This is great, very warming on a cold winters night. Made it this time with roasted sweet potatoes instead of squash, a bit sweeter, bump up the curry to balance flavors. I added roasted Anaheim Chili, diced, to add some heat. smalltowndiverwife, like your idea of roasting squash seeds, I usually do that, coat with a little oil- try sesame oil for a little heat, spread over pan in toaster oven, 350 till they smell good, maybe 10 min. Try this Cucumber Appitizer with the roasted seeds: Slice a cucumber into a bowl (peel skin if tough) Squeeze lime juice over cucumber slices, stir to coat. Arrange single layer of cucumber slices on a plate. Chop a large handful of roasted squash seeds into a coarse crumb, stir in a dash of finely ground sea salt. place a large pinch of chopped seeds on each cucumber slice, and a dash of cayenne pepper, more or less, depending on your heat tolerance. Works well with this soup. Chopped roasted seeds can be used as a topping on the soup, instead of or along with the bacon. Thanks for the recipe Dorrene!

Reviewed On: Jan. 11, 2012

Great recipe as is! My kitchen has 2 rules: if you are making something good, double the recipe, and clean up. I don't use a bread machine, I use a stand mixer with a dough hook. Do toast the seeds, and for that matter, anytime you use nuts or seeds, in salads, brownies, pecan pie... toast them, adds a wonderful flavor you can't get any other way. I use a slow rise, all day or overnight technique. For the loaves I made yesterday (gone now!) I doubled + some. Started with 1 3/4 cups water. Put half of that in a cup, microwaved till temp is 110 f. Stir in honey, and stir in only 1/2 teaspoon yeast. Let it proof an hour or 2 until foamy on top(this makes a bottle last a long time). Meanwhile, mix whole wheat flour, and about 3/4 cup rolled oats, salt and oil, and the other half of the water in the mixer, knead with dough hook about 5 min. Toast seeds, mix in. Add proofed yeast to mixer, add bread flour as much as needed until dough isn't sticky, and streches when pulled. Gather dough into ball, spread 1/2 tsp oil outside of dough and inside of bowl, let rise at room temp for hours- overnight or all day. I keep it in the microwave, it's draught free, and the cats can't get at it... If a faster rising is needed, remove dough from microwave, nuke a cup of water until the water is hot, keep hot water in microwave, return dough. When dough is doubled in volume, punch down, shape into 2 loaves, in buttered loaf pans, or freeform, bake 375f about 25 min.

Reviewed On: Feb. 2, 2011

I've made this before and it's great! This time I borrowed an idea from "Superb Cranberry Sauce with Apples and Pears " and I added a diced apple and diced pear (cored, peel left on) and it was amazing, added another complex layer of flavor. I made it the day before Thanksgiving, but found out the day after it was even better. Next time I'm making this two days ahead.

Reviewed On: Nov. 26, 2010