Excellent recipe! I slowly roasted the squash because I feel you always get more flavor. I also made my own almond milk and added that for creaminess. I also made a little pesto with some of the nuts I had (pistachio, almond, walnut) and cilantro. Really, really good stuff!!

and yes you should peel the squash.

This was really good! I will be making this again and again!

Do you have to peel the butternut squash?

This is a very good recipe. The batch I made will last for three or four days.

This was a staple for us for lunch and dinner. With a bit of seasoning it was very nice and filling. Will make again for additional weeks of cleanse. Double the batch from the beginning as you will want this for quick easy meal during the week!

I really enjoyed the flavors and velvety texture of this butternut squash soup. I left out the cardamom and cloves since I didn't have those on hand, but it was delicious nonetheless! I am going to keep this recipe on hand because it makes a truly wonderful fall/winter soup.

Delicious and can't wait to make more... You can get cardamom small packets at whole foods or world market and they are much more affordable and totally worth it

Delicious and spicy--almost like pumpkin pie filling in certain ways. For all commenters who left out the pricey cardamom, I feel your pain, but if your store sells it by the ounce in bulk, spring for it: I use it all the time because it has such an amazing flavor. Will certainly make this again, though I don't care for all the work in preparing butternut squash.

This is truly wonderful soup. Yes, I agree with another reviewer that cardomom is much too pricey these days to add it in, and I also have garam masala in my pantry which is a great substitute. If not leaving out the cardomom is just fine. I added roasted carrots and used acorn squash since I couldn't get butternut too and it worked fine. Lots of leftovers for more meals too!

A really good recipe for the first night of this diet since it didn't feel like culinary pain and suffering. It's delicious.

I swapped the cardamom, clovers and cinnamon for chinese 5 spice powder, and added a touch of cayenne pepper. It was good. Plan to serve with some fresh apples for texture.

Delicious! I didn't add the cardamom and it was still very good. Filling, smells wonderful and beautiful to look at.

tried a little something different with the spices. we were trying to prepare this on a budget and cardamom is very pricy! we happened to already have garam masala in the pantry and substituted 1/4 tsp of it in place of the cardamom and cinnamon. turned out great!

Excellent, made the whole kitchen smell wonderful all afternoon.