First, get jazzed about what you are about to do, because it is not simple or easy to make pumpkin soup from real pumpkins, especially if you have a tired toddler and an even younger toddler who woke up way too early from a much needed nap, but we went for it anyway cuz that is how we roll.
Chop up an onion, and get into a slight battle over whether your three year old is allowed to man the huge chopping knife alone.
Next, get your two beautiful sugar pie pumpkins ready. Charlie insisted on taking the pics.
After you have cooked up your onion in butter, cut open your pumpkin, we carved them into Jack-O-Lanterns too, if you aren't going to do this, you can just cut your pumpkin in half, clean it out and chop away the flesh. Separate the seeds and bake it up, yum.....
Add some celery, carrot, veggie broth and simmer for about 20 minutes until everything feels soft. Bur mix it up!
Finally, add a touch of sour cream and enjoy.....charlie helped himself to two full bowls...
Oh and the last step is to carve your pumpkin faces. Charlie asked for one happy pumpkin and one mad one. They are nice additions to our fall table. Happy fall folks, this is my favorite season!
3 comments:
I'm impressed! That actually process actually doesn't sound too difficult when you explain it like that...except, how hard was it to cut that pumpkin , get the guts out, and dig up all the flesh? That seems like that would be quite time consuming?? Good Mom!!
impressing you is exciting. you are so crafty in the kitchen. You are right, it actually is so simple with just veggies and broth, like many soups. I think it is great to grow pumpkins and then show kids how to take that pumpkin and turn it into soup, seeds, and a jack o lantern. but maybe when they are older. It was only challenging because charlie was so tired and kate woke up after 20 minutes clingy, unhappy, and wanting to be held, which created our daily, no my mommy battle. ahh the wonders of mothering.
yum!!!!!!!! love those picture. anymore of those baked seeds!?!?! cant wait to see you this sunday or monday
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