creamy roasted carrot sweet potato and garlic soup

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  • Number of Servings: 6
Ingredients
carrots, sweet potatoes, garlic, onions, ginger, olive oil, boullion, water, half and half or cream (optional), crumbled feta cheese (optional)
Directions
peel garlic, add garlic and roughly chopped carrots and sweet potato(es) to a cookie sheet. drizzle with olive oil and roast until soft. while doing this, dice ginger root and onions. about 10 minutes before removing carrots and potatoes from oven, saute ginger and onion in a big pot, in approx. 2 tablespoons of olive oil until soft. add 3 or 4 boullion cubes + 4 cups of water (or 4 cups of stock) to pot. add carrots, garlic, and sweet potatoes and let liquid come to a boil, stirring occasionally. you could mash everything together with a potato masher just for fun or just wait a few minutes longer then take the pot off the stove. after a few minutes, add a cup of cream (optional). blend in batches in a blender or use an immersion blender, making it as smooth or as chunky as you like. i served with a hearty tablespoon of crumbled feta. enjoy yr vitamins!

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SOLOMON.STARTUP.

Servings Per Recipe: 6
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 246.9
  • Total Fat: 15.0 g
  • Cholesterol: 14.9 mg
  • Sodium: 580.0 mg
  • Total Carbs: 26.3 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 4.3 g
  • Protein: 3.4 g

Member Reviews
  • LYSI77
    This is a very yummy soup. I didn't use cream or feta but sprinkled with some milled flaxseed, pumpkin and sunflower seeds for extra nutritional benefit. Roasted with some thyme for approx. 40 minutes. - 6/1/10