Crockpot Jamaican Pumpkin Soup

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  • Number of Servings: 8
Ingredients
--2 cups of fresh pumpkin, or 1 can (15 oz)--4 cups vegetable broth--2 cups water--1 red onion. chopped--2 celery stalks, chopped--2 yams, peeled and chopped--3 chopped garlic cloves--1 inch fresh ginger, peeled and grated--1 T white sugar--2 tsp kosher salt--1 tsp tumeric (this was the first time I bought tumeric, and I do think it's a necessary spice)--1/4 tsp allspice--1/4 tsp nutmeg-- 6 T cream (optional - original recipe called for heavy whipping cream, but I often use fat free half&half)
Directions
Empty pumpkin into your crockpot, and add the chopped vegetables. Add the spices and sugar. Stir in the vegetable broth and water.

Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours.

use an immersible blender to blend soup until smooth. Add cream (or substitute) and stir before serving.

Makes about 8 servings - we like to have a spinach salad and fresh loaf of wheat bread with this!


Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user NEW_TO_PGH.

Servings Per Recipe: 8
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 125.9
  • Total Fat: 0.3 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 591.2 mg
  • Total Carbs: 30.3 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 5.0 g
  • Protein: 3.6 g

Member Reviews
  • LARATEXAS11
    I loved this soup. I chopped up some celery(it was going to go bad) I added 2T of coconut on top. I will make again. - 2/11/14