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How is it already November?! My sweet baby boy is already 9 weeks old! I am loving being a new mom again, it’s the sweetest job in the whole world. He gets a front row seat in the kitchen in his sling wrapped with mama
For those of you on Instagram make sure you find me (@pickypalate or Jenny Flake), I post lots of pictures of Paxton
Ok, let’s talk soup shall we?
Is there anything more comforting than a nice warm bowl of soup in the Fall months?! It’s one of my favorite things to make when I’ve got some time in the kitchen. I love chopping all the vegetables and organizing the ingredients knowing the goodness that’s ahead.
This is a relatively simple soup to prepare, just a little chopping of some veggies (unless you get the pre-chopped ones at your grocery store) and some cooked chicken and the rest is easy.
Let’s take a look.
Here are your simple ingredients. I saved myself a little time by getting the pre-chopped veggies from my grocery store.
You can either get a rotisserie chicken and shred it, or bake 2 large chicken breasts in a small baking dish with 1/4 cup of chicken broth covered with foil 350 degrees for about 50-60 minutes. Remove from oven and let sit for 15 minutes before shredding.
If you are not a cilantro fan, use parsley as a substitute.
Alright, time to sautee the veggies. Celery to start.
Don’t forget your carrots and onions.
Love these vibrant colors.
Once your veggies are softened, add your chicken and chicken broth.
Add your pumpkin and cream.
Time for the salt, pepper, garlic salt and cilantro!
Save the best for last….some cheese please
This soup is a creamy dream. It’s thick, chunky yet creamy and fabulous. The pumpkin is savory and subtle. This is one of our newest favorite recipes. Hope you enjoy!
Ahhh, dig in!
This color! It’s so perfect for Fall right?
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Makes 8 Servings

What is it about red velvet cookies that make my heart skip a beat? The deep fantastic red color? Who knows, but what I do know is that these simple, no fuss, make in about 15 minute cookies are to die for!
Try them for yourself, you’ll see what I’m talking about. As if they are not good enough, I’ve added giant chunks of Dark Milky Way bars to the dough with some cute little mini chocolate chips.
Perfect for your Valentine and even better for yourself, lol! Enjoy friends!
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Great idea to mix up chicken soup, Jenny! I love making soups with pumpkin – it adds such a nice heartiness and density and pumps up the flavor!
This soup looks awesome! Such a welcome change from regular chicken soup; can’t wait to give it a try!
I LOVE seeing your pictures of Paxton on Instagram!
And so funny…we are having pumpkin soup for dinner TONIGHT! Kinda wish I’d seen your recipe before I went to the grocery store. NEXT time! Looks fabulous!
Looks perfect for next weekend… when it FINALLY looks as if it might be a little chilly!
I have all of these things in my pantry already! Sounds like I know what I am making tonight. Looks delicious.
I love all your photos of sweet Paxton…it helps tide me over until Lucy gets here (which feels like is taking FOREVVVVERRRRRR).
This soup is so perfect for Fall. You have the best dinner recipes!!
I love the addition of pumpkin!!
Anyway to lighten this up a bit? What can we substitute for the heavy cream?
I will be trying this recipe with whole milk instead of heavy cream, and I’m omitting the cheese. We’ll see if it turns out!
Hope you enjoy Hannah!!
seriously delicious – this one’s getting pinned!
YUM!!! Making this!
This sounds amazing, Jenny! I love the fall flavors here.
I love that this is simple and uses common ingredients, but is still different enough! It looks absolutely delicious!
Thank you Loretta
Love the addition of chicken! That way you can make it a meal on it’s own
I could eat a HUGE bowl of this right now!
What a perfect fall soup! Love the flavors!
What size is your Dutch oven? Looks delish! I might have to make it this weekend since it suppose to rain!
I use a 5 quart for most of my soups
I absolutely love your blog! Added it to my blogroll.
Thank you!!
This looks FABULOUS! So creative
I make a soup similar to this every Thanksgiving, but I love the idea of transitioning it into fall weeknights with chicken! Thanks for sharing, Jenny!
Congratulations on 9 weeks!! My son is 12 weeks old, and it just keeps getting more and more fun. His smiles are just the best ever and make the sleepless nights totally worth it
Glad to hear that your son is doing well!!
Aaahhhh! Just made your Skillet Candy Bar Baked Cookie thingy and blogged about it. A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.
This looks and sounds delicious! I always have pumpkin leftover after thanksgiving and now I can use it up in a healthier way!
Is it really 3 tablespoons garlic? I am going to try this, it seems like that would be a whole head.
This should be the official soup of Fall!
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RESandy put a link to this recipe up on her Facebook page. I sprinted right over. I’ll be making this for sure. Love the addition of pumpkin. Yum.
Just made this for dinner last night and our family LOVED it!! Thanks for another great recipe
Whoa! Looks good. I’m making this. I like to sub plain kefir for heavy cream in most recipes and this looks like it would work in this one. I only have pumpkin pie mix in a can so I’ll bake up some winter squash in place of canned pumpkin. Great inspiration!
This soup is fabulous! Even my husband, who usually hates pumpkin, thought it was great. Also, our 10 month old loved it!
This soup is going to be my new favorite..I just know it
I made this the other night and WOW is it delicious. It warms you down to your toes. I had two heaping bowlfuls because I couldn’t get enough! I’m in love with this recipe.
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Ahhhmazing! We gobbled this up like little turkeys! Thanks for the perfect fall soup!
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I know using milk instead of cream would leave it thinner, but would it still be good??
I just attempted this recipe substituting Heavy Cream with Light Cream and cut the shredded cheese portion in half. It was delicious! Two thumbs up from my fiance, which is a huge compliment. Thank you!
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