Carrot Ginger Soup with Vitamix

Carrot Ginger Soup

If you like carrots, you'll love this soup.  It's nice and creamy thanks to the almonds. It's also a healthy and quick soup you can make in your Vitamix.  I took the original recipe and adjusted it for the Vitamix.  I hope you enjoy it!

Carrots are extremely healthy.  They help your vision, clear your skin, prevent cancer, prevent heart disease, and slows down the aging of cells.

Besides helping with morning sickness and motion sickness, ginger is known to help prevent a number of cancers, relief migraines, and help treat and prevent colds and flus.

Vitamix Carrot Ginger Soup

• 1 1/2 lbs. carrots
• 1/2 large yellow onion, chopped
• 1 Tbsp. grated fresh ginger or 1 tsp. ground ginger
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2-4 cups vegetable broth (if you like it thin use more, thick use less)
• 3-4 Tbsp. slivered almonds
• Half the juice of a lemon

1. Put the vegetable broth in the Vitamix. Scrub and chop carrots, put in Vitamix. Add the onions, garlic, almonds, and ginger.
2. If your Vitamix has a soup setting, set to soup and start.  If not, start on 1 and go up to 10 and blend for about 5 minutes or until hot.
3. Serve immediately or save and heat up later.

I got a Vitamix!

Vitamix 6300

This past week I finally broke down and bought a Vitamix.  I have been wanting a Vitamix for a long time.  In Germany I knew several people who had them and really liked them.  However, I could not justify paying 800 Euros (around $1000) or more for one.  I use my blender several times a week and have been wanting a professional one for a while.  Costco had a demonstration and I tried about four things and was sold.  For $499.99, I bought the Vitamix 6300, which is basically the Vitamix 500. 

My review of the Vitamix 6300:
- Easy to use
- Has three pre-programmed settings to make it easy to "walk away" when blending
- Blends everything perfectly
- Chops and dices
- Makes ice cream and soups quick and easily
- Makes perfect smoothies
- Easy to clean

One of the main reasons I have wanted a professional grade blender is because of the health benefits.  This past year I have had three miscarriages, found out I have a few autoimmune disorders, as well as a few other things.  My family tries to avoid processed foods as much as possible.  However, getting enough fruits and vegetables everyday is challenging.  In Germany I had a blender and a juicer.  When you juice, you lose a lot of the fiber and some of the vitamins and minerals.  With the Vitamix I can blend many foods whole.  Join me as I blog about my blender adventures!