Random Recipes #2: Sweet Potato + Carrot Soup
- rmillerme
- Sep 22, 2020
- 2 min read
It's the first day of Autumn and I am so ready for it! Bring on the colors, sweaters, and warm cozy foods!
It's been a hot second since I have posted on my blog. I have a lot of things to eventually share, but I am excited to put up another 'random recipe' just in time for Fall.
SWEET POTATO + CARROT SOUP
Prep time: 10-15 min.
Cook time: Approx: 1 hour (or 2 if making broth)
I first found a version of this recipe online from a friend; I was able to play with it and make it my own. This soup can be adjusted to fit a lot of different diets. I was excited to share it with a friend that is gluten free!
Ingredients:
-Onion
-Several Green Onions
-1 small Zucchini
-4 potatoes
-1 Large Sweet Potato
-4-8 Carrots
-Chicken and/or Veggie broth
-Paprika
-Dash of Nutmeg
-Parsley
-Salt/Pepper
-Full Package of bacon (Can also use pot roast or no meat if vegetarian)
Instructions:
) Preheat the oven (350-400 degrees) Bake the bacon on a cooking sheet until it is almost overdone.
) Chop up the bacon and use some of the grease to cook the onion and garlic--(cook the bacon with the onion and garlic if it's not crispy enough.) Set cooked bacon and onions aside in a bowl.
) Boil sliced carrots and cubed potatoes in your broth with the spices for 20 min. or until soft. You will need enough broth for the consistency of soup you want. (See notes).
) Put zucchini and green onion in the soup later since they cook faster.
) When all the veggies are cooked, put bacon and onion in last.
) Season to taste. Serve with fresh green onion as garnish.
Notes:
- I like to save veggie scraps from different meals in a mason jar in my freezer. Once the jar is full, I use the scraps to make homemade vegetable broth. Usually I will just fill my soup pot with water and boil the veggie scraps for an hour or until all the flavor is boiled out of the scraps. Then I will strain the broth into a large bowl so I can use it for this soup! I have also made this broth and added chicken broth for more liquid. If you would rather have pre-made broth, you may need about 2-3 quarts for this recipe.
- Different foods have different cook times and bacon can lose it's flavor if you boil it too long. The bacon also has to be pretty crispy so it doesn't become soggy when added to the soup. It doesn't really matter too much which temp you preheat the oven to bake the bacon; just know that you'll have to watch it closer at a higher temperature so it doesn't burn.
I loooooved this soup and I hope you will too. Other meats are fine to use, but the bacon just gave this recipe the extra kick it needed. Feel free to play around with your version of this recipe and let me know what you think!
-RNM
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