Sweet potato and carrot soup with ginger and coconut

Deeply aromatic and comforting soup

Sometimes, only soup will do. Either because the weather turned and the cold makes your body yearn for something to warm it up, or because your soul needs something comforting, something smooth and tasty that feels like a hug.

Soup can accomplish that. This soup did it for me. For all three of us. Aris loved it (if this is something one can say about a two-year-old) which was a surprise because it was the first soup I actually served to him as, you know, soup, not mixed with other ingredients to bulk it up; just plain old soup, with bread to help him and dunk it into the liquid, and he really liked it. He didn’t eat a lot, granted, but it was a great first step. As for us, we devoured it.

It’s sweet and aromatic from the spices and the ginger, which gives it a slight peppery kick that, if you want, you can intensify by adding more ginger. I didn’t, as I knew Aris was going to eat it too, otherwise I would add double the amount. The good squeeze of lemon when serving the soup, gives it a welcomed citrus acidity to offset the sweetness of the root vegetables which really balances all the flavors of the dish.