All the ideas sound great and I love soup, but if my husbandy saw the green in it and it wasn't a string bean, he would pick it out and pile them on a plate to toss out!! Really. I used to be able to make salads with all the different greens in them, now he will only eat iceberg lettuce!!! And his cholesterol is low!! Go figure. I will be making the soup and making sure he doesn't get the squash. I'll eat it ALL.