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[Divash]

It's beyond easy. Britney Spears could make pumpkin soup. Anyone can cook, if you know how to follow directions.

Chop one whole onion. Saute in 1 teaspoon of canola oil in a nonstick skillet until gently browned. Set aside.

Chop 3 potatoes into (roughly) half-inch cubes and toss into a big soup pot filled about halfway with water and 2 tablespoons salt. Boil until potatoes are almost, but not quite, soft when squished. Drain and rinse.

Add onions, 1 8oz can of pureed pumpkin (such as Libby's), 1 cup of milk or soymilk, a tablespoon of butter or margarine if desired, and then fill the pot with chicken or vegetable broth to about 2 inches from the top.

Spices:
2 more tablespoons of salt, vegetable bouillon, or chicken bouillon
1/4 C fresh parsley or 2 tablespoons dried parsley
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 dash basil
1 dash oregano
1 dash sage
1 dash nutmeg  

[Divash]

Sometimes I also add a little bit of coconut milk and some cilantro for a bit of a Thai feel. But if you do that, remove the nutmeg and the sage from the spices, and take out the milk or soymilk because you won't need it.  

[Divash]

If you use fresh pumpkin (cubed) instead of pureed canned pumpkin, you can also toast the seeds with a little olive or canola oil and some salt and maybe a bit of garlic, and that's a really great treat. Very crunchy.  

[Divash]

I love autumn foods!  

[Divash]

Actually, I love pretty much everything about autumn. Not just the food. I love the weather, too.  

[Divash]

Soup's ready! Now as soon as the SO comes home, we can eat it.  

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Ahh Divash just reading that recipe is making me hungry.  

[Divash]

Hey, Laona, welcome back. smile  

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Hey. Sorry I've been in Zucchini's thread bumping it for her.

How are you?  

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[Divash]

I'm great, and you look fantastic. smile How are you doing this fine evening?  

[[.Laona.]]

I'm a bit tired and sore. And now hungry for something to do with pumpkin after reading that recipe you posted lol  

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[Divash]

Heh. I'm told my recipes have that effect on people. This is a really healthy soup, too. If you're doing Weight Watchers, the entire pot of soup is about 20 points. Take out the milk and it's 18; use the small can of pumpkin instead of the big one like I do, and it's 15; don't add margarine, and it's 14. And it makes something like eight bowls of soup, so each one is about a point and a half. Since a person gets a minimum of 20 points per day, you could conceivably eat this soup all day and still have points left over at night.