Veg. Lentil soup recipes anyone?

Thanks!Veg. Lentil soup recipes anyone?
Ingredients





* 2陆 c red lentils


* 10 c water


* 2陆 t salt


* 2-3 cloves garlic, minced


* 1 T cumin


* 2 T olive oil


* 1 lemon*





Directions Rinse the lentils thoroughly, and pick through to remove any pebbles or other detritus.





Place in pot with stock or water, bring to a boil, lower heat to simmer, partially cover, and cook, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes. Add salt and continue cooking until thick - another 10 minutes or so.





Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in the frying pan, add garlic and cumin, and saut茅 for 30 seconds, making sure not to burn the garlic.





Add garlic mixture to the lentils, and continue simmering, partly covered, for another 10 minutes.





Cut the lemon in half and add the juice from one half to the soup.* Cut the other half into wedges and for garnish. Serve hot.


Notes *The recipe says to squeeze a few drops of lemon juice onto each spoonful of soup as you eat it, but I find this to be unnecessarily complicated. It also says to add 2 T of flour dissolved in 3 T water to the soup along with the garlic, but I don't see any reason for this, so I leave it out.





Lentil soup freezes beautifully, especially if you save it into 1 serving containers. To reheat, put a bit of water in a pot, add the frozen soup, and cook over medium heat, stirring and flipping the frozen block of soup frequently. The soup will melt into the water within minutes.Veg. Lentil soup recipes anyone?
I just boil my red lentils in water for about 20 minutes with a broth-cube, and whatever vegetables I have (and want in the soup f.ex. onion, grilled peppers, cauliflower ..).


Then I blend it with a stick-blender :)
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Lentil-Soup鈥?/a>

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