Aromatic Tomato-carrot Soup

Total Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 3 green onions, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 3 cups tomatoes, coarsely chopped with their juice (canned is fine)
• 1 cup cooked carrot, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 cup chicken stock
• 1/4 cup carrot juice
• 3/4 teaspoon salt, to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon ground sage
• 1/4 teaspoon culinary lavender or 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 cup evaporated milk
• 3 teaspoons chopped fresh basil, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan, heat butter and oil over low heat.
• 2 add green onions and garlic and sauté, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes.
• 3 add tomatoes together with their juice and the cooked chopped carrots, and cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until lightly thickened.
• 4 stir in chicken stock, carrot juice, salt, cumin, culinary lavender (or ginger), and pepper.
• 5 simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes.
• 6 stir in the evaporated milk and simmer until just heated through about 1 minute longer.
• 7 do not let it boil.
• 8 sprinkle with chopped fresh basil, serve, and enjoy!
• 9 if you can find culinary lavender to use in the recipe, it's well worth it!
• 10 a search on the internet should yield many hits on where you can add this wonderful item to your spice and herb collection.