Carrot ginger soup (Vitamix)

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Easy | Majority whole food ingredients | Vitamix
Adapted from the Vitamix Whole Foods cookbook (pg. 62)

SERVES: 2-3

INGREDIENTS
Organic olive oil (enough to sauté ingredients in pan)
4 medium organic carrots, havled
1/4 small organic onion, peeled
4 cloves organic garlic, peeled
1/2 t. Himalayan salt
Pinch of white or black pepper
1 T. fresh organic ginger
Enough bouillon for 2 c. water
2 c. filtered water

DIRECTIONS

1. Chop ingredients: Place carrots, onion and garlic into Vitamix, secure lid, start with machine on low and quickly increase speed to level 4-5, blending for 10 seconds or until chopped.
2. Cook ingredients: Heat oil in a small/medium pan and sauté chopped ingredients until onion is clear and carrots are tender.  Add a little water, if needed, to simmer vegetables.
3. When the ingredients are almost done cooking, boil 2 c. water in a teapot (can skip this and heat water in the Vitamix, but pre-heating reduces the time you have to blend)
4. Make into soup: Place remaining ingredients (salt-water) into Vitamix, add sautéed ingredients, secure lid, start on low, increase speed to 10, then high.  If water is pre-heated in a teapot, just blend until well mixed.  If not pre-heated, vent lid after about a minute of blending, then blend for 3-4 minutes, or until steam starts to come out of the vented lid.