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Celebrate the new fall season with this warm pumpkin spice soup recipe!

Pumpkin soup next to pumpkins.Ingredients

  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 1/2 cup chopped onion
  • 2 medium celery stalks, chopped
  • 2 medium garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger, peeled
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 pinch cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt, optional
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 14-1/2 ounce can pumpkin
  • 1 medium potato, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
  • 4 cups fat-free, reduced sodium chicken broth
  • 1/4 cup nonfat sour cream
  • 2 medium green onions, chopped

Directions

  1. In large stock pot or Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion, celery, garlic, ginger and sugar and cook 4 minutes, until tender.
  2. Add nutmeg and cinnamon. Season with sat and pepper, stir to coat. Add pumpkin, potato and broth. Bring to boil. 
  3. Reduce heat to medium-low, partially cover and simmer 15 to 20 minutes, until potato is tender. Ladle soup into bowls and top each serving with sour cream and green onions. 

Serves 6

 
Nutrition Facts 
Servings per recipe: 6 
  
Calories: 87  
Calories from fat: 18 
 % Daily Value*
Total Fat: 2g3% 
Saturated Fat trace:2%
Cholesterol: 1mg0% 
Sodium: 535mg22%
Carbohydrate: 15g 5%
Dietary Fiber: 3g 12%
Protein: 9g19% 
  
Vitamin A:306%
Vitamin C:17%
Folacin:7%
Calcium: 6% 
Iron: 11%
Potassium:12%

*The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA.  

Source: American Institute for Cancer Research at http://www.aicr.org