Tuesday Night: Pumpkin Soup and Chickpea Ragout

I got a copy of Jacques Pepin's Fast Food My Way yesterday and made these two recipes to break it in. :-)

The pumpkin soup was really tasty but thinner than I expected. This could be a matter of bogus expectations or maybe I just added too much stock. Next time I make it, I'll measure the stock more carefully to be sure.

I added some fresh thyme (because it's in the fridge) and kielbasa to the chickpeas and used drained canned tomatoes. The results were gooood. Maybe next time I'll hit this with a bit of pimenton; I think a bit of smoky heat will go quite nicely.