Stiggly's Carrot Miso Dressing, or Carrot-Miso Soup Recipe!

Stiggly's Carrot Miso Salad Dresssing or Soup.  Salads can get a little dull if you are always dressing them with lemon and olive oil.  To ensure salads stay a part of your regular diet, try playing with different dressings.    This one came about purely by playing with ingredients we had in the house and it has become a new stock favourite.    And the great thing about this one is that it's also a really nice and really quick to make SOUP!  The first day I tried this I made quite a lot of it, and it tasted so good on our dressing that we decided to have some in a little bowl straight up!  And wow, I'd come up with two recipes in one!  You could even warm it up if you prefer warm soup.

You will need:
~ A Blender
~ 3 or 4 medium sized Carrots (chopped)
~ 2-3 Tablespoons of organic Miso
~ Water
~ Jalapeno Peppers (start off with a little and add to your taste)
~ 1 teaspoon of Turmeric
~ A few Black Pepper corns or ground black pepper
~ About a tablespoon of fresh Ginger (chopped) or dried ginger powder if you don't have the fresh stuff
~ Your choice of fresh Herbs (rosemary, cilantro, basil)
~ Optional extra a clove of fresh Garlic (you may want to blanche the garlic for a minute in boiling water to take the "edge" of it because it's a raw dish)

What to do:
~ Place the carrots in the blender and pour in enough water to cover (you may add a little more water later to get to your desired consistency)
~ Blend 'til smooth
~ Add the rest of the ingredients
~ Blend
~ Taste:  does it need more miso, more water, more carrots, more spice?
~ Put in the fridge before using as a dressing as it may have warmed up from blending
~ Serve over your lovely salad or pour into bowls and enjoy as soup (either cold or warm).  If you are serving as soup you may want to chop some fresh cilantro on top of your bowl.  Yummmmmm!

Takes less than ten minutes and clean up is pretty quick too!