Thursday, October 29, 2009

From the Garden: Carrot Tomato Soup

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Google any vegetable, bean or grain and you'll find lots of health benefits.  Soups are great ways to concentrate those nutrients.  After the garden froze,  I looked at the 3 last tomatoes from our garden sitting on the kitchen counter and looked at what was in my refrigerator and came up with this easy delicious soup.  I  processed all the vegetables in my cuisinart.  

 

 

 

 

Carrot-Tomato Soup

 2 tablespoons each of oil and butter (I use Smart  Balance)

1        large onion diced

 2 or 3 cloves garlic

3    large peeled tomatoes  (I dipped them in boiling water, then cold water to remove skins)

2    cups shredded scrubbed unpeeled carrots.  (you can also add a bit of fresh parsley and basil)

 3    cups Low Sodium V-8 Juice

        Fat free Sour Cream

        Salt and pepper to taste

In the oil & butter, sauté the onion & garlic.  Add the carrots and tomatoes. Cook until the carrots are done. Add V-8 juice. Cook for a few more minutes.  Check that carrots are soft.  Use submersion blender to blend as desired.  Serve and garnish with sour cream and salt and pepper to taste.

5 comments:

  1. Gloria, Soups are one of my favourite meals, and I make it often. Haven't put tomatoes and carrots together before, surprisingly! Often, I flavour carrot soup with fresh ginger and/or curry powder or paste. Of course, in almost any soup recipe (or any savoury recipe, in fact) the more garlic the merrier!

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  2. Hmm. The editor in me wants to correct that: Soups are/and I make them... or: Soup is/and I make it. Nevertheless, you get the message: I like soup!

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  3. Thank you for sharing this recipe. I love tomato soup and will try this recipe. I made a big chicken veggie soup today - hoping it will ease my husband's cold (he never ever gets a cold but has one now!). Thanks for sharing your recipe. Michelle

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  4. You have an interesting garden area. Hope the deer are not a huge problem. Anyway this looks like a good soup...as the temperature drops we are thinking more and more about warm soups! It's great that most of this can come from our garden.

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  5. I love carrot soups, but hadn't seen this version before. I'll be trying it ...

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