Super comfort (vegan) carrot and ginger soup

In lieu of Halloween cheating and a full weekend of stomach upset - I've decided to put myself on a "make up yourself" cleanse. I'm going to stock up on fruits, veggies and nuts and seeds.  No animal products.  The only indulgence will be almond milk and agave.  I'm giving up black tea - but I'm not completely mad - there will be caffeinated green tea.  No one should be exposed to me before I've had caffeine. Oh, and I'm starting to take HMF Forte again.  A naturopath years ago recommended I take it and I keep forgetting that its a God send in a bottle.  Its a super probiotic that seems to make my guts happy.

Tomorrow will be day one and I've been slicing, dicing and making soups in preparation. We shall see how it goes.

The first of my soups - a super easy, super yummy Carrot and Ginger soup.  I mashed some recipes together and added a few substitutions to come up with this wonder soup. 

 

Ingredients:

• 3 tbsp Olive oil
• 1 Onion, diced
• 1/4 cup chopped Ginger
• 4 cups chopped and peeled Carrots (I used organic carrots because they have a better flavour - I figured if this is all that's going into the soup I better splurge)
• 3 cups vegetable broth (I cheated and used natural, msg-free vegetable stock cubes)
• 1 cup Almond milk
• dash Nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon Agave syrup
• Salt and Pepper to taste

Preparation:

• Sautee onions and ginger in olive oil
• Add carrots and vegetable broth
• Bring to a boil and then reduce heat to medium/low. 
• Simmer until carrots are soft.
• Add Almond milk, nutmeg and Agave syrup
• If you are a normal person with proper kitchen tools - use a food processor or blender to blend the soup in batches.  Or you can go Rambo-styles like me and just stick a hand blender into the soup pot once the soup has cooled - prepare for orange splatter everywhere if you aren't careful 

Makes 4 normal portion controlled servings - which would be 2 servings in my house.  I will definitely double the recipe next time I make it. I froze 3 containers to take for lunch from this batch.

I have to say I'm pretty pleased with myself.  This super easy soup is delicious and stomach friendly!