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Lentil soup

01:38 AM, Friday, February 13, 2009 .. 3 comments .. Link

My BIL is up here for the week. He is finishing our basement for us. well, the mudding and painting, anyway. And maybe get the bathroom down there ready to use. It is only the guest bath anyway, but right now the walls are not finished and the shower is not caulked, so it is pretty useless other than a toilet. Oh, and ther eis no door on the bathroom

BIL is an anomaly in his family. He likes food, and he likes to cook, and he is good at it. Seems like everyone in my in-law family has a serious food issue (one SIL will not eat ANYTHING with garlic; FIL will not eat anything with a "funny" name: Sharp cheese, sour cream, funeral potatoes - although he will eat them if a) he doesn't know what it is, or b) we change the name; dh will not touch - or smell - fish; a number of people will not eat beans) except this one BIL - he will eat anything. I mentioned that I am in need of some lentil recipes - no sense storing lentils if I have no idea what to do with them! So on Tuesday, he made us a YUMMY lentil soup. He was unsure of measurements, but I watched him, and helped a bit, and made him tell me so I could write things down.

so, here we go:
soak 1 lb lentils for 3 hours; drain (now, he and I both know you do not HAVE to soak lentils, but he said he likes them better that way, and since he was the cook.....) add 2 c chicken/turkey/veggie broth and enough water to cover the lentils.

chop 5 carrots and carmalize with
4 onion cubes in butter
chop 3 roasted garlic cloves
add to lentils

toast and grind 1 teas cumin seed. add a bit more ground cumin when adding it to the lentils.
salt to taste.
about 30 min before serving, add 1 c rice.

This was really good. Made a lot, but he said it freezes well, so we have a bowl in the freezer enough for another meal in a month.
For lunch the next day, I experimented with it a bit. I had a small bowl with some sharp cheddar in it - tasty. just enough for flavor. Then an hour later (hey - I am pregnant: I can eat 10 snacks a day, right?), I had another bowl, and this time instead of cheese, I added a small bit of pico de galla. mmmm that was tasty too.
In fact, just thinking about this, I think I will go have another small bowl right now - baby is hungry, and hey, a small bowl of lentils at 2am is not so bad......
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11:29 AM, Friday, February 13, 2009 .. Posted by mesarah011
Aww! I can't wait to be pregnant. Yes, it's a lot to get yourself into, it changes your entire life, blah blah blah, I hear these things constantly, but I still swoon when I see a baby or a pregnant woman, haha. Being married is hard but so worth it; having kids must be that much more so!

I have a couple of very excellent lentil recipes that I will send your way when I have a chance later today or tomorrow. I also need to give you the link to this fabulous curry recipe that we make all the time.

Edited by mesarah011 on Friday, February 13, 2009 at 12:30 PM

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02:04 PM, Tuesday, February 17, 2009 .. Posted by sharondubars
Soups sounds great.....and I'm not even pregnant. :) Enjoyed the blog.

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05:36 PM, Thursday, February 19, 2009 .. Posted by Nurseforlife
The soup sounds wonderful; I actually think I am going to give this a try one day next week. Pamper yourself, with a nice bowl of soup, put your feet up and take care of you and your baby!

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