Farewell To Autumn

We've had a small pumpkin just sitting

around here for quite awhile after both

Halloween and Thanksgiving. Heidi and I

talked about making pumpkin soup and serving

it in a pumpkin carved as a bowl.

So the other day, Heidi left me a note before

she went to work asking if it was a good day

to finally try making pumpkin soup.

Well, it was a good day to try making

pumpkin soup and here are the pictures

to prove it:

Katie took this picture of me and the pumpkin

before I got ready to carve it.

I cut the top straight off and carved out

all the seeds from the inside with this large spoon.

The pumpkin all carved and rinsed out.

And all the seeds I saved to roast.

Roasted pumpkin seeds for Christmastime?

Hey, why not?

HERE is a recipe for roasting pumpkin seeds

that I think I will try. We usually just put different

spices on the seeds and bake them for a bit.

Here is the soup all made and ready to serve

from the pumpkin bowl. I had to go down in the

basement and dig around in the Thanksgiving decorations

to find this placemat/centerpiece.

The soup was real thick and yummy, although Katie

was too chicken to try it.

Click HERE for the recipe I used.