Spiced Pumpkin Soup

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 cup onion
• 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
• ½ tsp curry powder
• ¼ tsp cumin
• ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 cup and cubed sweet potato
• ¼ tsp salt
• 2 cans nonfat and low-sodium chicken broth
• 1 can pumpkin purée
• 1 cup 1% milk
• 1 tbsp lime juice

Steps

1. Melt butter in a Dutch oven or large saucepan over medium-high heat.
2. Sauté onion for 3–4 minutes.
3. Add flour, curry, cumin, and nutmeg.
4. Sauté for 1 minute.
5. Add sweet potato, salt, chicken broth, and pumpkin.
6. Bring to a boil.
7. Reduce the heat to medium-low.
8. Simmer, partially covered for about 20–25 minutes or until sweet potatoes are cooked through and softened.
9. Remove from heat.
10. Let stand for 10 minutes to cool.
11. Place half of the pumpkin mixture in a blender.
12. Process until smooth.
13. Using a strainer, pour the soup back into the pan.
14. Repeat with rest of soup.
15. Raise the heat to medium.
16. Then stir in the milk.
17. Cook for 5 minutes or until soup is heated through.
18. Remove from heat.
19. Add the lime juice.