Pumpkin Soup

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Pumpkin Soup

 

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Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00

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Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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2 tablespoons butter

2 green onions -- chopped

1/2 cup chopped celery

1 tablespoon tomato paste

1 bay leaf

2 cups cooked mashed pumpkin or canned pumpkin

2 cups beef broth

3/4 cup light cream

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 Dash pepper

Nutmeg

parsley -- chopped

 

Melt butter in large pan, add onion and celery, saute until soft but not brown.

Add tomato paste, bay leaf, pumpkin, and broth, simmer for 30 minutes. Press

through a wire strainer. Add cream to strained soup and heat to boiling point,

but do not boil. Simmer five minutes. Add salt and pepper, seasoning to taste.

Serve hot with dash of nutmeg and sprinkle with parsley.

 

Per serving: 249 calories, 10 g protein, 19 g carbohydrates, 16 g fat, 46 mg

cholesterol, 1,159 mg sodium, 6 g fiber. Calories from fat: 56 percent.

 

Yield: 4 to 6.

 

Source:

" Contra Costa Times - October 16, 2002 "

S(MC Formatted/Posted by):

" Lily [AmandasMom971] "

 

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 177 Calories; 14g Fat (72.4% calories

from fat); 7g Protein; 5g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 45mg Cholesterol;

1029mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 1/2 Vegetable; 3 Fat;

0 Other Carbohydrates.

 

 

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0