I don’t usually write about cooking or recipes, mostly because if I cook I tend to make it up as I go along and not worry too much about the amounts. With soup I just chuck every thing in a pot and cook it. Not very scientific maybe but it generally works. BUT………………my pumpkin soup turned out very well and I have never made pumpkin soup before. I did it this time to use up the pumpkin I took out of the Halloween pumpkin head. So here it is…………………..
I whole pumpkin chopped up
About 5-6 carrots
About 3-4 sticks celery
Sweet potato
One or two red onions
2 cloves garlic
1 small chilli
2 veg stock cubes
Dried or fresh chives
Small piece root ginger
Freshly ground black pepper
Ground sea salt or rock salt (not too much)
Simplicity itself, chop it all up, put it in a big pan and cook. Once all the veg was cooked through I blended it but you could eat it as a ‘chunky’ soup if you prefer. It was delicious, the chilli and ginger gave it a bit of a kick, very warming on these cold wintry days.
