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Carrot Ginger Soup Recipe

A sweet and savoury carrot ginger soup rich in anti-oxidants, vitamin A, and potassium.

Stephanie Jamain, RD, Dietitian at Abbott Nutrition

Ready in

50 minutes

Makes

4 servings

Vegetarian

Respects a lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet

Gluten-free

For people with celiac disease or gluten intolerance

Savoury Dish

Turn your Ensure® from sweet to savoury

Ingredients

  • 2 bottles (470 mL) Vanilla Ensure® Regular
  • 454 g (1 lb) baby carrots
  • 25 mL (1 ½ Tbsp) butter
  • 250 mL (1 cup) onion, chopped
  • 7 mL (1 ½ tsp) chicken soup base
  • 125 mL (½ cup) water
  • 7 mL (1 ½ tsp) ginger root, peeled and chopped
  • 3 mL (¾ tsp) ground coriander
  • 2 mL (½ tsp) orange zest
  • 1 mL (¼ tsp) ground black pepper

How to make

  1. Boil carrots until tender. Drain.
  2. Melt butter in a medium pan. Add onion and chicken soup base. Sauté until onion is tender, but not brown.
  3. Combine carrots, onion mixture, Ensure® Regular, water, ginger root, coriander, orange zest, and pepper in a blender. Blend until smooth.
  4. Heat to serving temperature. DO NOT BOIL.

Tip

Adjust the seasoning to your taste.

Nutrition facts

Serving Size: 250 mL (1 cup)

Calories 190

Fat 9 g

Sodium 470 mg

Carbohydrate 24 g

Dietary fibre 1 g

Protein 6 g

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* From a survey of 1,038 independent-living adults aged 50+ who added 1 serving of Ensure® Protein Max 30 g per day for at least 5 days over a 2-week period, compared to control group (p<0.0001).

Canadian formulation is similar to the one used in the survey. Applies to Chocolate and Vanilla flavours.

† Compared to one serving (235 mL) of Ensure® Regular.
‡ Per 330-mL serving.

§ Brand of oral nutritional supplements.

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