Carrot & ginger soup

A Mediterranean lunch for the galley that copes with rough seas, one pot, can be made ahead and frozen, needs no fridge, about 35 min hands-on.

  • Lunch
  • Mediterranean
  • ⏱ 35 min
  • 🌊 Sea tolerance 5/5
  • 🪨 Bare bones
  • vegan
  • vegetarian
  • pescatarian
  • kosher
  • halal

Ingredients

For 4 servings (one normal-appetite adult each). Per serving in brackets.

  • Carrot1 kg (≈ 16.5 carrots) (250 g (≈ 4 carrots))
  • Onion (brown/yellow)200 g (≈ 2 onions) (50 g (≈ 0.5 onion))
  • Fresh ginger32 g (8 g)
  • Sunflower / vegetable oil32 g (8 g)
  • Vegetable stock cubes12 g (3 g)
  • Ground cumin4 g (1 g)

Method

  1. Soften onion, ginger and cumin in oil.
  2. Add sliced carrots, stock cube and 300 ml water per serving; simmer 20 minutes.
  3. Mash smooth and season.

In the galley

  • Copes with a seaway — 5/5 for sea tolerance.
  • Stow the main ingredients in a cool, dark locker — nothing here needs a fridge.
  • Make ahead: cook in port and freeze in portions.
  • One pot — less to secure, less washing-up with fresh water.
  • Contains: Celery, Gluten — always check the labels of what you buy.

Per serving

🪶 Light

kcal
217
protein
4 g
fat
9 g
carbs
32 g
sugar
15 g
fibre
8 g

From USDA FoodData Central, raw weights — a planning guide, not a label; a few values use a close stand-in.

Nutrition per serving: USDA FoodData Central — SR Legacy (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service), weighted by each ingredient's grams — a planning guide, not a label. Quantities follow standard portion sizes; this recipe hasn't been tested in a real galley yet. How we make recipes

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