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Carrot and Almond Soup

by Kristen

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Carrot and Almond Soup is sweet, healthy, comforting and satisfying.   It is the perfect soup for spring, and I promise that the kiddos will love it! 

Over the last few years, carrot soup has turned into one of my favorite dishes to prepare.   You see, there have been all these health food trends over the last few years,  People swoon over butternut squash soups, low carb cauliflower soups, and kale soups.  But I feel like people might forget to make soup out of an obvious choice.

Whats a vegetable that many of us keep in our fridge?  You can get it all year round; it’s cheap, easy to prepare, sweet and delicious?

Um, carrots!

Have we forgotten about carrots?

I got on my carrot soup kick a few years ago, when my mom kept calling me, saying that I needed to try this carrot-parsnip soup.  And I was hooked.  Except, I will make carrot soup out of anything I have around the house.

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I made this carrot soup dairy-free, using almond milk.  It can easily be made vegan if you want to use vegetable stock, I used chicken stock.  I also added a few almond pieces for texture, although you really can’t see them in the photo.

If you keep carrots around, this can be an easy weeknight supper.  Since carrots take hardly any time to peel and cook, it can be ready in only a few minutes!

 

Carrot and Almond Soup
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Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 1 lb of carrots
  • Two teaspoons of olive oil
  • Two small onions
  • 2 cups of chicken stock or vegetable stock
  • 2 cups of almond milk
  • 1/2 cups of chopped almonds – for a topping
Instructions
  1. In a pot, saute chopped onions, and carrots until onions are soft. Add carrots and chicken stock. Bring mixture to a boil. Let cook for 15-20 minutes. Add almond milk and let cook for another 5 minutes
  2. Once soup has cooled, add almonds to the top and enjoy. A dollop of sour cream might also be useful.

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This would be the perfect soup to prepare for Easter!  This would be the soup that even the Easter bunny would approve of!

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9 comments

Live Healthy Iowa- 10 Week Iowa Blogger Wellness Challenge February 9, 2016 - 4:46 am

[…]  I LOVE healthy winter soups.  Right now, they fit the bill.  One of my favorite soups is my carrot and almond soup.   This is something I am working […]

 
Mercedes April 9, 2015 - 11:27 am

I have never had a carrot soup , but I love soups. This is one I will have to try.

 
Reginia Cordell April 8, 2015 - 4:21 am

I think I would really enjoy carrot almond soup. I love carrots on their own, so this such be great. I’m wondering about the carb count. Do you have that information?

 
Joanne T Ferguson April 8, 2015 - 2:41 am

This soup looks so healthy and delicious! I have put it on my list of things to do! Thank you!

 
AJ @ NutriFitMama April 8, 2015 - 12:41 am

This sounds delicious! Love the combination!

 
Amanda April 7, 2015 - 8:08 pm

These are two of my favorite ingredients….I bet I would love this soup. So great and light for Spring, when it can still be pretty chilly here in Chicago.

 
Fi Ní Neachtáin April 7, 2015 - 5:48 pm

This soup looks so delicious. I absolutely love carrot soup but have never had it with almond before, I have to try it!

 
Sage April 7, 2015 - 2:37 pm

I would not have thought to put this combination together, but now that you mention it, it sounds delicious! I have a curried carrot soup with banana that I make quite often, but I think I’ll give yours a try next time. Thanks for posting!

 
Donna Hup April 4, 2015 - 1:46 pm

This sounds so delicious and easy! I have carrots in the fridge now. Looks like I have dinner already thought of, thanks!

 

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