Easy Pumpkin Soup

This Easy Pumpkin Soup is a favourite healthy, school-night recipe made from butternut pumpkin, or any type of pumpkin you like!  It is delicious, hearty and so easy to make.

Easy Pumpkin Soup

Try it as a MEAT FREE Monday dish, or you can add bacon for a hearty meat version. Our pumpkin soup is possibly the easiest soup recipe on the planet, because everything is thrown into a slow cooker and it cooks while you’re at work. Slow cooker pumpkin soup is the perfect teacher dinner idea!

When you get home blend with a stick blender and mop it up with crusty bread!  Yum!  Print out and save a copy of this perfect school-night recipe and add it to your Teacher Life Recipes file!

Pumpkin Soup Extras!

Make this soup with any type of pumpkin you like, onions, potatoes and garlic. The rest is up to you!

Try adding your own little extras like bacon, thai spices, curry powder, chilli  or cumin. Sometimes I like a splash of milk or cream or add a spoon of sour cream. Whatever you can muster on a school-night!

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Useful Equipment for Easy Pumpkin Soup

Pumpkin Soup Instructions

Peel and chop your pumpkin, onions and potatoes. I sometimes even add a carrot or two!

Place vegetables in a slow cooker and add stock, chilli, and garlic or seasonings of your choice. To save on washing-up try a slow cooker liner slow cooker liner!

Cook in the Slow Cooker for 4 hours on high or 8 hours on low. Blend until smooth using a stick blender.

Add a dash of milk or cream or serve with a dollop of Sour Cream and warm crusty bread!

Enjoy this Easy Pumpkin Soup Recipe!

Print Recipe

Easy Pumpkin Soup

Try this delicious Slow Cooker Pumpkin Soup Recipe 5 Stars! - Slow Cooker - Tasty - Simple to make - Few ingredients - Low cost And kind to the waist line too! Win Win! the ingredients are just a suggestion, you can use whatever you have in your fridge or pantry!

Course

Main Dish

Cuisine

Slow Cooker

Keyword

crockpot, easy, vegetable

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

4-8 hours

Servings

people

Ingredients

• 1 medium pumpkin
• 3 medium potatoes optional
• 1 medium onion
• 1 medium carrot optional
• 2 rashers bacon optional
• 4 cups vegetable stock
• 1 tsp minced garlic optional
• 1/2 tsp dried chilli flakes optional
• sour cream to serve - optional
• milk or cream dash - optional

Course Main Dish Cuisine Slow Cooker Keyword crockpot, easy, vegetable Prep Time 10 minutes Cook Time 4-8 hours Servings people Ingredients 1 medium pumpkin 3 medium potatoes optional 1 medium onion 1 medium carrot optional 2 rashers bacon optional 4 cups vegetable stock 1 tsp minced garlic optional 1/2 tsp dried chilli flakes optional sour cream to serve - optional milk or cream dash - optional

Instructions

1. If using, place slow cooker liner inside slow cooker.
2. Peel and chop vegetables and add to slow cooker. Add bacon if using.
3. Add garlic and chilli flakes and cover with stock.
4. Cook for 4 hour on low or 8 hours on high.
5. Blend until smooth using a stick blender.
6. If using add a dash of cream or milk and stir through.
7. Serve with a dollop of sour cream and warm crusty bread.

Recipe Notes

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Over to you... Leave us a comment to share what Extras you add to your version of pumpkin soup!