Healthy all year but especially fashionable either side of Halloween, pumpkin cream soup is an often overlooked culinary treat that adds color and pop to any table. Get the best out of this healthy gourd and join me this autumn for some curl-your-toes-tasty seasonal soup!
And be sure to save those pumpkin seeds. Dust them with salt and spice then pop them in the oven for a delicious side.
Take a big mixing bowl and put your ground turkey in it
Add your soy sauce, garlic powder, turmeric, pepper, parmigiano and bread crumbs – then mix until its a big tasty-smelling mass of flavor
Using your chopping board or two hands, roll the turkey into small spheres as if it were play-dough – we don’t want the balls too big, or too small – try to get them around half the size of a golf ball. See my pictures as a guide. We should get about 40 little balls out of this turkey mix
Dice your courgette and put these in a separate bowl
Take your carrots and grate them using a cheese grater. Add them to the bowl with the diced courgette
Turn your stove on to a medium heat and put a deep broad pan on a big hob. We need depth and surface area for your pan
Put your oil in the pan and add your meatballs. Let them cook for about 10 minutes
Add your courgettes and carrots now and start gently mixing your meatballs and veggies – we want to time the courgettes and the meatballs to brown at the same time
When the meatballs are golden brown and the courgettes are browning also (not too brown, we don’t want them soft), you’re ready for next steps
Add your canned tomato and mix well (but gently, as we don’t want to damage your meatballs and courgettes!)
Turn the heat on your pan down to about 1/4 heat, then put the lid on your pan and let it cook for 15 minutes
Take the lid off and allow your sauce to cook for about 10 more minutes – you’re waiting for the bulk of the moisture to evaporate at this point (we want sauce, not soup)
Serving Size 1
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 210
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 11g17%
- Total Carbohydrate 11.5g4%
- Protein 26g52%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Ingredients
Directions
Take a big mixing bowl and put your ground turkey in it
Add your soy sauce, garlic powder, turmeric, pepper, parmigiano and bread crumbs – then mix until its a big tasty-smelling mass of flavor
Using your chopping board or two hands, roll the turkey into small spheres as if it were play-dough – we don’t want the balls too big, or too small – try to get them around half the size of a golf ball. See my pictures as a guide. We should get about 40 little balls out of this turkey mix
Dice your courgette and put these in a separate bowl
Take your carrots and grate them using a cheese grater. Add them to the bowl with the diced courgette
Turn your stove on to a medium heat and put a deep broad pan on a big hob. We need depth and surface area for your pan
Put your oil in the pan and add your meatballs. Let them cook for about 10 minutes
Add your courgettes and carrots now and start gently mixing your meatballs and veggies – we want to time the courgettes and the meatballs to brown at the same time
When the meatballs are golden brown and the courgettes are browning also (not too brown, we don’t want them soft), you’re ready for next steps
Add your canned tomato and mix well (but gently, as we don’t want to damage your meatballs and courgettes!)
Turn the heat on your pan down to about 1/4 heat, then put the lid on your pan and let it cook for 15 minutes
Take the lid off and allow your sauce to cook for about 10 more minutes – you’re waiting for the bulk of the moisture to evaporate at this point (we want sauce, not soup)