23 carrot soup lite Recipes

butter, carrots, chopped, parsnips, chopped, leeks, chopped (white and lite green only ), onion, chopped, dried thyme, crumbled, marjoram, crumbled, bay leaves, chicken stock, dried split peas, smoked ham hocks or 1 1/2 lbs smoked turkey wings, chopped fresh italian parsley

frozen leaf spinach or 1 (12 oz) package chopped spinach, frozen broccoli florets, sliced frozen carrots, sliced mushrooms, water chestnut, bamboo shoot, lite silken extra firm tofu or 12 oz firm tofu, pressed and drained, fresh garlic, grated fresh ginger (optional) or 1/2 tbsp pureed fresh ginger (optional), chinese five spice powder or 2 tbsp szechuan sauce or 2 tbsp chili paste, sesame oil or 2 tsp chili oil, soy sauce, vegetable stock or 2 cups oriental, cooked whole wheat noodles (linguini, ho fun, egg noodles, whatever)