Sporting a brilliant and enticing yellow-orange hue, with a rich and silky texture, it was a shame that the Organic Butternut Squash Soup from Pacfic Foods just didn't hit the mark with my family. The three other creamy dairy-free soups from Pacific (Curried Red Lentil, Cashew Carrot Ginger, Spicy Black Bean) will easily find their way into my shopping cart again, but this one will have to wait for the next consumer who wanders down the natural food aisle.

My husband wouldn't even taste-test the soup as the very idea of store-bought winter squash soup sends him running to the nearest fast food restaurant. I was hesitant for a couple of reasons - I'm not a fan of soymilk based soups since we try to keep our soy consumption at a modest level, and butternut soup tends to be too sweet for my tastes. And alas, this one was. Unlike the other Pacific creamy soups, this one lacked in spice (for my tastes) but not in sugar.

After a few solo tastes, I decided to spice it up a bit with another pinch of salt (this was not the low sodium variety mind you), a good dash of ground ginger, and a few twists of the pepper grinder. I also braised some greens and added them to the soup. I thought the contrasting bitterness of the greens would be complimentary, and they were.

In the end, this lunch ended up better, pretty good in fact, but still not fantastic. Since I like my convenience ready to go, I will stick with the other creamy soups from Pacific, which I thought were awesome. If you are generally a fan of butternut squash soup, then I do recommend giving this one a try, particularly since it is organic and sports some nice easy-to-read ingredients.

This is a third party review by Alisa Fleming, author of Go Dairy Free: The Guide & Cookbook (also available as an eBook). For more information and to purchase this product, visit the Pacific Foods website. All of the Pacific Foods Soups are also available on Amazon for a discount.

Only registered users can write comments.
Please login or register.

Powered by AkoComment Tweaked Special Edition v.1.4.6
AkoComment © Copyright 2004 by Arthur Konze - www.mamboportal.com
All right reserved