How To Make The BEST Soup Joumou Recipe!

pumpkin

🥗Healthier: butternut squash

💰Cheaper: sweet potatoes

Butternut squash offers a similar texture and flavor profile.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Canola oil is more affordable while still providing a neutral flavor.

vegetable broth

🥗Healthier: homemade vegetable stock

💰Cheaper: water with seasoning

Using water with seasoning is a cost-effective way to achieve flavor.

cabbage

🥗Healthier: kale

💰Cheaper: collard greens

Collard greens are often less expensive and provide similar nutrition.

Grab the biggest pot in your house and add tons of garlic and scallions into a pot of water.

Cut up the squash and clean it thoroughly before adding it to the hot pot.

Add frozen squash into the pot and let it begin to cook on medium-high heat.

Cut up yellow yams, cabbage, and rutabaga, and add them to the pot.

Add plantains to the pot.

Add the majority of the vegetables into the pot, holding off on the carrots for later.

Add celery to the pot for flavor.

Put cloves in a green pepper to prevent them from floating around in the soup.

Drop the green pepper with cloves into the pot.

Saute additional peppers and add them into the soup later.

Blend the squash with some liquid until completely smooth and pour it back into the pot.

Add pasta to the pot, ensuring not to add it too early to prevent it from becoming too soft.

Add cabbage and stir it up, then add salt to taste.

Finally, add the carrots last to keep them crunchy.

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