Aaaah new years. A time of fresh resolutions – and this year is going to be different. I know you can do it! You’ll lose weight, call your mother more often, and stop picking at your fingernails and finally let them grow. Good for you! To help you along, Soupergirl is offering a resolution you can definitely keep. Eat more soup. This week’s offering is perfect for a cold new years day. On January 1, we all crave some serious comfort food, and this one ranks up there with a warm bowl of steaming mashed potatoes, except without all the empty carbs and butter. We take some deliciously sweet root vegetables, cook them up until they are tender and soft, and puree them into smoothy perfection. This soup is light and delicate on the palette, yet soul-warming and rich in natural flavors. This new years don’t be afraid to fall in love…with soup.

Some describe this soup as luxurious. So perhaps you should think of this soup as a diamond bracelet from Tiffany’s that you could eat – if diamonds were edible and tasted like sweet potatoes. The natural flavor of the local sweet potatoes jumps out of the bowl as you heat it up. The ginger provides a little kick – kind of like someone gently pinching your tush at a bar. But you won’t want to slap it or sue it. Please don’t sue the soup. This is also one of those soups that causes you to say – really? No cream? Really? Are you lying Soupergirl?? And don’t worry, Soupergirl is like George Washington – I cannot tell a lie except when referring to my weight on my drivers license.

If you like Pina Coladas and getting caught in the rain you will love this soup. If you don’t like those things and do not know the song I am quoting, you will also like this soup, but you might want to listen to more music from the seventies. So here’s the deal with this soup – we started with a traditional carrot soup and decided to go a little nuts with it. We threw in some exotic spices, tossed in some honey, coconut milk, and other surprises. And out popped this baby. Oh what a sweet and spicy baby it is. But it isn’t a baby. It’s a soup. That you’ll like. A lot. So toss on your grass skirt and coconut bra (men too! You know you own one! You hid it in your sock drawer…), and dance around your apartment with a bowl of this soup. Or your office on casual Friday.