Carrot-Ginger Soup

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Carrot-Ginger Soup

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Dilip Barman

Dilip Barman

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Make this your own! I think that this is a good and easy base recipe, but feel free to add other vegetables that you like. I would just caution you that one of the delights of this dish is the orange color so I would avoid dark-colored ingredients to keep this soup’s vibrant color. If you do throw in some light-colored vegetables, maybe a dark red beet or a few fresh cranberries could return to the red tones – or maybe just create a sullen brown soup. Looks count in food!

  • ✓ 4 medium carrots, washed and ends removed; if organic, don’t peel ¼ small onion
  • ✓ (optional) small shallot
  • ✓ 3-4 cloves garlic, papery covering removed
  • ✓ 1T fresh ginger root; I generally peel but, if organic, you can leave the peel on
  • ✓ 1/3 cup (less for lower fat) unroasted cashew (cashew pieces are even better and cheaper) or tofu
  • ✓ (optional) 1 cup cooked navy or cannellini beans (both are mild in flavor and won’t detract from the carrot-ginger flavor, nor will the white color muddy the orange color; if you do want to add additional orange/red color you can consider throwing in a slice of red beet or ¼ red bell pepper)
  • ✓ (optional) ¼ fresh jalapeno or other fiery ingredients to preference
  • ✓ 2 cups water – add more if you want the soup thinner
  • ✓ (optional) 1 vegan bouillon cube (or skip this and water but use 2 cups of vegan vegetable broth)
  • ✓ ½ t (or more to taste) salt
  • ✓ ½ t choice of black pepper, white pepper, or lemon pepper; pick white or black pepper based on appearance (do you want tiny little black specks?) and, if used, freshly ground is preferred; otherwise, lemon pepper adds a nice subtle zest
  • ✓ (optional) rosemary sprig or fresh oregano leaves as garnish
  • ✓ (optional) chives chopped to ¼” as garnish – try 1 T per serving.

The Instructions are like all the Ingredients, Just follow the steps to finalize your dish and finally be able to enjoy it!

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