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This delicious soup gets it's creaminess from a cauliflower puree and the pumpkin puree. A delicious healthy low carb comforting soup.

Creamy Pumpkin Sausage & Kale Soup

This delicious creamy pumpkin soup gets it's creaminess from a cauliflower puree and pumpkin. The sausage and kale make it a  healthy low carb comforting soup.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 8
Calories 161 kcal
Author Denise Wright (MyLifeCookbook.com)

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 3 links sweet Italian sausage, casings off
  • 15 oz can pumpkin puree (pumpkin only)
  • ½ cup mushrooms, thinly sliced
  • ½ red pepper, diced
  • 1 cup kale, chopped into small pieces
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper
  • 4 cups water
  • 2 teaspoon Better than Bouillon, chicken
  • 2 cups caulilfower
  • 1 Tablespoon butter
  • ½ cup water

Instructions

  1. Add your cauliflower to a microwave safe bowl and cook 10 minutes or until soft.

  2. Meanwhlie in a soup pot, add your olive oil and brown your sausage. Make sure to break up the sausage into bite sized pieces.

  3. Add your mushrooms, peppers, salt and pepper and sauté for a few minutes.

  4. Add your pumpkin, water, kale and Better than Bouillon if using and continue to cook for a 5 minutes.

  5. Add cauliflower mixture to a high sped blender along with the butter and water. Puree until smooth and creamy.

  6. Add cauliflower mixture to the soup and mix well. Cook for an additional 2 minutes.

Recipe Notes

161 cals / 10.7g fat / 8.3g carbs / 2.6g fiber / 8.2g protein = 5.7g net carbs