Summer Soup of Butternut and Corn

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 clove garlic , minced
• 1 onion , chopped
• 1 butternut squash , peeled and cubed
• 1 cup corn
• 3 cups vegetable stock
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 0.5 teaspoons ground black pepper
• 0.5 cups plain yogurt
• 0.5 teaspoons ground nutmeg

Instructions

1. 1

   Heat the olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Cook and stir the garlic and onion in the oil until soft and translucent. Add the butternut squash and corn and cook for 3 more minutes. Pour the stock into the Dutch oven and bring to a boil; season with basil and black pepper.

2. 2

   Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer uncovered until the squash is tender, about 15 minutes. Remove the Dutch oven from the heat and using a hand blender, or working in batches with a counter top blender, process the soup until smooth. Stir in the yogurt and nutmeg.