Soup!

[divingbiker]

Here's my new favorite.

Black Bean Pumpkin Soup

2 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil (or less)
1 medium onion, finely chopped
3 cups vegetable stock
1 can (14 1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes in juice
1 can (15 ounces) black beans, drained
1 can (15 ounces) pure pumpkin puree (not pumpkin PIE puree)
1/2 cup heavy cream or fat free half and half (I’m vegan so I used unsweetened soy milk)
1 tablespoon curry powder
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
salt and pepper to taste


Directions
-Heat a soup pot over medium heat. Add oil. When oil is hot, add onion. Saute onions 5 minutes.
-Add broth, tomatoes, black beans and pumpkin puree. Stir to combine ingredients and bring soup to a boil.
-Reduce heat to medium low.
-Puree the mixture with an immersion blender.
-Stir in cream/milk, curry, cumin, cayenne and salt.
-Simmer 5 minutes, adjust seasonings (I like a bit more of every spice).

Makes 5 big servings, 208 calories, 6 fat, 10 fiber (based on Fat Free Half and Half)

[katluvr]

Ok, very curious....Black Bean & Pumpkin?
Sounds intriguing to me, but I don't think my sweetie would go near it.
Keep the soup recipes coming. I would love to make some soup this weekend. It is chilly down here in Florida.
My friend made a chicken and sweet potatoe soup/stoup the other night I am dying to get the recipe. When I do I'll post it.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

There are some very nice soup recipes in the "crock pot" thread:
crock pot recipes

[Zen]

Black Bean Pumpkin Soup

I like pumpkin soup.
I like black beans.
Why not?

The other night I went to visit my sister and left with a huge container of turkey meat so I just picked through it, plopped it in pots with brown rice, carrots, peas, and turkey broth.

I took two big containers of it to one of the guys at the LBS. The poor boy had been eating ramen noodles! No one should have to eat that stuff.

i could eat nothing but soup all winter and be quite happy.

[7rider]

The poor boy had been eating ramen noodles! No one should have to eat that stuff.

It's not bad if you drain it and serve it with pesto sauce.
But then....ANYthing is good with pesto on it!

[Blueberry]

I *like* ramen, but I get the stuff from the Asia markets that has all sorts of goodies in it, not the stuff from the grocery store. But I like that too (with lots of veggies added).

I'm a cheap date.

[Eden]

Instant ramen has 30% rda saturated fat in one serving! (and 1/2 your sodium...) Fresh ramen on the other hand is tasty (and not deep fried) I love living in a city with a large asian population. Lots of yummy things are available here. There's even a real ramen shop, tiny and run by Japanese people.