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By Karina 7 Comments Filed Under: Chicken

Creamy Pumpkin and Spinach Soup with Crispy Bacon

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Creamy Pumpkin and Spinach Soup with Crispy Bacon!

At home we call this Shrek soup, because it’s green and it’s the only way to trick my son into eating spinach. So calling all mothers! Feel free to use that name if you have my problem… I feel your pain. But this soup will make it all better, I promise!

Creamy Pumpkin and Spinach Soup with Crispy Bacon | https://cafedelites.com

So this one time…in band camp…a face was planted into this soup. That would be my face.

Creamy Pumpkin and Spinach Soup with Crispy Bacon | https://cafedelites.com

What makes this soup so unbelievable, and takes it to a whole other galactic level is the bacon. Crispy bacon pieces intermingling with pumpkin, making friends and loving each other.

Creamy Pumpkin and Spinach Soup with Crispy Bacon | https://cafedelites.com
This is one of my quick and easy put together meals, made all the more easier for a mum like me who seems to be constantly rushing to get dinner on the table. It’s the madness after school times. Cooking. Showers. Homework. Drinking a wine under the table. Not really, but maybe fantasying about it.

Throw it all into a pot and let the stove do the work I say. Who’s with me?

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Made so much easier with a bamix…. or stick blender… or hand blender…whatever you want to call it.

Creamy Pumpkin and Spinach Soup with Crispy Bacon | https://cafedelites.com
Soup in a matter of minutes! Not counting the boiling part, of course. And crispy bacon!! And a happy child! Means a very excited mother. It doesn’t take much to get me excited anymore. All it takes is a mixer thingy and a happy child, and my smile is wider than a cheshire cat.
And creeeeeeaaaaammmmmmm………!!!!

Creamy Pumpkin and Spinach Soup with Crispy Bacon | https://cafedelites.com

Creamy Pumpkin and Spinach Soup with Crispy Bacon

Weight Watchers: 5pp
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Serves: 5

Ingredients

  • 1 x 2kg whole kent or butternut pumpkin , washed, peeled, seeded, coarsely chopped
  • 2 potatoes , peeled and coarsely chopped
  • 2 carrots , peeled and chopped
  • 1 onion , chopped
  • salt to season
  • Enough water to fill your pot (3/4 full or just covering vegetables)
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable stock (I use Vegeta)
  • 1/2 cup (125ml) low fat/light cream (I use Philadelphia Cream for Cooking)
  • 300 g |10oz shortcut bacon , divided
  • 4 cups baby leaf spinach , washed
  • Extra cream , to serve

Instructions

  • Combine pumpkin, potatoes, carrots and onion in a medium - large sized pot/saucepan with just enough water to cover the vegetables and salt to season. Bring to the boil, reduce heat, and simmer until all vegetables are soft. Add stock powder, stirring, and taste. (Add more salt or stock powder to suit your tastes). Add the spinach leaves, and push them down gently into the hot water until wilted.
  • In another pan, fry 3/4 of the bacon until crisp.
  • When bacon is crisp and vegetables are soft, add the cream and bacon to the pot and using a stick-blender or bar mix, blend soup until smooth and lump free. Alternatively, pour ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth.
  • Serve with a drizzle of extra cream and top with remaining bacon.

Nutrition

Calories: 326kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 9g | Fiber: 6g
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  1. Ali Wawa says

    November 27, 2015 at 2:08 am

    Can I use frozen spinach cause I don’t have baby spinach!!!!
    if I use frozen, how many grams do I use???

    Reply
  2. Sam says

    October 17, 2014 at 9:21 pm

    i just made this tonight! sooo good! also, i was out of vegetable stock so i just used some chicken stock I had lying around, still tasted great! thanks so much for the recipe karina! xx

    Reply
    • Karina says

      October 18, 2014 at 1:56 pm

      That’s so awesome! Thank you for sharing this with me! Aw I’m so happy you enjoyed it Xxx

      Reply
  3. Thalia @ butter and brioche says

    October 15, 2014 at 8:43 am

    This soup looks absolutely incredible! Wish I had a bowlful to devour right now – I love how creamy it is… and the crispy bacon ontop is a delicious touch too!

    Reply
    • Karina says

      October 17, 2014 at 2:21 pm

      Thank you! Super yummy Xx

      Reply
  4. liztiptopshape says

    October 15, 2014 at 1:06 am

    You just constantly kill it with recipes. How did I not find your blog sooner?! Love this!!!

    Reply
    • Karina says

      October 17, 2014 at 2:21 pm

      Aw thank you Xx

      Reply

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