{"id":4770,"date":"2010-08-21T14:10:13","date_gmt":"2010-08-21T18:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/?p=4770"},"modified":"2015-02-08T21:34:25","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T02:34:25","slug":"carrot-basil-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/carrot-basil-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrot Basil Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/carrot-basil-soup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4772\" title=\"carrot basil soup\" src=\"http:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/carrot-basil-soup.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/carrot-basil-soup.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/carrot-basil-soup-315x200.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a>Healthy, aromatic soup which will open up your senses and enlighten your soul&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The other day when I was feeling low and drained of energy, I couldn&#8217;t think of having anything but sipping a bowl of hot soup. My first thought was to go with the instant canned soup. That thought didn&#8217;t really please my mind and I actually had to make the soup from scratch to make me feel any good. Well, all the effort on making the homemade soup paid off. As soon as I started sipping this aromatic and healthy soup I instantly felt better.<\/p>\n<p>That day carrots were the only vegetable left in my refrigerator and so I decided to make the soup with carrots. To make the soup aromatic I added basil to it. This is a simple soup which is very healthy and will make you feel better in no time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carrot Basil Soup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/carrot-basil-soup1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4773\" title=\"carrot-basil soup\" src=\"http:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/carrot-basil-soup1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/carrot-basil-soup1.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/carrot-basil-soup1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/carrot-basil-soup1-84x55.jpg 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carrots, cut into small slices- 3 big<\/li>\n<li>Onion, chopped- 1 large<\/li>\n<li>Garlic, minced- 1 tsp<\/li>\n<li>Basil, dried leaves- 2 tsp<\/li>\n<li>Chicken stock or v=Vegetable stock, freshly made or canned &#8211; 2 cups<\/li>\n<li>Ground pepper- 1\/2- 3\/4 tsp<\/li>\n<li>Cream, light- 1\/4 cup (optional)<\/li>\n<li>Olive oil- 1 tbsp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instruction:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heat a wide non-stick pot over medium heat, add the oil and onions, saute for couple of minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Add minced garlic to it and saute for a minute.<\/li>\n<li>Add the carrots and cover the pot with its lid, let the carrot turn tender.<\/li>\n<li>When carrots turn tender, add the dried basil leaves and ground pepper.<\/li>\n<li>Add the chicken stock to the carrots and let come to a boil.<\/li>\n<li>Puree the carrots along with the chicken stock in a blender.<\/li>\n<li>Transfer the pureed carrots back to the pot and simmer for few minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4774 size-full\" title=\" making carrot basil soup\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/making-carrot-basil-soup.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/making-carrot-basil-soup.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/making-carrot-basil-soup-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/making-carrot-basil-soup-84x55.jpg 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If the soup is too thick, thin it down by adding little water.<\/li>\n<li>Finish it off by adding the cream to the soup and combine well.<\/li>\n<li>If needed add more of the ground pepper.<\/li>\n<li>Serve in soup bowls and sprinkle a pinch of dried basil leaves on top of the soup.<\/li>\n<li>Sip the soup hot, before you finish the soup you&#8217;ll be grateful to yourself that you made this soup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t have chicken stock, use 1 bouillon cube instead.<\/li>\n<li>Make this soup vegetarian by adding vegetable stock.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"easyrecipe\">\t<link itemprop=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/carrot-basil-soup.jpg\" \/>\n<div class=\"item ERName\">Carrot Basil Soup<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERClear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERIngredients\">\n<div class=\"ERIngredientsHeader\">Ingredients<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ingredients\">\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Carrots, cut into small slices- 3 big<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Onion, chopped- 1 large<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Garlic, minced- 1 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Basil, dried leaves- 2 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Chicken stock or v=Vegetable stock, freshly made or canned &#8211; 2 cups<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Ground pepper- 1\/2- 3\/4 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Cream, light- 1\/4 cup (optional)<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Olive oil- 1 tbsp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERInstructions\">\n<div class=\"ERInstructionsHeader\">Instructions<\/div>\n<div class=\"instructions\">\n<ol>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Heat a wide non-stick pot over medium heat, add the oil and onions, saute for couple of minutes.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add minced garlic to it and saute for a minute.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add the carrots and cover the pot with its lid, let the carrot turn tender.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">When carrots turn tender, add the dried basil leaves and ground pepper.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add the chicken stock to the carrots and let come to a boil.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Puree the carrots along with the chicken stock in a blender.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Transfer the pureed carrots back to the pot and simmer for few minutes.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">If the soup is too thick, thin it down by adding little water.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Finish it off by adding the cream to the soup and combine well.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">If needed add more of the ground pepper.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Serve in soup bowls and sprinkle a pinch of dried basil leaves on top of the soup.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Sip the soup hot, before you finish the soup you&#8217;ll be grateful to yourself that you made this soup.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERNutrition\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ERNotesHeader\">Notes<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERNotes\">If you don&#8217;t have chicken stock, use 1 bouillon cube instead.[br] Make this soup vegetarian by adding vegetable stock.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"endeasyrecipe\" style=\"display: none;\">3.2.1682<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Healthy, aromatic soup which will open up your senses and enlighten your soul&#8230; The other day when I was feeling low and drained of energy, I couldn&#8217;t think of having anything but sipping a bowl of hot soup. My first thought was to go with the instant canned soup. That thought didn&#8217;t really please my &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[422,1,344,176,877,85,14],"tags":[299,982],"class_list":["post-4770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american","category-appetizer","category-basil-by-ingredient","category-carrot","category-high-proteinlow-carb","category-quick-fix-meals","category-soup","tag-healthy","tag-soup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}