Low Fat Carrot Ginger Soup Recipes

CARROT GINGER SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven or stockpot, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until tender, 4-5 minutes. Add garlic and ginger; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in carrots, broth, zest, salt and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until carrots are tender, 10-12 minutes. Pulse mixture in a blender or with an immersion blender to desired consistency; stir in lemon juice. If desired, garnish with additional lemon zest. , Freeze option: Cool soup; freeze in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a large saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally; add broth or water if necessary.

CARROT GINGER SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion, ginger, and garlic; saute until softened, 15 to 20 minutes. Add broth, carrots, and wine. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer, uncovered, until carrots are tender, about 45 minutes.
• Puree with an immersion blender until carrots are no longer chunky and soup has a thick consistency. Add lemon juice, salt, pepper, and curry powder. Serve in large mugs with chives and fresh black pepper.

LOW-FAT CARROT GINGER SOUP

Steps:

• In a blender put 1 package of frozen carrots, hot water, 1 cube vegetable or chicken bouillon, skim milk, grated ginger, and honey. Puree and warm in microwave for 2 minutes.

CARROT & GINGER SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pan, add the onion, ginger and garlic, and fry for 5 mins until starting to soften. Stir in the nutmeg and cook for 1 min more.
• Pour in the stock, add the carrots, beans and their liquid, then cover and simmer for 20-25 mins until the carrots are tender.
• Scoop a third of the mixture into a bowl and blitz the remainder with a hand blender or in a food processor until smooth. Return everything to the pan and heat until bubbling. Serve topped with the almonds and nutmeg.

CARROT AND GINGER SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Scoop seeds out of the butternut squash half, and place cut side down onto a greased baking sheet. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes, or until softened. Allow to cool, then scoop the squash flesh out of the skin using a large spoon and set aside. Discard skin.
• Heat olive oil in a large saucepan or soup pot over medium heat. Add chopped onion and garlic, and cook, stirring until onion is translucent. Pour in the water, and add squash, carrots and ginger. Bring to a boil, and cook for at least 20 minutes, or until carrots and ginger are tender.
• Puree the mixture in the blender, or using an immersion blender. Add boiling water if necessary to thin, but bear in mind this is meant to be a thick creamy soup. Return soup to the pan, and heat through. Season with salt, pepper and cinnamon.
• Ladle into serving bowls, and pour a thin swirl of cream over the top as a garnish if desired.

CREAMY CARROT SOUP (LOW FAT)

Steps:

• Heat oil in large saucepan, add onions and garlic, and cook until tender, adding water if necessary, to prevent drying.
• Add carrots, broth, tomato paste and rice. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook until rice and carrots are tender, 30-40 minutes.
• Puree soup, in batches, in blender or food processor until smooth.
• Return to pan. Stir in milk, salt and pepper, and nutmeg. Reheat over medium heat, stirring until heated through.
• Ladle into bowls.
• Garnish with dollop of plain nonfat yogurt.

HEALTHY CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Peel and chop the carrots and put in a blender with the ginger, turmeric, cayenne pepper, wholemeal bread, soured cream and vegetable stock. Blitz until smooth. Heat until piping hot. Swirl through some extra soured cream, or a sprinkling of cayenne, if you like.

LOW FAT CURRIED BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Remove seeds from squash, peel if desired.
• Cut into uniform size chuncks.
• Place all ingredients except half& half in pressure cooker.
• Cook on high pressure for 8 minutes.
• Allow pressure to dissipate.
• When it is safe to open the cooker, do so.
• You may remove the skin from the squash at this time if you wish, though I did not bother.
• Use an immersion blender to puree the soup.
• Add the half& half, and puree some more.
• This is a very think soup, add more chicken broth or water to thin if desired.
• Add S& P and add'l curry powder to taste.
• This recipe contains Olestra (from the pringles) which causes dietary upset in some individuals.
• Leave them out if this is a problem.