Pumpkin Vegetable Soup

Ingredients

• 1 large chopped onion
• 2 Tbsp margarine
• 3 c chicken broth
• 1 large potato diced
• 1 c frozen lima beans
• 1 c frozen yellow corn
• 2 medium carrots peeled and diced
• 1 stalk celery sliced
• 16 oz can chickpeas
• 2 c pumpkin puree
• 12 tsp salt
• 14 tsp nutmeg
• 18 tsp white pepper
• 12 pt heavy cream

Directions

1. In a 3-quart container melt margarine and saute onion
2. Add chicken broth and heat to boiling
3. Add potatoes beans corn carrots celery and peas cover and cook until tender
4. Mix together pumpkin salt nutmeg and white pepper
5. Heat until boiling reduce to low heat and cook 15 minutes
6. Mix this pumpkin mixture with the vegetable mixture then heat as directed
7. Stir in cream