Jamaican Pumpkin Soup
(Serves 8)
Difficulty: Easy
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
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Difficulty: Easy
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 cups of cooked, mashed pumpkin (canned pumpkin if you do not want to prepare the pumpkin yourself)
- 2 cups of chicken stock (vegetable stock or even water would work if you want to keep the recipe vegetarian)
- 1 cup of coconut milk (substitute 1/2 cup evaporated milk or even regular milk)
- 1/2 onion, diced
- 1 clove garlic, diced
- 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, grated
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 teaspoon thyme
- salt and pepper to taste
- Combine all the ingredients in a pot. Bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes. If you are using raw pumpkin simmer until pumpkin is tender (about 30 minutes).
- Remove bay leaf. Blend the ingredients until smooth. Use an upright blender or an immersion blender.
- Return to pot and heat through.
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CHILLED CUCUMBER SOUP
2 cups of peeled, seeded, chopped cucumbers
1 cup of water
1 cup of low-fat plain yogurt
1 clove of garlic (or a scoop of pre-chopped garlic)
Several fresh mint leaves
1 tbsp of honey
1 tsp of salt
1/2 tsp of dillweed
Put all ingredients in a blender and puree. Chill in fridge for an hour, then serve.
*if you don't have dill or mint, the recipe will still taste good!
1 cup of water
1 cup of low-fat plain yogurt
1 clove of garlic (or a scoop of pre-chopped garlic)
Several fresh mint leaves
1 tbsp of honey
1 tsp of salt
1/2 tsp of dillweed
Put all ingredients in a blender and puree. Chill in fridge for an hour, then serve.
*if you don't have dill or mint, the recipe will still taste good!
SPICY SAFARI SOUP
1 tsp of olive oil
1 tsp of Club House Indian Masala Seasoning
1 tsp of cinnamon
1 tsp of Sambal Oelek (or red chili flakes)
1 onion chopped
3 cloves of garlic crushed
I can of crushed or whole tomatoes
1 large sweet potato
2 cups of spinach
2 cups of chicken or vegetable stock
In a large pot, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onion and garlic and saute until soft. Add Indian Seasoning and cinnamon with onion for 30 seconds. Add can of tomatos (including juice), chicken stock, sambal oelek and sweet potato. Bring to a boil, then simmer until sweet potato is soft (about 20 minutes). Add spinach after about 15 minutes. Taste juice for spiciness (add more sambal oelek accordingly).
Transfer to blender and blend. To counter spice in soup, you can serve with dallop of plain yogurt or sour cream.
1 tsp of Club House Indian Masala Seasoning
1 tsp of cinnamon
1 tsp of Sambal Oelek (or red chili flakes)
1 onion chopped
3 cloves of garlic crushed
I can of crushed or whole tomatoes
1 large sweet potato
2 cups of spinach
2 cups of chicken or vegetable stock
In a large pot, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onion and garlic and saute until soft. Add Indian Seasoning and cinnamon with onion for 30 seconds. Add can of tomatos (including juice), chicken stock, sambal oelek and sweet potato. Bring to a boil, then simmer until sweet potato is soft (about 20 minutes). Add spinach after about 15 minutes. Taste juice for spiciness (add more sambal oelek accordingly).
Transfer to blender and blend. To counter spice in soup, you can serve with dallop of plain yogurt or sour cream.