GAPS Intro Carrot Onion Soup
In preparation for going back onto GAPS diet intro stage one, I made shitload of this soup today. Being that is was Superbowl Sunday, we went to Costco to enjoy clear aisles! I got a ten pound bag of carrots, 8 lbs red onions, garlic, and some other veggies for future soups.
I chopped up two of the large onions, grabbed a carrot, and started roasting them with some big marrow bones in the oven to throw into the crockpot while making the soup.
I'm so stoked to have spent a total of about $10 for well more than 20 meals worth of soup! Here's the recipe:
Ingredients
1 tablespoon oil of your choice (I love using beef tallow skimmed from the top of my bone broth.)
10 lb bag organic juicing carrots, washed and chopped
4 large red onions, chopped
8-10 cloves garlic, chopped (I love garlic and just threw it at will)
4-6 cups broth/stock or whatever you have on hand
dash or two of ginger
I've omitted other seasonings so that it is Intro-legal and hopefully very soothing and gentle. I also omit salt so that I can just add that to taste when I eat it, or even salt it with a teaspoon or so of pickle brine.
Directions In a large stock pot, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring, until soft, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Add the carrots, stirring occasionally, until soft, 5 to 6 minutes. Add the broth and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat, add those dashes of ginger if you like ginger with carrots, and simmer until the veggies are very tender, about 30 minutes to an hour or more. Remove from the heat. Puree the soup. Pour into freezer-safe containers and let cool to at least room temperature. Later, you can add your slightly precooked grass fed meats, and you have the closest thing to a meal on the go that you get on GAPS during the intro or any other phase!