Carrot Asparagus Soup

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I was rummaging around in my fridge trying to figure out what to make for a late

lunch… There was some asparagus in there that I need to use up today or toss,

but not enough to make a full bowl of asparagus soup. There were some nice,

organic carrots right by the asparagus. I said to myself, " hmmm, I wonder if

anyone has ever made 'carrot asparagus soup' " ?

So I searched Google for Carrot Asparagus Soup, and this is what I found:

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari & rls=en & q=carrot+asparagus+soup & ie=UTF\

-8 & oe=UTF-8

Then just for the fun of it I added the word Vitamix to my search terms: Carrot

Asparagus Soup Vitamix, and this is what turned up:

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari & rls=en & q=carrot+asparagus+soup+vitami\

x & ie=UTF-8 & oe=UTF-8

Not quite what I was looking for, so I put Carrot Asparagus Soup in parenthesis

WITH Vitamix like this: " Carrot Asparagus Soup " Vitamix, and this is the

result:

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari & rls=en & q=%22carrot+asparagus+soup%22+\

vitamix & ie=UTF-8 & oe=UTF-8

Notice all of the recipes that called for tahini? Note to self, " pick up some

sesame seeds the next time you are at the health food store " .

It was nice to see that carrot asparagus soup HAD been made before, but since I

never follow recipes anyway :-) here is what I came up with:

Asparagus - 2 cups? roughly chopped

2 peeled and chopped carrots

1 small sweet yellow onion roughly chopped

4 lg cloves of fresh garlic

1/2 veggie bullion cube (I used Rapunzel's brand)

1 cup filtered water

Sea Salt to taste

Chinese 5 Spice Powder

I put the first five ingredients into the steamer basket, and put the filtered

water in the bottom of the steamer. After steaming lightly, I added the steamed

veggies and the steam water into the Vitamix. Then I blended on high until

creamy. Then, while spinning on variable speed #1 (to get rid of the foam) I

added Sea Salt (to my taste - I use more than most people) then decided to toss

in some Chinese 5 Spice powder (again to taste) was 2-3 shakes of the bottle -

perhaps 1/4 tsp or slightly more?

I make soup almost daily. I pretty much always just toss in any and everything

that might be in my fridge. It is the seasonings that make the soup.

Truly not much harder than opening a can of 's but SO MUCH HEALTHIER!!!

Blessings,

Lea Ann Savage

Satellite Beach, FL

(321) 773-7088 (home)

(321-961-9219 (cell)

www.BlenderLady.com

(AKA the Vitamix Lady :-)

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