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How to make pumpkin soup from scratch in 30 minutes

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Guaranteed! 5 tips how to make sure that you will be enjoying a delicious pumpkin soup in 30 minutes from now. Click here to be sure your will enjoy a tasty bowl of freshly made soup.

This recipe works also perfectly for people using a soup maker. However read our tips to make sure anybody with a cooking pot can make soup in 30 minutes or less.

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Crock Pot RecipesFree Crock Pot Recipes Cookbook (January 12th, 2006)

  • Autumn Pork Chops Recipe
  • Beef Bourguinon Recipe
  • Chicken Livers Recipe
  • Chinese Country Ribs Recipe
  • Coca-Cola Pot Roast Recipe
  • Corned Beef And Cabbage Recipe
  • Crockpot Corn Recipe
  • Enchiladas Recipe
  • Fall Lamb And Vegetable Stew Recipe
  • French Onion Beef Recipe
  • Fresh Artichokes Recipe
  • Ham And Scalloped Potatoes Recipe
  • Hawaiian Chicken Breasts Recipe
  • Home-Style Bread Pudding Recipe
  • Hungarian Goulash Recipe
  • Italian Chicken Recipe
  • Lemon Roast Chicken Recipe
  • Marinated Beef Pot Roast Recipe
  • Meatloaf Recipe
  • New England Boiled Dinner Recipe
  • Potato Stuffed Cabbage Recipe
  • Savory Swiss Steak Recipe
  • Slow Cook Jambalaya Recipe
  • Super Easy Crockpot Roast Recipe
  • Sweet & Sour Chicken Recipe

Crock Pot RecipesFree Chinese Recipes Cookbook (January 12th, 2006)

  • Cashew Chicken Recipe
  • Shrimp Toast Recipe
  • Moo Goo Gai Pan Recipe
  • General Tsao’s Chicken Recipe
  • Hunan Beef Recipe
  • Barbecued Spareribs Recipe
  • Fried Rice Recipe
  • Hot and Sour Soup Recipe
  • Egg Rolls Recipe
  • Foo Yung Recipe
  • Shrimp with Snow Peas Recipe 
  • Egg Rolls Recipe
  • Hoisin Beef & Scallion Rolls Recipe 
  • Kung Pao Chicken Recipe
  • Lo Mein Recipe
  • Fried Won Tons Recipe 
  • Empress Chicken Wings Recipe
  • Mandarin Pancakes Recipe
  • Sesame Chicken Recipe
  • Orange Beef Recipe
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  • Fortune Cookies Recipe
  • Cantonese Roast Duck Recipe
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1. A Baker’s Cookie Guide : Volume III : More Favorite Cookie Recipes
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    • Easy Chocolate Macaroons Cookie Recipe
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    • Grandma’s Gingersnaps Cookie Recipe
    • ANZAC Biscuit Cookie Cookie Recipe
    • Poppy Seed Jam Thumbprints Cookie Recipe
    • Snow Topped Mountains Cookie Recipe
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    • Crackle-Top Lemon Cookie Recipe
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  • Cut-Out Cookie Recipes
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    • Vanilla and Chocolate Almond Cookie Recipe
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2. A Baker’s Cookie Guide : Volume II : Favorite Cookie Recipes—Drop Cookies to Bar Cookies
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  • Tips and Techniques for Better Cookies
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    • More No-Bakers
  • Old-Fashioned Drop Cookie Recipes
    • Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookie Recipe
    • Three-in-One Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes
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    • Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
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    • Make Your Own Ice Cream Sandwiches
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  • Tips and Techniques for Better Cookies
  • How to Troubleshoot Cookies
  • Ingredients
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    • Flours
    • Butter
    • Eggs
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A Christmas Gift From Chef Shane

Greetings,

My name is Chef Shane and I have been running my ChefShane Recipe Blog website for almost a year now. In that time, I have learned a lot and also developed a loyal following of readers. I want to thank all my readers and visitors. I think the coming year will be even bigger and better.


In appreciation of you all, I have put together a little gift. It is an eCookbook containing 73 delicious recipes to help you make your holidays even more wonderful. I left out all the healthy, low-fat stuff. You can worry about that once the holidays are over. This is the time of year to indulge yourself 🙂

A Christmas Gift From Chef Shane :
(To Download: Right-click on the above link; Select ‘Save Link Target’.)

Merry Christmas!


Chef Shane