Here’s a new (to me) soup recipe I got from my friend Julie. :) She made it for our moms’ night out get-together a week and a half ago and it was delicious!
Carrot Ginger Soup
2 or 3 T olive oil
1 yellow onion, chopped
1.5 pounds of carrots, chopped
2 baking potatoes, peeled & sliced
1 c. soy milk (the recipe called for 1 c. of white wine, but I didn’t have any and using the soy milk was just as good)
7 cups of vegetable stock
¼ c lime juice
1 knob of fresh ginger, peeled & sliced or 2 t ground ginger (or I used pumpkin pie spice)
1 T chopped cilantro
1 T lemongrass (optional – I didn’t have any and it tasted fine without it)
salt & pepper to taste
Saute the onion, carrots & potato in the olive oil for 10 minutes until softening, but not browning. Add the soy milk (or wine) and cover, letting it simmer for 10 more minutes. Add the stock & the ginger and cook until the vegetables are totally softened, about 45 minutes (or longer) depending on how small you cut them. Puree in a blender or food processor and then add the remaining seasonings to taste.
And here’s the best way to eat it – using a carrot spoon, of course! ;)
Edited to add:
How cool is this?? My blog is featured on the Toronto Vegetarian Association. The listing says:
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Blog run by amygeekgrl who is passionate about breastfeeding and parenting, and cooking delicious looking veggie meals.
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Oh, just noticed there’s also a poll to vote for your favorite veggie site. Wanna give me your vote? Hehe. It feels kind of weird for me to be on there since I just started adding veggie recipes to my blog, but it’s fun to get a mention nonetheless. :)
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Running2Ks says:
Popping in for a quickie hi! This looks yummy (and adorable)
January 28th, 2006 at 6:52 pm
SonjaOutdoorMama says:
Tasty! I have a ton of carrots that need using, perhaps I will whip this up tomorrow! Thanks!
January 28th, 2006 at 11:06 pm
Amy says:
Yummy! Congrats on the mention of your blog — did you complete an entry or did it just show up? And it’s a Canadian site, too! And so fast, seeing you just started eating vegetarian food. Wish my hubby were more open to it.
January 29th, 2006 at 8:03 am
amygeekgrl says:
R2Ks – Thanks. It is dee-lish!
Sonja – Let me know how you like it. :)
Amy – Thanks! It just showed up there. I was looking through my stats and noticed someone came to my blog from over there, so I checked it out and there it was. Crazy, huh?
January 29th, 2006 at 9:40 am
Miriam says:
Carrots and giner are just a match made in heaven. This looks so delicious – and I’m envious. I need to learn how to take good close up pictures! *sigh*
Ava is just too cute. I bet you could sell that second picture to a vegetarian magazine. :)
How cool that you got linked! I’m heading over there right now to vote. :)
January 29th, 2006 at 10:49 am
Camille says:
I voted! :)
She is just too cute!
January 30th, 2006 at 5:59 pm
amygeekgrl says:
miriam – i often crop my pics before posting them, so they might look more close-up than they really are. ;)
now that’s an idea – selling ava’s pic to a veggie mag. hmmmm. :)
camille – thank you. :)
January 30th, 2006 at 7:25 pm
Sconed! says:
Great looking soup- wish I liked ginger more! And kudos on the blog mention!
January 30th, 2006 at 11:29 pm
gladys says:
I think Met life ins has a recipe for carrot soup that has 2 lbs of carrots , would you know of it?
Gladys
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