Healthy Recipe: Detox : Spiced Pumpkin Soup

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Ingredients:	Nutritional Information:
2 teaspoons olive oil 1 medium onion, chopped 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger 4 medium carrots, chopped 2 tablespoons water 500 g (1 lb) peeled Jap pumpkin, chopped 4 cups (1 litre/32 fl oz) reduced-salt chicken stock 2 cloves garlic, sliced 1 cinnamon stick (std) 2 star anise	Serving size: Nutrition Per serve Per 100g Energy 544kj - Calories 130cal Protein 7.4g Fat, Total 3.2g - Saturated 0.8g Carbohydrate, Total 16.2g - Sugars Dietary Fibre 4g Sodium 657mg Potasium GI low

Method:

1 Heat the oil in a large pan over medium heat.
Add the onion and cook for 5 minutes or until
golden..
2 Add the ginger, carrots and water and cook for
5 minutes or until the carrots are soft.
3 Add the pumpkin, chicken stock, garlic,
cinnamon stick and star anise. Bring to the boil,
then reduce the heat and simmer for 40 minutes
or until the pumpkin is soft.
4 Discard the cinnamon stick and star anise.
Puree the soup until smooth. Serves 4