Simple spiced carrot soup. Vegan, gluten free and paleo. Easy to make, you’ll love this tasty inexpensive healthy bowl of deliciousness!
Simple spiced carrot soup just goes to show you what you can make from a bag of leftover carrots!
It proves that healthy eating doesn’t have to be a complicated or expensive.
Carrots are such a great health food too. One that we often take for granted.
This spiced carrot soup is one I know you're just going to love!
Why This Simple Spiced Carrot Soup Is Good For You
There’s just so many benefits of eating this health food.
Didn’t your parents always tell you that you should eat your carrots because they help you see in the dark?
Believe it or not, there’s actually some truth in that. It turns out carrots really are good for your eyes! They contain beta-carotene, which the body is able to convert into vitamin A, an essential vitamin for healthy vision.
And just check out how much vitamin A you get from this carrot soup in the nutrition label below! 😀
They’re also a helpful food for weight loss. Nutrient rich and low on calories. For example, this simple spiced carrot soup is only 128 calories per portion!
Perfect too as a healthy snack. Full of fibre, vitamin K, potassium and antioxidants. Not only that, carrots have been linked to helping to lower cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of cancer.
So, let’s hear it for the humble carrot.
You’ll get six portions from this spicy carrot soup recipe and it’s just perfect for freezing. Go on, give your body a massive healthy boost with a nutritious simple carrot soup recipe like this!
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Simple Spiced Carrot Soup Recipe
Not only is this soup extremely healthy and low calorie but you'll find the smell of it whilst it's cooking intoxicating!
I’d love to hear what you think of my recipe in the comments below and please do rate my recipe 5* if you like it! 🙂
Simple Spiced Carrot Soup Recipe
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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 large onion chopped
- 3 cloves garlic crushed
- 700 g carrots peeled and chopped
- ½ teaspoon ground coriander
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1.25 L vegetable stock
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1 tablespoon freshly chopped coriander
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a medium sized pan.
- Sauté the onions and garlic for approximately 4 – 5 minutes.
- Add the carrots and spices and cook for a further 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Add the stock, bring to the boil, then turn down to simmer and allow to cook for approximately 25 – 30 minutes until the vegetables are soft.
- Blitz the vegetables in a blender or with a stick blender, to a liquid, return to the pan and then season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Cook for a further 5 minutes.
- Serve garnished with the freshly chopped coriander.
Jennifer
Sounds fantastic! I despise cooked carrots (must be the consistency) but love raw carrots and carrot soup -- go figure! Trying this
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Thanks Jennifer. I'm so glad you like raw carrots and carrot soup so that you CAN try this recipe.
I'd love to hear what you think about it, if you get a chance to make it! 😀
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy
I just love a simple carrot soup like this, and a great way to get an easy vitamin boost. Plus, carrots and cumin just go so perfectly together, don't they?!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Yeah, totally Dannii, carrots and cumin are absolutely fantastic together.
What's really strange though is that Lynne LOVES this soup, but doesn't like carrot and coriander. How does that figure? Lol 🙂
Jenn - a traveling Wife
I don't think I've ever had carrot soup, but that looks amazing. Any type of soup is perfect this time of year.
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
When I thought about this recipe in my head, before I put it together Jenn, I was afraid that it would be really bland.
But honestly, there's something really satisfying and warming about this soup, so yes, it's absolutely perfect for this time of year.
Carrots, they really are just so amazing!
Susie @ SuzLyfe
So glad that the first application for your mandolin (well, at lest, the first one that you mentioned) will be sweet potato crisps. That was the first use for mine! And I love carrot soup, and thank you for making it ABOUT the carrot and its awesomeness, not about what else you can shove in there.
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Sweet potato crisps on a mandolin were the first too Suz, and they were absolutely delicious!
Never again will I even attempt to make sweet potato crisps with a knife. I'm all about my mandolin now, getting a special holder, steel gloves, and it engraved too, lol (Ok scratch that last one 😉 )
I'm humbled by the carrot here. It needs to be on it's own for the uniqueness of this soup. 🙂
Liz @ The Clean Eating Couple
Love how simple this recipe is! I've never had carrot soup but it looks like the perfect thing to warm up with now that the weather is turning colder!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Liz, I could practically LIVE off this soup. If that were possible without the need for other essential vitamins and minerals. 😉
As I write this to you we are in the middle of a storm here in the UK called "Barney". Who ever thought of the name Barney?
This soup is essential here at the moment. With the howling wind and rain outside, it makes you feel good inside. 😀
Shashi at RunninSrilankan
Neil - yes - I so understand why you bought that mandolin and I am so impressed you've started your Christmas day prep - heck, I haven't even started my Thanksgiving prep and Thanksgiving is next week!
I also understand your lack of photos - I'd have totally been lost in all that the BBC Good Food Show had to offer! I hope y'all got to taste that coconut cake in addition to the wines...
And now coming to this soup - love the depth of flavor in it - the sweet carrots mixing with the smokey and spicy cumin and coriander would be such a treat on a cold evening!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Hey Shashi. 🙂
In reading all my American friends bloggs, it just seems like such a busy time for you guys. You basically go right from Halloween, to Thanksgiving and then straight into Christmas! Just the thought of all those 3 celebrations together, without a break in the middle makes me feel tired! 🙂
Loving your description of the soup. Yep, you've described it perfectly. 😀
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Such a wonderful light soup! The best for pairing with anything and totally drinkable..like with a straw 😛
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Ha ha! 🙂
I never thought of drinking it with a straw Rebecca, but yeah you totally could. Do you know, it might actually be really good as a cold summer drink too? (With that straw idea?)
Must try it cold in summer too, to see. Thanks for the inspiration there! 😀
rachel @ athletic avocado
i like carrots alittle too much because the evidence shows on my skin! this soup looks amazing, i love the simplicity! Yum!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Thanks so much Rachel.
I must admit, I did think about mentioning those "adverse" affects on skin colour if you eat too many carrots!
But I figured that your average person who isn't getting enough goodness from eating enough vegetables in their diet needs to be encouraged to eat more. So I left that out.
Maybe I should just have a warning published for you and I? 😉
GiGi Eats
I want to dip pieces of grilled chicken into this soup!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Now there's an interesting combination GiGi!
But yeah, I can imagine that would be pretty amazing!! 😀