Heart-Healthy Recipes

What we eat and how much we eat plays a big part in our overall health and our risk for heart disease. Check back here each month for a new heart-healthy recipe.

Pumpkin Soup

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
• 2 teaspoons brown sugar, packed
• 1 can (14 ½ oz.) chicken broth
• ½ cup water
• ½ teaspoons salt
• ¼ teaspoons pepper
• 1 can pumpkin
• 1 can (12oz.) evaporated milk
• 1/8 teaspoons cinnamon

Directions:
Melt butter in large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, garlic and sugar, cook until soft. Add broth, water, salt and pepper; bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to low, stir occasionally, for 15 minutes. Stir in pumpkin, evaporated milk and cinnamon. Continue stirring occasionally for 5 minutes.