Creamed Carrot Soup with Ginger and Lime

This is a really nice light soup with well-balanced flavor -- hints of ginger and lime rather than strong notes of either. More of an appetizer soup than a main-dish.

Recipe makes enough for about 8 one-cup servings.

May be served hot or cold. The warm version is very nice; will update on cold once I try it tonight.

Recipe calls for chopped curly parsley which did not sound good to me, I added a dollop of lime-cilantro sour cream which went very nicely. Will try chopped flat-leaf parsley in the chilled version tonight.

The prep takes a little time since you are peeling and chopping two pounds of carrots but it's great for a knife skills work-out.