Carrot & Ginger Soup: Excitingly Vigorous
Carrot and ginger soup becomes the ultimate fresh-air flare meal. Because putting it all together is almost effortless. Kinda like double dating at an out-door-jazz concert. Or planning a pontoon adventure lake side. So, don’t panic. Relax. This is a simple make-ahead recipe. In fact, it’s the freshest un-soggy food on the blanket.
Carrot soup! Making this the best summer ever. So, gimme a double 5!
Shopping List:
Bacon: 1-piece cut
Carrots: ½ cup
Ginger-root: 2 T fresh minced
White Onion: 1 small minced
Carrot Juice: 1 cup
Chicken Stock or Broth: 2 cups
Half/Half: ½ cup
Sour Cream: 2 T
Jalapeno: ½ minced
Turmeric ¼ tsp each
Pinch: cinnamon, ginger, garlic powder
Preparation
Servings 4
In a large pot/ Dutch oven brown bacon with 2 T water-slowly. Then continue to cook adding water to form a broth. Next add carrots, ginger, onions and sauté about 3 minutes. Then lower heat and add turmeric, sour cream and jalapeno. Simmer covered 10 minutes until soft and creamy. Add 1 T water if needed.
Finally add carrot juice and chicken broth blend and continue to simmer covered 20 minutes
Lastly let cool—completely.
Then pour soup into a blender or food processor and blend until smooth with half & half. Next return to pot bringing soup back to a slow boil over medium heat. Then give it the pinch of spices. Again simmer on low until cooked through. About 20 minutes. Lastly ladle into bowls and enjoy with a nice slice of bread.
Carrot and Ginger Soup Notes
Although I thought this carrot soup thing was a little off at first. Off the deep end. I got over it.
In fact, this soup is the best way to understand our planet. Dare to explore. Then encounter the wonders of carrots up close and different. You can care to transform them through experimentation. Or, claim to be the person who thought up the soup idea. Like, you happen to be rummaging through the fridge for food or something. Keep in mind, the health benefits are amazing!
Carrots: great in anything. Even soup.
No need explaining health benefits because they are all—TRUE! From defending the respiratory tract to fighting heart disease, this root vegetable is a true carroty gem. In fact, carrots also happen to be a great energy food. Of course eating them raw is great. But cooking and pulsing them while adding a drop of oil increases their release of carotene—substantially.
Further increasing this soups flavor is the combination of spices. It’s an interesting variation of—soup-mates. Smooth and flavorful. Eat this soup hot, warm or cold. And you’ll know the party’s a success because the foods having fun, too.
Carrot Soup Isn’t This What We Want?
Desirable for back-yard parties as a prelude to the main meal or for the light eater watching their calories.
Let it become a favorite around your house. In fact, you’ll never have to tell your anyone to eat carrots again. Because you can grate them into everything from pasta sauce to chili, muffins to cakes, and everything in between. And they’ll never have a clue.
CARROTS-ANYONE!
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