Ryan’s Spicy Carrot Ginger Soup

Honestly, I’m not sure I’d ever even tried carrot soup before Ryan cooked up this batch on Saturday.  If I have, its memory was totally and completely overshadowed by his gingery, sweet, spicy phenomenon-in-a-bowl.

How can a simple mixture of onions, olive oil, broth, carrots, ginger, cayenne, and cilantro wind up tasting like all the good things of the world combined?  (Then again, that might just be an effect that all super-delicious foods have on me.  I said the same thing about my friend Cat’s organic honey one time — that it tasted like chocolate and the sea and all earthly deliciousness.)

All I can say is: Yum, people. Yum.

Happy Monday!