Harissa Carrot Parsnip Soup
A soup full of flavor and a hint of spice. Sounds perfect, right?
The recipe is easy to make and versatile. If you don’t have something on the ingredient list, switch it up and make it your own.
Are you ready to have some fun with the recipe?
“Carrot soup, huh?” Milo from Defend My Heart (Crystal Shores Book Three) stepped up behind Angie and rested his chin on her shoulder. “It smells delicious.”
“Holland, (from Cherish My Heart (Crystal Shores Serial) dropped off a couple of pounds of carrots this morning.” Angie turned her head and kissed his cheek. “Her bunny loves the carrot tops. She said her refrigerator is overflowing with carrots.”
“Is it really possible to have too many carrots?” Milo dipped a teaspoon in the soup and blew on it before tasting it. “This is really good. What’s the spice?”
“I added some Harissa. Was that a bad idea?” She grabbed his teaspoon and dipped the spoon into the pureed contents. “Oh, wow, that’s good.”
“Yeah, that was not a bad idea. I love it.” Milo walked over to the kitchen island and sat down on a barstool. “Is that your first time making carrot soup?”
“Crazy enough, yes, it is.” She took the few steps separating them, snuggled her body between his legs, and laced her fingers behind his neck. “We should make some Harissa Carrot Hummus.” When they first met, they made Spicy Carrot & Edamame Hummus together (recipe available in the back of the book.)
“And switch out the Siracha and pepper flakes in our usual recipe?” He wrapped his fingers around her waist.
“Yeah, I think it could make the recipe even better.”
“Sounds good to me.” He leaned in and kissed her. “Do we have more carrots?”
She moved out of his embrace and ran to the refrigerator to open it. “A half a shelf left.”
“So basically, what you’re saying is, expect more carrot-loving recipes in our future.” He laughed.
“Exactly.”
SOME BEHIND THE SCENES:
Our bunny, Lavender, is a huge fan of carrot tops. Earl Grey is a fan of dandelion greens.
If you caught the funny part of the carrot top sentence, you can see why I decided to make a new recipe using carrots.
We always have a lot of carrots in our refrigerator. Always.
This recipe is not set in stone. If you don’t have an ingredient, don’t panic; mix things up and use what you have.
We’re heading into the cooler months here in North Carolina, so I won’t have fresh herbs in the garden soon. If I didn’t have fresh herbs, I would grab my dry herbs and sprinkle some over the veggies before I roasted them. There’s no specific amount I used for the herbs. At the end of the recipe, when the soup has been cooking for a while, you could add more herbs if you felt it needed more. You decide because there are no rules with the recipe.
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