Batch Cook Creamy Pumpkin Soup Recipe


I love decorating my house with pumpkins for Halloween.  And of course we make pumpkin soup out of the pumpkins - waste not want not and all that.

Now to be fair jack o lantern pumpkins are not by any stretch of the imagination the best pumpkins for flavour.  If you're not going to be using the pumpkin skin for decorating then choose smaller pumpkins or butternut squash for a more flavoursome soup.


Ingredients and Tools:
Pumpkins £3.96
Onions 50p
Garlic 12p
Vegetable Stock 12p
Cream £1.90

Total = £7.55 / 33 portions = 23p per portion

Food purchased from Aldi


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I start by roughly chopping the onions.  This soup will be blended later so there's no need to spend time dicing the onions.


The garlic is diced.


And both are fried until soft - I should have just used my big pan instead of the frying pan as I'll be using the big pan for the rest of the soup.


An ice cream scoop helps to scoop out the pumpkins innards.


Separate the seeds and save them for later,


Dice up the pumpkin flesh.


And boil it along with the onions and garlic.

Add the stock,


Once it's well boiled add the cream.


Blend and portion into freezer tubs.


The kids love this pumpkin soup.  It's too bland for my taste so I like it with some nutmeg sprinkled on top.  You could also add cumin or ginger.  I think next year I'll make this pumpkin soup recipe with added bacon.


Pin this pumpkin soup recipe for later.

Here's some of my other soup recipes to inspire you:

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Ladies Pyjama Pants - Sewing Pattern Review: Simplicity 7576


I'm making myself a new pair of Pyjama bottoms using a vintage pattern by Simplicity and some gorgeous brushed cotton from my stash.


Tools and Materials:

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I've shortened the pants by 3".  


I often get the back and front of pants mixed up while I'm sewing.  I also forget to add my little sewing label.  So I pin the label onto the pants back.  This makes it easy to see which piece is the back and also serves as a reminder to include my label in the seam when I come to stitch it.


Labels in the centre back can be irritating to the skin.  So I tend to sew mine a little further down the centre seam. 


If I was to sew these pants again I'd overlock the pocket straight edge and the pant edge before sewing the leg seam.  

I'd also sew the entire pocket edge tot he pant instead of just between the circles marked on the sewing pattern.  

The pants could comfortably have been shortened an extra 2 inches.

I went for the large size but I should have followed my instincts and gone for the medium as they've come out very baggy.  

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Please feel free to use my handmade clothes to inspire your own creations, pin it to your Pinterest for later.

Here are some of my other designs using Simplicity sewing patterns:


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