The Great Pumpkin...Soup!

Actually, this is the Fresh Pumpkin Soup from page 144.  My daughter, Keeley, was going to make a Rachel Ray pumpkin soup recipe and I convinced her to do this one.  She didn't follow it exactly, omitting the apples, and adding onion, half and half, paprika and basil.  But, unless someone protests, I'm counting it, because we cooked up 8 cups of fresh pumpkin, and I don't want to do it again.  Maybe I'll add apples to one of the other two pumpkin soup recipes to make up for it?  It was very good.  If I didn't know it was pumpkin soup, I would've thought it was butternut squash.  She grated sharp cheddar cheese and made bacon bits for garnish, also good additions.  She roasted pumpkin seeds with a cajun spice, and those were also good.  Thanks, Keeley, for taking one of these.  She's going to be a better cook than I am if she isn't already...