Butternut squash soup for dinner

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AIBU or is butternut squash soup on its own not enough for dinner?

Let me just sharpen my pitchfork…

(I just need to wipe the dry ‘mustard’ off of it)

Id want some nice seeded crusty bread with it (and butter)

I love a warm, buttered cheese scone with butternut squash soup . . .

Served with bread and butter it would be fine

We have soup for dinner with either chunky veg/lentils or pasta in. Or if it’s a smooth soup we have a bread roll or croutons

I add lots red lentils, v small cubes of carrot, kale and white beans. Sprinkle seeds on and a squeeze of lemon. Serve with cheese on toast with Worcester sauce. That's a meal.

I wish I liked avocado. I even chucked some Henderson's relish on the cheese on toast 😋

It’s great with cheese ravioli in it and lots of them. On its own? Not a meal.

I'd love that for dinner with whole grain bread. I'd want som protein as well though, so would probably sprinkle with chopped nuts.

We had spicy butternut squash and lentil soup ( blended) for our main meal yesterday with a whole tiger loaf ( me dh and 2dc) it was very filling although we did have mince pie and custard too

Not if you’ve eaten lightly throughout the day, per your update.

Aha! Finally the competitive eating vegetarian version of the infamous Mumsnet chicken 🤣A bowl of hearty soup feeds my family of 12 for over a week 😉🤣

It needs a substantial side dish too: toasted cheese sandwiches, sausage rolls, falafel or mini meatballs

Needs a scone or grilled cheese sarnie for dipping

depends on how skinny you are

Maybe with some nice filling bread rolls.

Sounds delish.

Butternut squash soup is fine as part of dinner. If you pair it with a hearty bread, and perhaps a salad, I would say that could be a dinner. But just soup on its own? No. Most people wouldn't agree with that. Now, if you have almost no appetite, or if you had a really big or heavy lunch, okay. You can call it dinner. But most people would expect more.

It’s delicious and filling so yes with bread dipped in.

We have soup for dinner once a week but I add things to it to make it a complete meal.

• If it's a thinner soup (minestrone etc.) I may serve with grilled cheese
• A thicker soup like squash or a thick creamy chicken soup, I'd serve with crusty bread
• If I don't have crusty bread I will put out crackers and cheese.
• I usually put out a small platter of cut up fruit & veg as well

A great meal that can be very quick and with a few bits & bobs on the side, nice & filling!

No it’s not a proper dinner

Tell us who made you butternut squash for dinner and what they said when you said that wasn't enough food then??
Soup by itself isn't enough food for a meal unless it's a hearty soup with added protein. I can make a good soup with around 400 calories per serving that I'd eat for lunch. I wouldn't serve that for dinner though as dinner is the most substantial meal in our house. A bowl of butternut soup would come in lower than that unless it had a lot of added cream and would not be filling enough for a dinner IMO.

Perfectly fine as long as it's not a single sad bowl of soup.

Soup, homemade bread, and a diabetic coma inducing dessert for afters.

I am logging food on ‘my fitness pal’ just now not for weight loss reasons but to see if I am getting the right split of nutrients. All these people on here have clearly never worked out their calorie requirements and worked out whether they are meeting them or exceeding before, If they did they’d find a ‘just’ a bowl of soup is plenty. Soup with bread is fine if you’re active. A bowl of soup with a toastie is half your daily calorie requirements in one meal. What about breakfast, lunch and snacks?

On Mumsnet it’s definitely enough. Probably too much, unless you’re planning not to eat the next day.