This is my 2nd year doing the cleanse. I love food and I love variety in food. Which makes it difficult, but it is worth it. This soup is the first thing I made this year. Very yummy and easy to make. I would also like to recommend another soup from a related blog. It is simply delicious! It a yellow slip pea soup. I used a smoked paprika and it was a great substitute for the ham flavor characteristic of split pea soup. http://mynewroots.blogspot.com/2012/01/split-pea-sunshine-saffron-soup.html

Easy, quick, satisfying new fav for squash soups! I added sweet potato ... divine :0)

still eating this long after the cleanse, absolutely my favorite recipe! I've even experimented with substituting sweet potatoes instead of squash it was just as delicious

Delicious! Love the sweetness that the apple brings, and the pumpkin pie-ish spices. I also added vegetable stock (per other user reviews) to give it more flavor.

The first time I made this, I followed the recipe to a "T" and it was very good. The second time, I made some changes. I used homemade vegetable stock (unsalted) instead of the water and it brought this soup up to a whole other level - without having to roast the vegetables as other reviewers suggest. Absolutely delicious - my favorite recipe in this cleanse plan by far!

Not a fan. I had to add extra salt just to eat it. But then, I don.t like squash. Did not like the texture either. So far this cleanse has been really tough. I'm not really liking the recipes so far with the exception of the smoothies. I hope everyone else is doing good.

Eating this now and it's really great. I bumped up the cardamom, ginger and garlic a bit, and roasted the squash, carrots and apples. I prefer roasting to boiling most of the time. Lovely soup not just for detox but for any time!

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.