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Elvie's Creamy Carrot Soup is for Soup.

Elvie's Creamy Carrot Soup takes 35 minutes to prepare.

Elvie's Creamy Carrot Soup takes 60 minutes to cook.

Elvie's Creamy Carrot Soup makes 12 servings.

The ingredients for Elvie's Creamy Carrot Soup are:

1T olive oil
2 large onions, chopped
1T ground cumin
2lbs carrots, peeled and sliced
1lb potatoes, peeled and diced
6C no-salt chicken broth, fat skimmed off top (sub vegetable broth for vegetarian recipe)
2C skim milk, hot
2T fresh lime juice
2tsp grated lime peel

salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
non-fat plain yogurt and lime slices as garnish

Here is how you make Elvie's Creamy Carrot Soup:

In a large saucepan, heat oil over low heat.Add onions and cook 4-5 minutes until softened.Add cumin and cook 1 minute.Add carrots, potatoes, and chicken broth; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 25-35 minutes, until vegetables are soft, stirring occasionally.Process vegetables in food processor until smooth. Return to saucepan, heat over low heat, gradually stirring in hot milk.Add lime juice, lime peel, salt and pepper.Ladle soup into bowls and garnish with yogurt and lime slices.Serving Size: makes 12 1C servingsNumber of Servings: 12Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user THEKATSPJS.

The nutritional information for Elvie's Creamy Carrot Soup is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 12
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 143.5

• Total Fat: 0.7 g
• Cholesterol: 3.3 mg
• Sodium: 556.3 mg
• Total Carbs: 30.8 g
• Dietary Fiber: 4.9 g
• Protein: 5.2 g