Recycled Autumn Decorations by homeschoolmom

Recycled Autumn Decorations

Ok, technically, it's pumpkin soup and roasted pumpkin seeds, but it's made out of the pumpkins my mother-in-law had on her porch this fall. Since they were small cooking pumpkins, I bought them home to cook. Finally got around to doing that today. I'm having yummy pumpkin soup for dinner.
Great title, and looks yummy.
January 7th, 2017  
So glad to hear you didn't throw them away! The soup looks great!
January 7th, 2017  
I like pumpkin soup. Great recycling.l
January 7th, 2017  
Looks amazing.
January 7th, 2017  
@squamloon @grammyn @randystreat @danette Thanks. It is yummy. I just had some for dinner. Here's the recipe I posted on a FB page if you are interested:
Today, I "recycled" my in-laws' autumn decorations that I nabbed off their porch and brought home with me. I cleaned and cooked the pumpkins (roasted then in the oven for about a half hour on 350). I put two 4-cup bags of pumpkin in the freezer for Thanksgiving pies. Made the rest into pumpkin soup. Oh, my goodness, it tastes so good. Here's the recipe. In a blender, blend (in small portions) about 4 cups of cooked pumpkin, 32 oz chicken stock, one onion diced, 1 tsp minced onion and 1 tbs fresh chopped basil. Put it in a sauce pot on simmer. Cook for about 30 minutes and add a cup of sour cream, 1/2 stick of butter, salt, pepper, 1/2 tsp onion powder, 1/2 tsp garlic powder, 1/2 tsp paprika, 1/4 tst ground ginger, 1/4 tsp ground turmeric, and some more fresh basil if you want. Simmer a little while longer and enjoy. So yummy! And you can use canned pumpkin the rest of the year or acorn squash.
January 7th, 2017  
@homeschoolmom I like a little apple or apple juice in mine.
January 7th, 2017  
Love pumpkin soup
January 7th, 2017  
it's so cold here that just looking at soup is warming me up!
January 7th, 2017  
I had this is south america once, loved it.
January 7th, 2017  
@randystreat Oh, man. I bet a little cooked granny smith apples are quite yummy in this!
January 8th, 2017  
@homeschoolmom Let mem know what you think. I'm afraid I have a sweet tooth, so it is more appealing (a-peeling?) to me with the apple.
January 9th, 2017  
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