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Golden Carrot Soup with Mozzarella

A feast for the eyes-and sure to please your guests, too!

Course Soups & Creams
Prep. Time 10 mins
Cooking Time 20 mins
Yields 6 servings

Preparation
Nutritional Info
Comments (2)

Preparation

What You Need

1/4 cup (60 ml) butter

1/2 cup (125 ml) chopped onion

3 cups (750 ml) thinly sliced carrots

3 cups (750 ml) water

1/4 cup (60 ml) uncooked long grain rice

1 tbsp (15 ml) chicken broth mix

2 cups (500 ml) milk

1 cup (250 ml) shredded Canadian Mozzarella cheese

chopped parsley

Salt and pepper, to taste

Buttered croutons:

1 1/2 cups (375 ml) bread cubes

3 tbsp (45 ml) butter

Instructions

In a large saucepan, melt butter. Sauté onion until tender. Add carrots, water, rice and bouillon mix. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 20 minutes or until carrots are tender and rice is cooked. Pour mixture in batches into blender container. Cover and blend until smooth. Return mixture to saucepan. Stir in milk, season with salt and pepper and re-heat to serving temperature. Ladle into bowls and top with buttered croutons, Mozzarella cheese and parsley.

Buttered Croutons : Toss bread cubes in melted butter. Bake at 350 °F (180 °C) 5 to 7 minutes. Turn cubes over; bake 5 to 7 minutes longer. Makes about 1-1/2 cups (375 mL).

Tips

Remember that with such a huge variety of Canadian cheeses available, people are bound to have their personal favorites. So feel free to use your own choice of cheese.

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Nutritional Info

Per serving

Energy: 279 Calories
Protein: 9 g
Carbohydrate: 22 g
Fat: 18 g
Fibre: 2.5 g
Sodium: 473 mg

Top 5 nutrients provided by a serving of this recipe

Nutrient (% DV)*

Calcium: 22 % / 241 mg
Vitamin A: 73 %
Vitamin B12: 41 %
Folate: 23 %
Vitamin D: 21 %

* Note: The daily value (DV) is established by Health Canada and corresponds to the daily quantity recommended for each nutrient. The percentage of the daily value (% DV) indicates the proportion of the nutrient provided by a serving of the recipe, in comparison with the quantity recommended.

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Jacqueline
October 29th, 2011

use brown rice to up the fiber
Aynsley
November 13th, 2009

To make vegetarian, try substituting vegetable bullion (I used Vegeta) and sauteing about 1/4 tsp of dried thyme with the onions just when they are becoming tender.