. Be sure to click HERE to visit my last Kim K. Halloween give-away post where you can leave a comment to be entered. Drawing takes place October 20th.