Simple Carrot Soup Recipe

While I was shopping at Whole Foods yesterday I saw a Carrot-Ginger Soup for sale, 18 ounces for over $6. In my opinion that's way too much money to pay for a simple soup. I looked at the ingredient label and it was just about identical so a soup that I've been making for years. So I decided to share the super easy recipe! Pureed vegetable soups are a fantastic way to eat tons of veggies and not even realize it.

Simple Carrot Soup

1 shallot or 1 clove garlic

1 yellow onion

~1 Tbsp olive or canola Oil

1 1/2 pounds carrots

32 ounces (4 cups) chicken or vegetable broth (low-sodium is what I use)

salt and pepper to taste

It's easy if you start off by dicing all of your veggies and add them as you go- think of a cooking show- they always have everything diced up in advance.

Heat a large pot over medium-high heat and add the oil. Add the diced onion to the pot and stir until the onion starts to soften, about 3-5 minutes.

Then add the diced shallot or garlic clove. Stir for another 2-3 minutes then add the diced carrots and the broth.

Bring the soup to a boil and then turn hear down to low, put the lid on the pot and simmer until the carrots are soft (time varies depending on the size of your carrot pieces but ~30 minutes).

Take the soup off of the heat and give it about 10 minutes to cool down a bit so you don't scald yourself if your blender goes crazy.

Use a ladle and put the soup mixture into a blender and blend until it's pureed. It may take 2-3 trips to the blender if you have a small blender. Pour the soup back into the pot, heat if needed and serve!

Some people (example: my boyfriend) aren't used to the taste of lower-sodium foods, so feel free to add salt and pepper to taste.

This recipe can be modified very easily if you are feeling more creative. You can add ginger with the shallot/garlic for the Whole-Foods-like soup. You can get rid of the carrots and make potato/broccoli soup. All you need is to saute some onion, add veggies and broth, cook till soft and puree. Voila- your very own super easy way to tastily eat your veggies.