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Soup Project 2014: Soup 2 - Creamy Sweet Potato Soup

Ingredients

2 Tbsp canola oil
1 large sweet onion, sliced
2 tsp ground cumin
3 sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 1/2 qt chicken broth (I used water)
1 3/4 cup plain yogurt
2 Tbsp chopped parsley or cilantro
1/4 cup toasted pumpkin seeds

Directions
1. In a soup pot heat oil. Add onions and cumin and saute 3-4 minutes. Add potatoes and chicken broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer soup 20-25 minutes.
2. Puree soup with 1 1/2 cup of yogurt and parsley. Serve each portion of soup with a dollop of remaining yogurt and sprinkled pumpkin seeds.

Thoughts on Soup:
My mother-in-law gave me this recipe a while ago and now that I have my blender I could finally try it out. And it is pretty simple, which I like. This came out pretty well. It will last for a while too. I do think next time I'll make it, I'll use 5 cups of water instead of 6 to make it thicker. I did use water instead of chicken stock, since I don't have any chicken stock and water is just fine. I also added sour cream into a bowl at the end instead of more yogurt since I like sour cream in soup like this. And I didn't have pumpkin seeds. I did love the parsley; it added a great flavor. I do have to say I love my new blender - you just stick it in a pot and it purees super quickly.



Other than making the soup today for lunch, I made myself a delicious salad since parsley smelled so good when I was cooking. And for dinner I made lo main noodles with stir fried onion and peppers (red, yellow and orange) and I make some steak. Original plan was to make broccoli for home cooked beef and broccoli lo main, by the broccoli didn't look that good - I think it was in the fridge too long. Still it all came out nice.

Bear and I also watched a new episode of "Community" after dinner and now I'm continuing my "Pride and Prejudice" rewatch.

"Supernatural" episodes I watched today S2E16 Roadkill and S2E17 Heart - were really good. I'm really enjoying Season 2.