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Pumpkin Soup {Recipe}

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Soups are a popular choice in the cooler months. Lets face it we all love feeling that warm bowl of soup fill our bellies and with winter on the way this is a great pumpkin soup recipe to keep on hand. It’s a favourite in our home because it is very easy to make but it also tastes AMAZING!! My pumpkin soup is great served fresh from the pot or reheated, it can be frozen or even used as a sauce.

Pumpkin Soup Recipe

Ingredients
1/4 pumpkin
4-6 rashers bacon
1 large onion
1 tablespoon chicken stock powder
1 tablespoon curry powder
water
pepper

Method
1. Roughly chop bacon, onion and pumpkin (taking off skin).
2. Fry off bacon and onion.
3. Add chicken stock (just as powder – do not mix with water) and curry powder to bacon. Cook until bacon is coated and smelling delicious.
4. Add water – enough that the pumpkin is covered.
5. Bring to boil, then reduce to low heat and simmer until pumpkin is cooked and the flavours are infused.
6. Blend and serve with bread rolls.

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Pitango ~ Have you tried it?

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If your family is anything like mine then the flu is bound to hit your unsuspecting family now that the weather has begun to warm up. Every year we make it through Winter with minimal doctors visits and then Spring hits us and the dreaded cold and flu decides to strike us down. We often make Chicken Noodle Soup when we feel less than 100% because carnosine (a compound found in chicken soup) helps the bodies immune system fight off the cold/flus.

There are a lot of families that often don’t have time to make Chicken Soup and this where Pitango has thought of a way to make things more convenient and easier. They produce a range of nourishing feel-good soups, risottos and sauces (which I should mention the Pitango Chicken Miso and Moroccan Chicken Soup are $1 off at Woolworths until 22nd October). I have personally tried these 2 soups and while one wasn’t quite my cup of tea the other one is now a favourite of mine!

As I said there was one soup that didn’t leave me wanting more and this is purely because of the soup flavour. While it was made with high quality and fresh ingredients I just couldn’t get past the spinach taste; keep in mind that this was a Chicken Miso so a Japanese flavour was to be expected. What I did like about the soup though was that it is 99% fat free! I also tried and very much enjoyed the Pitango Moroccan Chicken Soup and all the delicious flavours. I found that every mouthful gave me a new flavour to appreciate and knowing that it contained no nasty stuff or preservatives made it all the more delightful to eat. I love food with real ingredients and this soup didn’t disappoint; it was like a home cooked without the effort!

You can find more details and view their range on their website and facebook page.

What is your favourite soup?

Tomato, Bacon and Basil Soup Recipe

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This Tomato, Bacon and Basil Soup recipe is so quick and easy to make. Best of all it tastes delicious while being extremely budget friendly!
Let me just say that my youngest loathes tomato and I mean to the point of he will find/taste the tiniest piece hiding and pull/spit it out. He loved this soup!!

 

*It can be made with canned tomato (whole peeled, crushed, pureed, etc) or fresh peeled tomato. Both taste as good as each other!

Tomato, Bacon and Basil Soup Recipe with Garlic Ciabatta

 Serves 6
 Ingredients
*3x 400g canned tomato or 2kg fresh peeled tomato
1x onion roughly chopped
4x bacon rashers roughly chopped
1x tsp garlic
2x tsp Gourmet Gardens basil
1-1.5x cups of water
1x tsp sugar (prevents the tomato going bitter)
Salt and Pepper to taste
Ciabatta: butter, garlic, ciabatta bread

 

Method
 1.    Roughly chop bacon and garlic and fry.
2.    Preheat oven to 200 degrees (for ciabatta).
3.    Add garlic and basil, stir through. C
4.    Cook off until the aroma is strong.
5.    Add tomato and heat on low-medium. Stirring.
6.    Add sugar and season to taste.
7.    Let simmer on low for 10 mins.
8.    Mix garlic and butter and spread onto ciabatta bread.
9.    Place in oven, turn once when required.
10.Blend ingredients.
11.Serve with delicious ciabatta.

 

**This can be made creamy by adding approx. ¼ cup of cream during the simmer stage.
ENJOY this delicious winter warmer!!

 

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