Pumpkin Soup

By EdieK

Ingredients

• 1 cup leeks, chopped
• 2 apples, peeled and chopped
• 4 cups vegetable broth
• 1 medium sweet potato, skinned & chopped
• 2 cups chopped pumpkin or 16 oz. canned pumpkin
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 2 tsp fresh chopped thyme
• 2 Tbsp fresh chopped chives

Preparation

Step 1

1.In a large skillet, sauté chopped whites of leek 5 minutes.
Add in apples, cook two more minutes.
2.Add in 4 cups vegetable broth and the chopped sweet
potato and pumpkin.
3.Add ½ tsp black pepper
4.Simmer 20 minutes.
5.Remove to a cool place before blending. Do not blend hot
liquids. Do not overfill the blender, no more than 1/3 of the
way up. When cooled, blend all of the product and reheat to
barely a simmer.
6.Add 2 tsp thyme and 2 Tbsp chives. Serve.