Recipe Thursday: Shelly's Sweet Potato & Pear Soup

Let's celebrate sweet potato month! Aside from the fact that this made it easy (well...easier) to pick of all the recipes I like or will be trying soon, sweet potatoes are undervalued outside of Thanksgiving season. Anytime you need a potato, sweet potato will work! Trust me! 


I love making soups...they're great comfort food and can often curb your appetite more than other foods with the same caloric content. So ... in celebration of both soup and sweet potatoes I bring you (thanks to SparkRecipes.com)...

Shelly's Sweet Potato & Pear Soup

Nutrition Info

• Calories: 132.5
• Fat: 3.6g
• Carbohydrates: 22.0g
• Protein: 3.8g

Ingredients

Sweet potato, 1 sweetpotato, 5" long
Pears, fresh, 1 pear, medium (approx 2-1/2 per lb)
Onions, raw, 1/2 small 
*Smart Balance Buttery Spread, 1 tbsp 
Cream Cheese, Fat Free, 2 oz
Vegetable Broth, 1 cup 

Directions

Sweat onions in Butter Spread. Peel and dice sweet Potato and pear, add to onion. Add broth. Cook 20 min or till tender. Working in batches puree in blender. Return to pot and add cream cheese. Stir till well blended. 

Garnish with fresh mint. 

Number of Servings: 3