Ingredients

1 small pie pumpkin, cleaned out
2 potatoes
2 carrots
1 onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
olive oil
fresh parsley, basil, thyme, chopped
salt and pepper
4 Tbsp. cream
2 Tbsp. butter
2 Tbsp. soy sauce, (optional)
sour cream
chives, chopped

Cooking Instructions

Cut pumpkin, potatoes and carrots into pieces; steam until tender. Remove peel from pumpkin. Save steaming water. Saute onion and garlic in a little olive oil until transparent. Puree onion, garlic and vegetables in a food processor, adding reserved water. Return puree to a saucepan and add spices, salt and pepper. Cream butter and soy sauce. If soup is too thick, thin with a little water, milk, or chicken stock. Heat but do not boil. Garnish with a dollop of sour cream and chives.
 
 
While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is My body." (Matthew 26:26)