What a great Friday! I had a pretty good day at work that culminated with a home visit to one my families. They were very gracious, and I am glad that I stopped by!
I headed home afterward to prep for my evening of entertaining! I’m not really an entertainer, and I can’t even tell you the last time I had people over to my house. I had my husband help me all this week to tidy up the place and make it presentable. It actually wasn’t too much work doing little chunks at a time.
For dinner I made a squash soup, pictures of which I will feature here in just a moment, and a delectable salad. I was quite pleased with the recipe I found in the Oct. issue of the Food Network Magazine. I think this was the best soup recipe I have ever made!
So here are some pictures. I don’t have a picture of the finished product with all of the toppings inside. I got caught up with my company, but you’ll get the idea. OH – and for the toppings, there was a variety of savory items including sunflower seeds, turkey bacon, sourdough croutons, and French’s French fried onions!
This was my inspiration!
Prepping the squash
Roasting the bowls
Ready to be filled!
Cooking down the butternut squash before pureeing
Table’s set!
Unfortunately, I have no picture of the final product, but trust me it was beautiful! Maybe when I eat the left-overs today I’ll stage it so you can see how pretty it was with the soup inside!
EDIT: Left-overs for breakfast provided me with the opportunity to stage the finish product. Then I ate it all up!
Jolene.
I love these! So festive. You make me want to invite people over.
I was really pleased with the way these turned out – the really did look beautiful!
Invite some people over!!
yummy!!!
Ok, I am going to try this. Will let you know. . . .looks fabulous!
Please do! I thought it was excellent and have made it once more since then.
I am making this tonight for wine club and the soup doesn’t seem thick, I will add cream in later. I think I blended it too much. What was your experience? Did you sever the bowls hot? I am cooking for 12 so I am not sure how I can pull that off.
I cooked them first. Left the oven on warm after they were done cooking and then served the soup hot in the warm bowls. I hope it turns out ok! That’s a lot of people to cook for. I didn’t blend it for very long – hardly at all actually. Cream might help!
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