Winter carrot soup 🧡

It's that time of year again to share our favourite winter warming recipes!

Soup is one of my favourite things to make - quick, easy and make a batch to last for a few days.

Prep time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Serves: x4 - 5 bowls

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp vegetable oil

• 2 onions roughly chopped

• 750g carrots, roughly chopped

• 5cm (2in) piece ginger, finely sliced

• 2 tsp turmeric

• 2 garlic cloves, finely sliced

• 1ltr (1 3/4pt) vegetable stock

Optional extras

- Add in one medium sized sweet potato to cook with the carrots!

-X3 spring onions chopped and added in as garnish to finish

Method

1- Peel and chop the onions and two cloves of garlic into small pieces

2- Add a tablespoon of oil (or butter) to a large non stick pan and heat up

3- Once the pan is hot, add the onion and garlic and allow to cook until soft and brown

4- Add the ginger and turmeric but avoid burning it by keeping stirring or added a tablespoon of water

5- Add the carrots and stir

6- Pour over the stock and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat, and then simmer for 15 minutes until the carrots are tender.

7- Allow the soup to cool a little and then blitz (in batches in a food processor or using a stick blender) until completely smooth. Return to the heat and warm through.

8- Serve into a bowls and garnish with spring onion

Enjoy!

Ruth x