Harvest Time Pumpkin Soup

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Title: Harvest Time Pumpkin Soup
Categories: Diabetic, Soups/stews, Vegetarian, Crockpot
Yield: 4 servings

1 sm Pie pumpkin; cleaned out - chopped
2 Potatoes; Salt & pepper
2 Carrots; 4 tb Cream;
1 Onion; finely chopped 2 tb Butter;
2 cl Garlic; crushed 2 tb Soy sauce;(optional)
Olive oil; Sour cream;
Fresh parsley; basil; thyme; Chives; chopped

Cut pumpkin, potatoes and carrots into pieces and steam until tender.
Remove peel from pumpkin. Save steaming water. Saute onion and
garlic in a little olive oil until transparent. Puree onion, garlic
and vegetables in a food processor, adding reserved water. Return
the puree to a saucepan and add spices, salt and pepper, cream,
butter and soy sauce. If soup is too thick, thin with a little water,
milk or chicken stock. Heat but do not boil. Garnish with a dollop
of sour cream and chives.

Source: The Harrowsmith Cookbook, Volume Three

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