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Savory Butternut Squash Soup

• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1/2 tsp. minced garlic
• 3 T. olive oil
• 3 T. tapioca starch (or corn starch)
• 3 cups vegetable broth
• 2 cups sligthly mashed cooked butternut squash
• 1 T. dried parsley
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/8 tsp. nutmeg
• 1/8 tsp. garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp. dried rosemary
• 1/8 tsp. pepper
• 1 cup hemp milk

1. In a large pot, saute celery, onions and garlic in oil for about 5 minutes.
2. Stir in starch.
3. Slowly add broth and bring to a boil.
4. Cook and stir until slightly thickened.
5. Reduce heat and stir in remaining ingredients except hemp milk.
6. Keep uncovered and simmer for roughly 10 minutes.
7. Use an immersion blender to blend the soup or transfer to a blender in batches and blend the soup until smooth.
8. After blending, return soup to pot if using standard blender.
9. Add hemp milk and cook until heated through.