Miso Ginger Carrot Soup

Miso Ginger Carrot Soup ~ Fresh carrots, warming spices, miso, and cream for one tasty bowlful of goodness with a hint of natural sweetness.
I told you I was on a miso kick lately.

When I was handed a double-bagged sack of what looked like slightly orange-hued dirt, I was perplexed.  I am familiar with fresh from the garden veggies.  The weather had already turned cold, but we hadn’t had our first freeze yet, regardless, I wasn’t expecting such huge carrots.

But alas, that is what was in my bag.  I have never allowed my carrots to get a big as these.  Not because I fail at growing them, but because I am simply impatient and pull them out, eager to know how large they are under that dirt. Bad gardener.
Now the amount of carrots probably equaled two large bundles you could buy at the grocery store. That’s a lot of carrots.  I am not sure when, but one of my wine dinners in town, I had some kind of carrot soup.  (Chef Barney, feel free to jog my memory.)  It’s been a while now, however as I started cleaning these Bugs Bunny worthy gems, I decided I needed to make a soup with them.

This is what I love most about food.  I can take this one ingredient, decide on how it should be prepared, play with herbs and spices. Then the possibilities become endless.  I can put anything in and create something. So I did.

I knew miso had to be an ingredient used but so did ginger.  Of course miso and ginger go well together so I felt I was on the right track.  I also wanted creamy. But did miso and cream go together? There was only one way to find out…and so I did.  Miso Ginger Carrot Soup…Amazing.

Thank you for sharing!