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Cream of Pumpkin Soup

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups Lactaid® Fat Free Milk
• 2 Tbsp. olive oil
• 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
• 2 cups low-sodium chicken broth
• 1 1/2 cups canned pumpkin
• 2 Tbsp. brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
• 1 tsp. lemon juice

Directions:

1. Heat olive oil in a 2 1/4 quart saucepan. Add onion and cook for about 2 minutes.
2. Add chicken broth, Lactaid® Fat Free Milk, pumpkin, sugar, salt and nutmeg, and bring to a boil.
3. Reduce heat, and simmer for 15 minutes. Add lemon juice, and serve warm.

Servings: 4 (1 cup each)

Nutrition data per serving: calories 170, fat 8g, cholesterol 4mg, protein 6g, sodium 399mg, carbohydrates 22g, fiber 3g, calcium 154mg

3 Comments for “Cream of Pumpkin Soup”

• Sheila Zirkle

  October 7, 2009

  i am a vegetarian. What can be substituted for the chicken broth? Would vegetable broth work instead? This drives me crazy as so many soup recipes call for chicken broth!
• Lydia k

  October 8, 2009

  I frequently use veg broth instead of chicken broth and beef broth and it always works just fine!
• Mambo Team

  October 8, 2009

  Sheila,
  Great question!

  Lydia, great answer!

  If you try this recipe with veggie broth, let us know how it turns out!