4 pumpkin soup taste Recipes

pumpkin puree (using roasted squash really enhances the flavor) or 1 (14 -16 oz) can freshly roasted butternut squash (using roasted squash really enhances the flavor), homemade vegetable broth, red potato, diced, green bell pepper, seeded , membrane removed, diced (okay to use another color), celery, diced, red onion, peeled and diced (my addition), smooth cashew butter or 3 tbsp pumpkin seed butter, firm but ripe banana, sliced into small pieces, apple, peeled, seeded and diced, salt, ground red pepper, to taste (paprika or cayenne), fresh cilantro leaves, roasted pumpkin seeds, pumpkin seed pesto sauce (read *note)

pumpkin puree, chicken broth, splenda sugar substitute (depending on your taste, mood, etc.) or 2 -4 tsp splenda brown sugar blend (depending on your taste, mood, etc.), salt, pumpkin pie spice, low-fat milk (or half & half for a very special occasion)

split peas, salt, chicken stock or 4 cups vegetable stock, fresh ground black pepper, chunked fresh pumpkin, with out peel, chopped fresh basil or 1 tsp dried basil, chopped yellow sweet onion, fresh thyme, half-and-half, crumbled cooked bacon (to taste, leave out if making vegetarian ) (optional), chopped fresh parsley, for garnish