So many of you asked, so here it is!
Moroccan Carrot Soup
(adapted from Bon Appetit, April 2010)
2 tbsp butter
1 cup chopped onion
1 lb carrots (6 medium carrots)
2.5 cups of vegetable broth
1 – 1.5 heaped teaspoon of ground cumin
1 heaped tablespoon of honey
Juice of 1/2 a small lemon (about 1 tsp)
Small pinch of all spice
1/2 teaspoon of pepper
- Melt butter in a pot over medium head, add the onion and saute until softened (about 2 minutes).
- Stir in cumin and cook for another minute.
- Add carrots (chopped up) and broth and bring to boil
- Reduce heat to low-medium and summer until carrots are tender (about 20 minutes)
- Stir in honey, lemon juice, all spice and pepper
- Remove soup from heat and puree in batches until smooth
- Return to same pan (add a smidgen more boiled water if needed)
Serves 4 {next time I would double this recipe because the soup disappears very quickly and it was so popular, no one would have minded having it two, or even three days in a row!}
Total Cost: I purchased carrots on sale, so it came to about $2.25 (£1.50) for four servings of soup.
Works very well with a spinach salad and rye bread on the side!



yum – one to make this week. I saw this article and thought of you and your knitting. I love it and am working my way through knitting a 1940s bed conver ( slowly !) but these are make do and mend and a bit of fun ! http://www.makeitandmendit.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Knit-like-your-granny1.pdf
It looks delicious, but I would have to call it just Moroccan soup as I have a child who strongly opposes carrots.
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Just made this soup and it is the best carrot soup recipe i have ever come across!!! everyone loved it – even my very “this is new” sceptic 8 year old
. So lovely for a cold winters day as it is here in Denmark at the moment! Thank you so much for sharing
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