Vegetarian Pumpkin Soup with Sweet Potato

I am always experimenting with my recipes and especially with my crock pot soup recipes to come up with a new taste as I like to have soup for my lunch each day in winter and I get bored with the same old ones.  I like vegetarian recipes the most and they are usually low fat and high fiber which is a bonus.  I love soups based on pumpkin so the recipe below is one like that but with my other favorite ingredient sweet potato.

Vegetarian Pumpkin Soup with Sweet Potato

10 oz (300g) pumpkin
10 oz (300g) sweet potato
3 oz (100g) potato
1 large brown onion sliced
1 oz (30g) parsnip sliced and cubed
2 cups chicken or vegetable stock
teas salt
pepper
lemon thyme
1/2 teas cumin

Combine all ingredients in the crock pot and cook on low for 8 hours.  I like to thicken my soups by taking half and putting through a sieve or food processor.  This also makes a smoother soup but its really up to your own tastes.  You can also thicken this soup with a little cornflour mixed in water and stirred through the soups when cooked.

Serve sprinkled with parsley and with toast, foccacia bread or sourdough bread (my favorite).

This vegetable pumpkin soup  with sweet potato has to be one of the easiest soups I have made and is a good choice to make on a Sunday for your lunches during the week.  Soup makes a good meal for work and is filling especially in the colder months of the year.  Vegetable soups are also low in calories so if you limit your carbohydrates like toast with the soup then you have a low calorie entree or lunch meal.

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A healthy vegetarian soup for winter

I want to share with you a healthy vegetarian soup from Get Anxiety Help which is great for lunch or dinner on the weekend.  This soup converted easily to the crock pot.  It is so good for you and tastes just great.  Want a delicious and healthy vegetarian soup, then this is it.

carrotparsnipsoupCarrot and parsnip soup Crock Pot style

1 teaspoon oil
1 large onion, finely chopped
1 large parsnip, coarsely chopped
3 large carrots, coarsely chopped
4- 6 cups of vegetable stock
2 stalks celery (include the leaves), chopped
pinch of thyme
pinch salt and black pepper to taste
Parsley to garnish (optional but recommended)
Method:
Heat a big heavy based pot , add oil and heat. Add onion and cook until transparent then add the carrot, parsnip, celery and stock and thyme.  Transfer to the crock pot and cook on low for 4 - 6 hours.  Add salt and black pepper to taste.  Blend half of the soup and add back to the pot to give a thicker consistency.
Serve steaming hot with crusty bread a generous garnish of finely chopped parsley.
Serves 4 people

I love soups, and regular recipes convert with a minimum of change.  You can also skip the first part of browning the onion and vegetables and add them straight to the crock pot (slow cooker) if you want to cut out the fat altogether.

If you want some more recipes I have a free soup recipe ebook that I am giving away, so see the top part of the page to get your copy.

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