With October here, it’s time to wrap up summer meals and prepare for cozy fall dishes (and all-things-pumpkin)! Soups are a fall staple, so why not switch up your typical Butternut Squash recipe with this healthy Pumpkin Soup Recipe that is delicious, festive, (and not loaded with fatty-creamy ingredients!)?

This pumpkin soup from Gaea is jam-packed with healthy ingredients such as veggies, extra virgin olive oil and ginger.

You know my goal is to help you live a Clean & Colorful lifestyle by adopting the 4 Universal Diet truths – right? Just in case you forgot, here’s a refresher:

The Clean & Colorful Solution:

1. Eat more whole food.
2. Eat all 5 colors every day.
3. Have a juice/smoothie.
4. Exercise at least 21 minutes.

This healthy pumpkin soup recipe helps you with the first two universal diet truths. I believe wholeheartedly that anybody can do those four things and everybody who does will in fact look better, feel better, naturally have more energy, decrease disease and probably even lose some weight! Everything new that I create in this world of wellness will help you do one of those four things on more days than you don’t. That’s my promise.

Healthy Pumpkin Soup Ingredients:

This soup makes 4 servings.

• 4 cups pumpkin, peeled, seeded, and chopped
• 1 cup red pepper, seeded and chopped
• 1 cup zucchini, chopped
• 1 cup yellow onions, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup celery with stem, chopped
• 6 to 7 tablespoons Gaea Sitia Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 1⁄2 cup toasted pumpkin seeds
• 1 cup crumbled goat cheese (or hard cheese)
• 2 teaspoons fresh grated ginger

Healthy Recipe Directions:

Place the chopped pumpkin, zucchini, onions and celery in a large soup pot and add the vegetable stock until at least half the vegetables are covered. Bring the broth to a boil then let simmer over
low heat for 30 minutes. Turn off the heat and let the soup cool to room temperature before pureeing vegetable and broth in a blender. Add 2 to 3 tablespoons of olive oil to the pureed mixture and return the soup to the pot and let simmer for 15 minutes before serving in individual soup bowls. Top each serving with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and the pumpkin seeds, crumbled cheese, and ginger.

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Teresa Marie Howes, BS, CPT, HHP

www.teresamariewellness.com

Teresa Marie is a nutrition expert, fitness enthusiast and health coach. She is backed with a BS in Nutrition, an MBA, a CPT from ACE and 16+ years of experience in the weight loss and wellness space. She is the founder and lead contributor of this site and coaches clients across the globe on how to achieve better health and more happiness by implementing the 4 Universal Diet Truths of her Clean & Colorful Concept.