{"id":567,"date":"2020-03-03T14:37:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T14:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthyhebrideankids.scot.nhs.uk\/?page_id=567"},"modified":"2020-03-03T15:47:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T15:47:26","slug":"recipe-sweet-potato-and-carrot-soup","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.healthyhebrideankids.scot.nhs.uk\/?page_id=567","title":{"rendered":"Recipe &#8211; Sweet Potato and Carrot Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">Sweet potato and carrot soup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2 tablespoons vegetable oil<\/li><li>2 small leeks halved lengthwise, thoroughly washed and sliced<\/li><li>2 medium sized sweet potato peeled into 2 inch chunks<\/li><li>\u00bd teaspoon ground nutmeg<\/li><li>2 medium sized carrots, peeled and cut into 2 inch chunks<\/li><li>2 pints boiling water<\/li><li>2 tablespoons snipped chives<\/li><li>Milk <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Method<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a medium sized pan over a moderate heat add the&nbsp;&nbsp; vegetable oil and add the leek and nutmeg and saut\u00e9&nbsp;stirring frequently for about 5 minutes until tender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Add sweet potatoes, carrots and water and bring to the boil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reduce heat to low and simmer, uncovered until the sweet potatoes and carrots are tender (5-20 mins).&nbsp;&nbsp; Remove from the heat and cool (10 mins).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working in batches puree the mixture using a blender at high speed or in a food processor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Put soup back into the pan and heat up.&nbsp;&nbsp; If the soup is too thick add some water or for a creamier taste add some milk or a little cream just before serving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Decorate with some finely chopped chives. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sweet potato and carrot soup Ingredients 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 2 small leeks halved lengthwise, thoroughly washed and sliced 2 medium sized sweet potato peeled into 2 inch chunks \u00bd teaspoon ground nutmeg 2 medium sized carrots, peeled and cut into 2 inch chunks 2 pints boiling water 2 tablespoons snipped chives Milk Method In&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"button small blue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthyhebrideankids.scot.nhs.uk\/?page_id=567\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/homepage.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-567","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthyhebrideankids.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthyhebrideankids.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthyhebrideankids.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthyhebrideankids.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthyhebrideankids.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=567"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthyhebrideankids.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":648,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthyhebrideankids.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/567\/revisions\/648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthyhebrideankids.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}