Roasted Butternut Squash & Apple Soup (How I learned to stop hating butternut squash) Recipe

My two-year anniversary of being a fledgling food blogger is coming very soon. In two years I have challenged myself to make recipes that are very new to me. I've also set my mind to seeing if my palate has matured a bit, and so I'm challenging myself to try certain foods that I have avoided for most of my life.

Butternut squash has been one of my greatest challenges. For some reason, it always left a bitter and overpowering flavor in my mouth. I've tried making recipes from butternut squash lasagna to slathering it with buckets of honey (well, not quite but I gave it a go). My palate rejected it, but I didn't give up.

I'm sure many of you have seen the blogosphere buzz on the Foodbuzz Blogger Festival, in San Francisco.…