Quick and Easy Sweet Potato Soup
Sweet potatoes are cooked in chicken broth, pureed, and then seasoned with with nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon and cayenne, and made even creamier (but still low-fat) by adding fat-free half-and-half.
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Cook's Notes:
To avoid dirtying a blender and a bowl, use an immersion blender right in the pot.
Optionally, saute onions and garlic in a small amount of oil or butter in the pot before adding sweet potatoes.
Any ingredient can be substituted: you can use butternut squash instead of the sweet potatoes; 1/2 teaspoon of orange extract instead of the liqueur; vegetable stock or water instead of the chicken stock; different spices, according to your own taste.
If you like your soup sweeter, add a tablespoon of maple syrup or brown sugar.