Carrot Red Bell Pepper Booster Food

VEGAN ROASTED RED PEPPER AND CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Mix carrots, red bell peppers, onion, garlic, paprika, cumin, salt, and pepper together in a bowl. Transfer to a rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle olive oil on top and toss.
• Roast in the preheated oven until tender, about 30 minutes.
• Bring vegetable broth, bay leaf, and oregano to a boil in a soup pot. Add roasted vegetables to the pot. Remove bay leaf and add red pepper. Simmer for 15 minutes.
• Blend soup with an immersion blender.
• Add apple cider vinegar to pureed soup. Serve with hot sauce.

SAUTEED CARROTS AND RED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• In a non-stick skillet heat butter and oil over moderate heat until foam subsides and cook carrots and bell peppers, stirring, 10 minutes, or until carrots are just tender. Season vegetables with salt and pepper.

CARROT & RED BELL PEPPER BOOSTER

Steps:

• Pour the carrot juice and tomato juice into a food processor and process gently until combined.
• Add the red bell peppers and lemon juice.
• Season with plenty of freshly ground pepper and process until smooth.
• Pour into tall glasses.

BRAISED CARROTS WITH CUMIN AND RED PEPPER

Steps:

• Cut the carrots lengthwise, or quarter them if you wish.
• Warm the olive oil in a large Dutch oven or heavy bottomed pot over medium heat. Add the carrots and turn them in the oil to coat. Season generously with salt. Add the garlic and 1 cup of water. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to a gentle simmer and cover the pan. Cook for about 10 minutes, until the carrots are just tender.
• Remove the lid, raise the heat, and let any remaining water cook away.
• Sprinkle the cumin, red pepper and paprika over the carrots and transfer them to an oven-proof serving dish. Serve hot or at room temperature. The carrots may be left at room temperature for 2 to 3 hours, or refrigerated and brought to room temperature, before reheating in a 400-degree oven for 10 minutes.

ROASTED RED BELL PEPPER AND CARROT SOUP WITH TARRAGON

Steps:

• Melt the olive oil and butter together in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the raw bell peppers, carrots, onion, shallots and pear. Reduce the heat to low, and cook the vegetables for 12 to 15 minutes, stirring often until very soft. Add the garlic, and cook for several minutes longer, being careful not to let the garlic burn.
• Add the broth, roasted peppers, crushed red pepper, cayenne pepper, 2 teaspoons salt and 1 teaspoon pepper to the saucepan, and stir to mix. Bring the broth to a low boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to low and simmer the soup for about 30 minutes. Cool slightly.
• Working in batches if necessary, pour the soup into the bowl of a food processor or the jar of a blender fitted with a metal blade, and puree until smooth. (Or puree the soup directly in the pot using an immersion blender.) Pour the soup back into the pot in which you cooked it. Stir in the tarragon, season with additional salt and pepper if desired. Serve hot or chilled. This soup, refrigerated in an airtight container, will keep for several days. It also freezes well.

RED PEPPER-CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Place bell peppers on baking sheet, and roast 1 hour, or until skin is wrinkled and blackened all over, turning peppers occasionally with tongs. Transfer to bowl, and cover with plastic wrap 10 minutes to steam. When peppers are cool enough to handle, rub off blackened peel, and remove seeds.
• Heat oil in 2-qt saucepan over medium heat. Add curry powder and bay leaf, and stir 10 seconds. Add onion, carrots, garlic, and salt. Cover, and cook 10 minutes, or until onion is translucent.
• Add 4 cups water, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer, covered, 25 minutes.
• Transfer carrot mixture to blender, add bell peppers, and puree until smooth. Stir in lemon juice. Garnish servings with bell pepper slices, if using.