Sunday, June 24, 2012

Chilled Carrot Ginger Soup




Chilled soup really hits the spot in this 90 + degree weather!

I love soup, but it was even too hot and humid for me to eat hot soup yesterday. So, I made my quickest and easiest soup ever -  Carrot Ginger Soup  and then chilled it for dinner.  It was really refreshing and delicious. 

With some Greek yogurt or sour cream and a little cumin, it was the perfect dinner !

It's not a new recipe , but I had never chilled it before. 
I'm amazed how many vegetable soups taste good served  hot or chilled. 

In the past I've made borsht topped with sour cream, sorrel ( which is like spinach) topped with sour cream, and chilled corn chowder

Do you ever think of eating your soups chilled ?  What kind of chilled soup do you make? Sweet or Savory?

Recipe

Ingredients: 
5  large organic carrots, sliced 
6 cups water
1 Tablespoon fresh grated ginger 
1/2 cup of coconut milk
optional: add cinnamon to each bowl before serving


Directions: 
Place carrots into a sauce pan with 6 cups water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and allow carrots to cook until soft.  Turn off the heat, add grated ginger, and allow to steep for 5 minutes covered. Blend in the blender with coconut milk ..chill in refrigerator for 4 hours or more. Deliciously refreshing on a hot day.

12 comments:

  1. This looks delicious! I love chilled soups in the summertime.

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  2. Yay, you're still making soup! I am too.....I made a new on the other day which I will post soon. I still haven't tried making a chilled soup though, but ginger carrot sounds like it would be perfect chilled!

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  3. I could go for this after the hot day we had here. Love the vibrant color with that swirl of yogurt against it. I've not had many cold savory soups, but I do like chilled strawberry soup for dessert!

    Thanks for joining in this week @ See Ya In the Gumbo. I appreciate you coming by!

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  4. I was skipping soups for the summer but this sells me and I think, we will just learn more about cold soups. Thanks Judee.

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  5. Sounds yummy! I have a ton of carrots (10lbs!) in my fridge right now and I need some recipes to use to use them up. This one is going to the top of my list, it's so hot today too it came at the perfect time!

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  6. I always think of soups as a wintertime food. When I asked for suggestions on my FB page for dinner, someone suggested chilled cantalope soup. I like the sound of that!

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  7. Clever, clever. That sounds like a great way to use up carrots, as Eric said in her comment! Thanks for the tip and for linking it to Food on Fridays!

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  8. Hot or cold I love this soup. Thanks for sharing it on foodie friday.

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  9. So healthy! Yum! Thank you for sharing with us at Healthy 2Day Wednesday. :)

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  10. Great minds think alike- as you know, I also made a chilled carrot soup this week. I'll have to try ginger carrot soup chilled.

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  11. I haven't made summer squash in summers yet, but your carrot ginger soup caught my attention. Nice flavors.

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