Orange Root Soup
This beauty will warm you from the inside out and load you up with loads of nutrients. This is particularly good for the cold, tired or depleted folks who dread the cold. Add this into your diet regularly and you might just start to love the cozy cooler weather!
Serves 4-6
Ingredients
3 tbsp vegetable oil
1 medium onion, peeled and diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 1-inch piece ginger, peeled and minced
4 tsp warming Spice Blend
1 medium sweet potato, peeled and chopped into a 1-inch dice
½ butternut squash, peeled, seeded and chopped into a 1-inch dice
3 medium carrots, peeled and chopped into 1-inch pieces
2/3 cup red lentils
1 tsp salt
juice of ½ lemon
¼ cup sliced almonds, toasted
Method
1. In a large soup pot, heat vegetable oil on medium high heat. Add onion and sauté for 3 minutes, until translucent. Add garlic and ginger and sauté for another 2 minutes to lightly brown. Add spice blend and cook for another minute.
2. Add sweet potato, squash, carrots & lentils and fill to the level of the vegetables with water. Cover pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 30 minutes, when all vegetables should be tender.
3. Remove pot from heat. Using an immersion blender, puree soup until very fine, going a bit further than you think you need to. Add salt and lemon juice and stir to combine. Taste and adjust seasoning as necessary. Serve garnish with toasted almonds.
Warming Spice Blend
Makes about 1 tbsp
Ingredients
1 tsp ground cumin
½ tsp ground black pepper
¼ tsp ground cardamom
1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
½ tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground ginger
Method
1. Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and stir. Store in an airtight container.