Carrot Soup
Nutritious Carrot Soup – Made with an abundance of fresh vitamin rich carrots, earthy spices, creamy coconut milk, and a hint of ginger, honey, and lemon to boost flavor. A great way to use up all those carrots in the fridge!

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Prep: 20 minutes.
Cook: 40 minutes.
Ready in: 1: hour
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Ingredients:
1: 2 Tbsp olive oil.
2: 2 lbs carrots, peeled and chopped (5 1/2 cups).
3: 1 1/2 cups chopped yellow onion (1 medium).
4: 3/4 cup chopped celery (2 ribs).
5: 1 Tbsp peeled and chopped fresh ginger.
6: 2 tsp minced garilc (2 cloves).
7: 1 tsp paprika.
8: 1/2 tsp ground cumin.
9: 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg.
10: 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper.
11: 6 to 7 cups vegetable broth.
12: Salt and black pepper.
13: 1/2 cup canned coconut milk or half and half.
14: 1 Tbsp honey or maple syrup.
15: 2 tsp fresh lemon juice.
16: Minced parsley, for garnish (optional).

Instructions:
1: Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add carrots, onion and celery and saute 10 minutes.
2: Add ginger, garlic, paprika, cumin, nutmeg, and cayenne pepper and saute 2 minutes longer.
3: Pour in 6 cups vegetable broth, season with salt and pepper to taste and bring soup to a boil. Cover and reduce heat to medium-low. Let simmer until carrots are very tender, about 20 minutes, stirring once halfway through.
4: Remove from heat and puree mixture with an immersion blender. Stir in up to 1 more cup of broth as desired (rewarm soup through if needed).
5: Stir in coconut milk, honey and lemon juice (or add coconut milk swirled into individual servings).
6: Serve warm garnishing with parsley if desired.
Notes: Recipe makes about 8 cups.

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