Home-Made Crock Pot Creamy Roasted Pumpkin Soup Recipe

I seem to remember making this a few years ago for a Fall Harvest Party that I put on for our neighborhood. I have lost the original, but this is what I remember of it.  It also won first place in the cooking contest.

This would be a great dinner for those die-hard Campfires.  Just put all the ingredients in re-seable containers, put them in a Dutch Oven and cook of a campfire in your camp.  Share with other campers too.

It is semi home-made and does take about an hour to roast the pumpkin and is so good and good for you. This is good for a party such as an office party, kids Halloween party or a gathering of friends. You can make it for your family and freeze the leftovers.  


What you need for your brew:

1 Medium Sized Pumpkin
1 tablespoon butter
1 large Onion, diced and sauteed in the tablespoon of butter
2-3 cups of Chicken Stock
1 cup Sour Cream
1 tablespoon ginger
1 teaspoon each of Salt and Pepper

Get a nice medium sized orange pumpkin that you would be using for a pie.

Poke many holes in it.  I use a butcher knife because it is much easier to do that.
Rub the whole thing with butter or any butter flavored spray oil.
Put in a baking dish with about 1 inch of water.  This is so the skin softens a bit.
Bake at 350 degrees for an hour.

Let it cool until you can handle it.

• After it is cooled cut it up into sizes that you can peel the outside rind off of it.

• Put the pieces in a bowl and mash with a potato masher.  Add this to your crock pot.

• Peal and dice a large onion, sautee it in the tablespoon of butter and add that to the crock pot.

• Add about 2-3 cups of chicken stock.  If you like your soup thinner, then add more. If you like it creamier than add less.

• Add one cup of Sour Cream to that mixture and stir well.

• Add 1 tablespoon of ginger, 1/2 teaspoon of salt and pepper.

• Stir this all up good in your crock pot.  Cook for 6 hours.

This is good with a hunk of freshly baked bread too.

Yummy good!

Perfect Soup For A Cold Winters Day-Cabbage Soup

Perfect Soup For A Cold Winters Day-Cabbage Soup

On a cold winter's day when people are stuck in their homes because of snow what is better than a big bowl of hot soup to warm you up? Once you get this started sit down and dream in the winter about your gardens that you want to have.

There are many soups that qualify for this but the one that I am going to be writing my recipe for is the classically simple Cabbage Potato Soup. A big chunk of Chewy Crunchy Bread would go right nice with this hearty soup.

Now most times I will use a ham bone or ham hock or something similar, but this time I won't. I didn't have that when I made this soup so I improvised with thick slab bacon.

So now that I got your mouth watering for this deliciously simple to make dish here is the recipe.

6 slices of thick bacon cut into 4ths

I small head of Cabbage chopped into bite sized pieces

I large Potato Cut into bite sized pieces

3 Carrots sliced

1 Small Onion cut into small bite sized pieces

Put all into a Crock Pot, Slow Cooker or large pot. Pour in enough water to cover, Cook in Slow Cooker or Crock Pot for 4 hours. Boil on the Stove for 45 - 60 minutes or until potatoes are tender.

Serve in a large bowl with a chunk of the bread that is linked above. While waiting for this deliciously simple soup to get done you can play games with the family. What a cozy way to spend time with the family on a cold winter’s day.

© Debra K. Allen a.k.a Lady Guinevere