Harvest Time Pumpkin Soup

Ingredients

 * 1 small pie pumpkin, cleaned out
 * 2 potatoes
 * 2 carrots
 * 1 Onion, finely chopped
 * 2 cloves garlic, crushed
 * olive oil
 * fresh parsley, basil, thyme, chopped
 * salt & pepper
 * 4 tbsp cream
 * 2 tbsp butter
 * 2 tbsp soy sauce, (optional)
 * sour cream
 * chives, chopped

Directions
Cut pumpkin, potatoes and carrots into pieces and steam until tender. Remove peel from pumpkin. Save steaming water. Saute Onion and garlic in a little olive oil until transparent. Puree Onion, garlic and vegetables in a food processor, adding reserved water. Return the puree to a saucepan and add spices, salt and pepper, cream, butter and soy sauce. If soup is too thick, thin with a little water, milk or chicken stock. Heat but do not boil. Garnish with a dollop of sour cream and chives.