Sweet and Creamy Pumpkin Pie Soup-

                               

The daily blog carnivals have been overflowing with pumpkin recipes, so I wanted to join in. However, aside from making a wonderful vegan traditional pumpkin pie, I've only used pumpkin for soup. So, I decided to make a pumpkin pie soup!

The recipe is easy, the taste is sweet and delightful, and the ingredients are nutritious, vegan , and of course gluten free. What a creation!

Think about this! - pumpkin in itself is bland and takes on the flavors of whatever you add to it. It is the spices that gives pumpkin pie its taste. Following that logic, I knew it would be the spices that would give this soup its taste.

So, I went to the local farm and picked up a medium cooking pumpkin ( a sugar pumpkin).
I washed it, cut it in half , took out the seeds,  then steamed it in one of those simple stainless steel steamer baskets

When the pumpkin was soft, I scooped out all the cooked pumpkin. If you taste the pumpkin at this point, it's super bland.

Why use pumpkin if it's so bland?

• It's full of fiber 
• It provides important nutrients and antioxidants that our bodies need that are available mostly in fall vegetables like pumpkin, butternut squash, and orange meaty squashes.
• It's plentiful right now at most farms, and many cultures believe it is best for our bodies when we eat locally grown fruits and vegetables.
• It's easy and fast... 
• It makes a great soothing soup that tastes great!

These pumpkins are just decoration, I used a sugar baby variety of pumpkin for this soup

Ingredients

1 large onion, sliced in 1/2 moons 

Olive oil spray

2 cups spiced apple cider 

2 cups vegetable broth

2 cups of  pumpkin puree or steamed pumpkin

2 yams, steamed and chopped

1/2 -1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice 

optional: For a creamy soup add 1 cup of soaked  and drained

raw cashews ( soak for 3 hours)  before blending

Directions

Saute onions slowly in olive oil spray until caramelized . Add cider, broth, steamed pumpkin, steamed yams and spices. Bring to a boil and then simmer for 10 minutes. Using a hand immersion blender, blend until smooth. Taste and garnish with additional cinnamon if desired.

I bought my spiced cider at Trader Joe's ( Where else?)

Steamer Basket Stainless Steel Vegetable Steamer Basket Folding Steamer Insert for Veggie Fish Seafood Cooking, Expandable to Fit Various Size Pot (5.1" to 9")

This Recipe Was Featured On: 
Delicious Dish Tuesday 

5 Healthy Halloween Ideas from last year 

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