[recipe] Lentil and Tomato Soup ~ crockpot&vegan!

[Guest guest]

I simmered this soup all day in the crockpot yesterday and it

was wonderful! I found the idea for it in that Simply Heavenly

cookbook put out by those vegan monks, and then adapted it

for the crockpot and used canned tomatoes instead of fresh.

Here is what I came up with. Give it a try.

We ate this with hotdogs; I found and tried the Quorn brand

hotdogs and they were alright. I still think I prefer the

Worthington ones that come in a can for overall texture

and taste, but I typically don't eat hotdogs and instead

eat Boca brats.

 

Lentil and Tomato Soup

 

1/2 cup lentils, dry

1/2 tsp dried minced garlic

2 cans (14.5 oz) diced tomatoes, undrained

1 cup tomato juice*

3 1/2 cups vegetable broth

1/4 tsp salt

2 Tbs turbinado sugar

1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

1 medium onion, finely chopped

1 Tbs olive oil

 

Put the lentils, garlic, tomatoes, juice, broth, salt,

sugar and cayenne pepper in crockpot, and turn

on low. Saute the chopped onion in the olive oil until

soft and then add this mixture to the crockpot. Allow it

to cook until lentils are tender. Add some more

seasonings and spices if desired.

[cooked mine 6 hours]

Yield: 6 servings

 

*I used Spicy Hot V8 in place of plain tomato juice

for added zip.

 

~ PT ~

 

Give humble respect to each of the wise people of the gift,

for honor is due to them.

~ The Book of the O'Connor Don, Irish text