Hi all,
Cold weather is approaching, time to bring out our slow cookers! Yay!
Here is a quick recipe for this nice warm yummy soup, its a mixture of lentils, carrot and butternut squash.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup yellow lentil
1/2 cup green split lentil
1 cup lentil ( it just says lentil on the packet , u may get it from Safeway or trader joe's)
2 cloves garlic finely minced
1/2 cup roughly chopped carrots
1/2 cup roughly chopped butternut squash
1/2 cup onions( or celery ), chopped
4 cups of broth / water
salt and pepper to taste
1 tablespoon oil
Method:
Preferred if you can soak lentils for few hours (at least 4 hours)
Do not drain the liquid, save it.
Heat a pan, put one tablespoon of oil.
Add onions / celery cook until translucent.
Add garlic , immediately add all the soaked lentils, stir for a minute add carrots and butternut squash.
In the mean time place another pot to boil water or your vegetable broth.
Transfer this lentil and vegetable mixture to you slow cooker add your vegetable broth to your slow cooker.
Turn on your slow cooker to high for three - four hours, depending on your slow cooker.
When ready add salt and pepper to taste.
Yum, yum yum...serve hot with nice crusty bread or eat it just by itself.
Have a very great weekend!
Cold weather is approaching, time to bring out our slow cookers! Yay!
Here is a quick recipe for this nice warm yummy soup, its a mixture of lentils, carrot and butternut squash.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup yellow lentil
1/2 cup green split lentil
1 cup lentil ( it just says lentil on the packet , u may get it from Safeway or trader joe's)
2 cloves garlic finely minced
1/2 cup roughly chopped carrots
1/2 cup roughly chopped butternut squash
1/2 cup onions( or celery ), chopped
4 cups of broth / water
salt and pepper to taste
1 tablespoon oil
Method:
Preferred if you can soak lentils for few hours (at least 4 hours)
Do not drain the liquid, save it.
Heat a pan, put one tablespoon of oil.
Add onions / celery cook until translucent.
Add garlic , immediately add all the soaked lentils, stir for a minute add carrots and butternut squash.
In the mean time place another pot to boil water or your vegetable broth.
Transfer this lentil and vegetable mixture to you slow cooker add your vegetable broth to your slow cooker.
Turn on your slow cooker to high for three - four hours, depending on your slow cooker.
When ready add salt and pepper to taste.
Yum, yum yum...serve hot with nice crusty bread or eat it just by itself.
Have a very great weekend!
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