#MeatlessMonday - Pumpkin & Green Chili Pepper Soup #vegetarian #crockpot

Our local grocery store has exploded in pumpkin-spice. Pumpkin-spice cookies, cupcakes, coffees, and chocolates. I even saw pumpkin-spice kale chips. *sigh*  I like my veggies as much as any vegetarian, but just...no.

This pumpkin-spice blend is a bit different, not sweet but the spicy warm flavors of cumin and chili. It's super-easy and takes a few minutes to set up in the crockpot. Perfect for a busy day.  Enjoy!

Pumpkin-Green Chili Pepper Soup

1 onion, diced
1T olive oil
4 ozs diced green chilies
1/4 cup chopped parsley
2 tsp cumin
1 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 clove garlic, diced
1 tsp ground red pepper
1-15 oz. can pumpkin purée
2-1/2 cups vegetable broth

1/2 cup sour cream

Sauté onion in olive oil until translucent and transfer into crockpot. Add pumpkin purée, vegetable broth, green chilies, chopped parsley, cumin, chili powder, garlic, salt, and ground red pepper.
Cook in a crockpot on low/med for about an hour. Blend until smooth.
Stir in sour cream before serving.

Thoughtful Thursday-The Glimmerings of Autumn

Autumn is coming, I can smell it. That waning golden light-warm breezes with a touch of impending chill-dried leaves falling from the trees kind of smell.

It's the time I drain my pond and winter my turtle inside for the next six months. A sad day for both of us.

It's the time that my daughter and I revel in $5 Starbucks Pumpkin Spice lattes. I know, I know.

It's the time my ghost makes his appearance by the oak tree.

It's the time I pay close to $3.00/pound for Honeycrisp apples because there's nothing worse than a bad apple. Well-worth the price paid.

It's the time Halloween decorations start to show up. My advice to the stores? Quit displaying Halloween with Christmas decorations because that totally kills the mood.

It's the time my dogs can expect longer walks with more "stuff" to snuffle.

It's the time I finally get to put away my mosquito repellent. Mosquitoes love me. I can't say the feeling is mutual.

It's the time when I start buying pumpkins simply because I love the color--and then scour the internet for pumpkin recipes because I can't stand wasting food.

I hope whatever season is coming your way that you revel in it!