Grass seed and carrot soup
17 July 2007
It was our first weekend in many many weeks when we were on our own! The world was our oyster, so what did we do? Well as Saturday was gorgeous we decided that it was time to reseed the lawn, which was looking lusciously green with large bare areas thanks to the feed and weed. Of course I had to do some washing to make the most of the warm weather. Oh, yes, life here is really non-stop excitement!
To celebrate being young free and single again we treated ourselves to some fine gourmet food. Well, not quite. I made some carrot and coriander soup. Despite the scorching weather I was not to be put off and got my food processor out to make said soup. I’ve had the food processor since Christmas when I decided to make my first ever Christmas cake and realised that a food processor would make life much easier, which of course it did. I bought a Kenwood FP 520. It has a variety of tools and attachments, such as graters, slicers, juicers and mixers that are easily and neatly stored in a carousel. Grating the carrots for the soup took seconds. I have grated by hand and it took forever and was a real pain. This machine is well worth it’s money at about £50. It comes with a liquidiser too, which is needed to make the soup.
Carrot and coriander soup recipe
1kg fresh carrots grated
1tablespoon fresh coriander finely chopped
pinch ginger
1 orange zest and juice
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Grate carrots and add grated rind and juice of orange vegetable stock, coriander and ginger.
Bring to boil and simmer for about 30 minutes.
Leave to cool and then liquidise until smooth. Reheat when ready to eat and serve with crusty bread.
Delicious!
Useless peice of information; coriander is known as cilantro in America. Thanks Eggheads!
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