Here’s how local superstar, Brittany Torres, owner and founder of Hamptons Handpoured candle company, spends the holiday season.I love spending the holidays ice skating in Central Park, seeing the tree at Rockefeller Center, biking on the quiet roads of the Hamptons, walking my dog, Dahlia, decompressing with lots of yoga, and enjoying my homemade butternut squash soup! I’m addicted to butternut squash soup, but most delicious varieties are loaded with cream. Every fall leading up to Thanksgiving, I make homemade butternut squash soup and have it almost everyday! Here’s my recipe:

Brittany’s Butternut Squash Soup:

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 carrot, diced
1 celery stalk, diced
1 onion, diced
4 cups cubed butternut squash, fresh or frozen
1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
4 cups low-sodium chicken broth
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

Heat oil in a large soup pot. Add carrot, celery, and onion. Cook about 3-5 minutes until vegetables have begun to soften and onion turns translucent. Stir in butternut squash, thyme, chicken broth, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer about 30 minutes until squash is fork-tender. Use an immersion blender to purée soup. Alternatively, let the soup cool slightly and carefully purée in batches in an upright blender. Enjoy and happy holidays!

One Healthy Breakdown: skate, yoga, eat, repeat!

*Until January, 2016, we’ll be spreading health through the holiday season here in the Hamptons! If you’d like to share your own holiday tip, trick, tradition, recipe, etc. as part of OHH’s #HealthyHolidays, email kiley@onehealthyhamptons.com.