Peter's Cream Of Pumpkin Soup
1 ts Safflower oil 1 lb Pumpkin, fresh -cut in chunks, -=OR=- Canned Pumpkin 1 Yellow onion - peeled and chopped 1 sm Garlic clove - peeled and crushed 2 Celery stalks; chopped 1 S...
Ingredients
- 1tsp safflower oil
- 1lbpumpkin, fresh
- 1stalk fresh thyme; -=or=-
- 1/2tsp -dried thyme
- 1/2bay leaf
- 5cup chicken broth
- 11/2 tb low-fat white cheese
- 1/2cup parsley, chervil and chives
Directions
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1 ts Safflower oil 1 lb Pumpkin, fresh -cut in chunks, -=OR=- Canned Pumpkin 1 Yellow onion - peeled and chopped 1 sm Garlic clove - peeled
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chopped 1 Stalk fresh thyme
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OR=- 1/2 ts -Dried thyme 1/2 Bay leaf 5 c Chicken broth 1 1/2 tb Low-fat white cheese -Such as cottage cheese, - farmer's cheese, - cream ch
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IN A LARGE SAUCEPAN, heat the oil over a low fire
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Add the vegetables (including the fresh pumpkin, but not the canned), thyme and bay leaf
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Reduce the heat, cover, and let cook gently for 8 minutes
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Stir occasionally to keep the vegetables from browning
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Add the broth and the pumpkin, if using canned