Pumpkin Soup

Ingredients

• 1 cup leeks, chopped
• 2 apples, peeled and chopped
• 4 cups vegetable broth
• 1 medium sweet potato, skinned & chopped
• 2 cups chopped pumpkin or 16 oz. canned pumpkin
• ½ tsp black pepper
• 2 tsp fresh chopped thyme
• 2 Tbsp fresh chopped chives

Preparation

1. In a large skillet, sauté chopped whites of leek 5 minutes. Add in apples, cook two more minutes.
2. Add in 4 cups vegetable broth and the chopped sweet potato and pumpkin.
3. Add ½ tsp black pepper
4. Simmer 20 minutes.
5. Remove to a cool place before blending. Do not blend hot liquids. Do not overfill the blender, no more than 1/3 of the way up. When cooled, blend all of the product and reheat to barely a simmer.
6. Add 2 tsp thyme and 2 Tbsp chives. Serve.