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First Soup of the Year

January 1st, 2010 · 7 Comments

Spinach Lentil Soup

Recipe: Spinach Lentil Soup

Ingredients

  • 10 cups of water
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
  • 1 cup of dried lentils
  • 2 carrots, chopped
  • 1 cup of chopped spinach
  • 1/2 cup rice
  • 3 dashes of Hungarian paprika
  • 1 tablespoon of mixed dried herbs (parsley, chives, tarragon, and chervil)
  • 1 tablespoon of salt

Instructions

  1. In a large pot, combine onion, garlic, lentils, carrots, salt, and herbs/spices. Bring to boil and let it cook for 45 minutes.
  2. In a separate pot, cook the rice until tender.
  3. Once rice is cooked add it to the soup along with the chopped spinach. Bring the soup back to a boil and let it cook for another 20 minutes or so.
  4. Serve with fresh baked bread.

Cooking time (duration): 90

Diet type: Vegan

Dietary restriction: Buddhist

Number of servings (yield): 12

Meal type: dinner

My rating:5 stars: ★★★★★

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7 responses so far ↓

  • 1 John Borba // Jan 2, 2010 at 12:40 am

    yumms, gentle lentil.

  • 2 Dave Gracer // Jan 2, 2010 at 10:33 am

    congratulations, Justin! May yours be a soupy year.

  • 3 Jennifer Filice // Jan 2, 2010 at 6:00 pm

    Yum. I'm going to have to make this.

  • 4 Maya Van Jeier // Jan 2, 2010 at 7:26 pm

    I can almost smell it! Yummy!

  • 5 Gail Smuda // Jan 2, 2010 at 7:35 pm

    Sounds terrific Justin. Can't wait to make it. Thanks for sharing.

  • 6 Justin Lewis // Jan 2, 2010 at 7:41 pm

    It is DELICIOUS!

  • 7 Sarah Madsen // Jan 2, 2010 at 10:46 pm

    u reading my mind…I was looking at a bag of lentils today …thinking it was about time I got eaten them .This solves it:)) Thanks Justin Happy Happy New year to u both!

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