Morning!
The Green Monster Movement is now updated featuring our first ever submission by a MAN, a green monster milkshake, a pre-half marathon recipe, and much more. Green Monster lovers UNITE! :D Please note I am still about 1 month behind on submissions- your patience is appreciated!
Here is a tip for those of you who hate to cook-
Have a glass of wine while you cook and the experience suddenly seems enjoyable, if not, down right thrilling! ;)
Have two and you will have the confidence of Gordon Ramsay.
I used to hate cooking until I discovered this little trick…
I love Wolf Blass Chardonnay. The Aussies make great wine, don’t they? I drank a wee bit too much of this while I was waiting for Eric to get home from work Saturday night…
This is perhaps one of the most simple, yet extremely fabulous, soups I have ever made. When I looked at the short ingredient list I thought, This is my kind of soup.
Simple, easy, quick, healthy. I don’t like fussy cooking. No patience.
Red Lentil Soup…With A Twist!
Ingredients:
- 2 T coconut oil (use Olive Oil if you are omitting the coconut curry sauce)
- 1 sweet onion chopped
- 1 t sun-dried tomato + pepper flakes (I use PC brand, no salt added)
- 6 cups vegetable broth
- 1 heaping cup of uncooked lentils (I used PC red organic lentils)
- 1/2 cup uncooked brown rice
- 1/4 t sea salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Parsley flakes
- 1 cup Coconut Curry Sauce (optional, but boy did it ever make this soup come alive!)
- Splash or two of Wolf Blass Chardonnay (optional…but come on, is it really) ;)
Note: T = Tablespoon, t = teaspoon
Directions: Add oil (either Olive or coconut oil- your choice) and chopped onions into a pot on medium heat. Cook until they caramelize nicely (see below). Next, stir in the broth, bringing to a boil. Add in the lentils and rice and simmer for about 30-40 minutes until tender. If you used a salty broth you will likely not need to use the extra salt, however I used the no-salt added bouillon cubes so I added about 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt to make the soup really ‘pop’. Serve with crushed pepper, parsley flakes, coconut flakes, and slivered almonds if you dare…You can even drizzle it with olive oil.
Recipe adapted from 101 Cookbooks.
One of my favourite veggies to eat- caramelized sweet onions! So delicious!!
It made quite a big pot, but next time I would probably double (or triple) the recipe (and freeze leftovers) because I loved it so much!
Definitely in my top 3, if not my favourite, out of the soups I have made.
Rocking the wedding cutlery! ;) Life is too short not to!
Our table pre Halloween decorations…
Mmmmm. Fall soups are the best!!!! Warmed my heart, mind, body, and soul.
Dessert was a Pumpkin Chia Spelt Scuffin (on-a-stick!) ;) My stash is depleting quickly…
Such a happy lil guy, isn’t he!?
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Cooking with a glass of wine is one of my favories relaxing activities ever!
This is awesome!!!
And your soup also looks incredible. Love it.
Perfect timing! My dog ate my garmin this weekend and I’m lost without it. :(
Just donated! I really hope I win the Garmin!
My mom and I used to cook together with a glass (or bottle) of wine! ;) Now I continue the trend and also had a little too much wine before the boyfriend came home for dinner Saturday night as well!
Thanks again for posting your recipes! I’ve been meaning to get back into cooking. Living alone, back when I was single, I didn’t find pleasure in cooking for myself. I wanted someone to compliment it. :) And I don’t cook meat, so I need to find yummy recipes Nate would like, too. So far, he’s a HUGE fan of your recipes!
Drinking a glass of wine while cooking is my favorite thing to do!!
That cookie is so cute!
Great tip on the wine and cooking…love it!
In my opinion, you can’t go wrong with red lentils. Your soup looks amazing, especially with the addition of the coconut curry. Yum!
I totally agree with wine + cooking.
And a little sploush of wine in the mix usually tastes pretty good.
that soup looks so good! lentils are a food that always make my tummy happy :-)
Oops! I forgot to enter “OSG” when I made a donation on Stacey’s page. Is there any way you can contact her to let her know my donation was an entry for the Garmin???
yup contacted her!!!
Even if you forget the OSG, I will still get your entry for the raffle. Thanks to everyone who has made a donation so far! I don’t even have the words to express how grateful I am…
Love cooking with wine. Australian wine is wonderful too.
I love that soup bowl and the spoon…so much more fun to eat out of pretty dishes! And those onions look so tasty…I do love me some onions. I think I will make some homemade soup tomorrow, thanks for the inspiration!
Courtney
Adventures in Tri-ing
looks like delish soup! and tha wine doesnt look half bad either!
Oops I forgot to add that I added a splash of the chardonnary while cooking! YUM!
thats chardonnay! ;)
mmmm. I made a similar soup last night, so good and hearty!!
I love reading your blog, and was totally inspired to start my own!!! http://dairyfreebetty.blogspot.com/
Have a great day!
“I love cooking with wine…sometimes I even add it to the food”
But, I do love cooking with wine. It just makes it seem lovelier.
That soup looks great. I have been meaning to buy lentils… but didn’t know which kind to get or what to do with them!
I will definitely get some red ones and make this soup.
I had a lentil salad once that was quite good, what kind of lentils would you recommend for a salad?
now i want soup!