Carrot and ginger soup with lime

Name: Carrot and ginger soup with lime
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 700g carrots, chopped; 1 onion, chopped; 20g fresh ginger, grated; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 900ml dairy free egg free gluten free vegetable stock; 1 lime, juiced; 1 tbsp olive oil; 2 tbsp pumpkin seeds

A bright, zingy carrot soup with fresh ginger and a squeeze of lime. Cheap, quick and cheering.

Time35 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £2.56 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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700 gcarrotschopped
1onionchopped
20 gfresh gingergrated
1garlic clovecrushed
900 mldairy free egg free gluten free vegetable stock
1limejuiced
1 tbspolive oil
2 tbsppumpkin seeds

Method

1
Heat the oil in a large pan. Cook the onion for 5 minutes until soft.
5 min
2
Add the ginger and garlic for 1 minute.
3
Add the carrots and stock. Bring to the boil and simmer for 20 minutes until the carrots are very soft.
20 min
4
Blend until completely smooth.
5
Stir in the lime juice and season with black pepper.
6
Serve topped with the pumpkin seeds.

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