Ingredients

• 3 tbsp - margarine (you can replace it with butter as well)
• 2.5 tsp - onion powder
• 2 tsp - garlic powder
• 1 tsp - corn syrup
• 3 tbsp - all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp - - white pepper
• Salt - to taste
• 1/2 cup - vegetable broth
• 1.5 cups - water
• 3/4 cup - cooked vegetables (carrots, corn)
• 1 pint - half and half cream/milk
• 1 tbsp - fresh parsley/cilantro, finely chopped

How to Make Garlic Flavored Creamy Vegetable Soup

• In a saucepan, add water and cook the vegetables until tender.
• Add margarine to a saucepot and allow it to melt on a medium flame.
• When it is 90 per cent done, reduce the flame to low (really low).
• Add garlic powder, onion powder, corn syrup and stir it for a minute to blend the mixes with the margarine.
• Ensure that you don't let it turn brown.
• Then add flour, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp white pepper, broth, water, vegetables and stir it well.
• Let it cook on a low flame for the next 3 minutes.
• Add 1 pint of half and half cream/milk, stir and let it cook for the next 10 minutes on a low flame or until the desired consistency is reached.
• Keep stirring in between to ensure that the layer does not form on the milk.
• The broth contains salt, so taste the soup and add the remaining salt as per your taste.
• Then add 1 tsp white pepper, stir and serve it hot.
• Recipe courtesy: Food for 7 Stages of Life