Pumpkin Soup

Name: Pumpkin Soup Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 Tbsp Olive Oil (or oil of your choosing); 1/2 Cup Onion Chopped; 2-3 Stalks Celery Chopped; 2-3 Carrots Peeled and Chopped; 3/4 Cup Fresh Mushrooms Chopped; 2 Cups Canned Pumpkin (or you can use fresh pumpkin that is cooked and mashed); 2 Cups Vegetable Broth (I use low sodium); 2 Cups Milk (I use 1% but you can use your choice even 1/2 cream if you desire); 1/2 Cup Orange Juice; Salt to taste (I do not use to make it low salt diet approved); Garnish (not calculated in nutrition totals):; 1 TBSP sour cream; 2-3 Dashes Hot Sauce (Optional); Chives chopped; Orange peel (Optional but pretty)

Minutes to Prepare: 20
Minutes to Cook: 25

Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

2 Tbsp Olive Oil (or oil of your choosing)1/2 Cup Onion, Chopped2-3 Stalks Celery, Chopped 2-3 Carrots, Peeled and Chopped3/4 Cup Fresh Mushrooms, Chopped2 Cups Canned Pumpkin (or you can use fresh pumpkin that is cooked and mashed)2 Cups Vegetable Broth (I use low sodium)2 Cups Milk (I use 1% but you can use your choice, even 1/2 cream if you desire)1/2 Cup Orange JuiceSalt to taste (I do not use to make it low salt diet approved)Garnish (not calculated in nutrition totals): 1 TBSP sour cream2-3 Dashes Hot Sauce (Optional)Chives, choppedOrange peel (Optional, but pretty)

Directions

Saute vegetables in oil for about 5 minutes. Add sauted vegetables to broth, add pumpkin as well: simmer for 10 minutes. Add milk, orange juice simmer for 10 more minutes (this is when you would salt to taste).

Serve Hot. Garnish each bowl with 1 Tbsp Sour Cream and 2-3 dashes Pepper Sauce, or substitute Chives and Orange Peel for the hot sauce, makes a less spicy version. You could just use the sour cream (that is how my niece likes it)... or dream up your own!

Makes about 8 1-Cup servings

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user REDOONAGH.

Servings Per Recipe: 8

Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving

Calories: 254.7
Total Fat: 21.2 g
Cholesterol: 3.0 mg
Sodium: 297.3 mg
Total Carbs: 14.5 g
Dietary Fiber: 3.1 g
Protein: 3.5 g

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Member Reviews

VIXEN2188
I think something is wrong with the way your recipe has been calculated. When you click on the breakdown of nutrients it says each serving has 1.5 tbsp of olive accounting for 179 calories just in olive oil. When I added all the ingredients I got about 105 calories per serving. - 10/26/10
FOOFIE17
This recipe looks great! but Vixen2188 must be right about the fat content miscalulation.
Thank you! - 10/26/10