soup - spinach lentil

[Guest guest]

I had a soup this week that we liked and it reheated well. but It was one of

those throw it together things -- onion leek carrot celery spinach rice

black-eyed peas bell-peppers etc... and spices and herbs.. not much good huh?!?!

(l0l)

 

how bout a lentil spinach with curry (below)

 

or make a pesto with the greens! and add to a minestrone -- that's usually

good.

 

 

 

 

* Exported from MasterCook *

 

Curried Spinach and Lentil Soup

 

Recipe By :Sally Nirenberg, Brookline, MA

Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Nirenberg Restaurants and Chefs

Soups

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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1 cup lentils -- rinsed and picked over

1 Spanish onion -- finely chopped

2 garlic cloves -- finely chopped

2 carrots -- peeled and diced

1 stalk celery -- sliced

10 cups low-sodium vegetable broth

1 tablespoon curry powder

1 1/2 cups diced peeled potato

10 ounces spinach

1 tablespoon red wine vinegar

Salt

12 tablespoons plain yogurt

or sour cream

 

PREP: Wash the spinach; remove stems, and coarsely chop.

 

1. Place lentils, onion, garlic, carrots, celery, 6 cups stock, and curry powder

in a soup pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and cook, partially

covered, for 2 hours.

 

2. Add potato, spinach, and 4 cups more of stock and cook, uncovered, for 2

hours more.

 

3. Add vinegar and, if necessary, more stock. Salt to taste.

 

4. Serve with a dollop of sour cream or yogurt.

 

Source:

" Recipes from the Night Kitchen; A Practical Guide to Spectacular Soups,

Stews, and Chilies by Sally Nirenberg (1991 Fireside Books; ISBN: 0671688014) "

S(Collection):

" Pat Hanneman (kitpath) on 19 Aug 1999 "

Yield:

" 12 cups "

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 97 Calories; 1g Fat (7.7% calories from

fat); 6g Protein; 17g Carbohydrate; 7g Dietary Fiber; 2mg Cholesterol; 36mg

Sodium. Exchanges: 1 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Non-Fat

Milk; 0 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.

 

NOTES : This is a hearty one-dish meal, especially wonderful to come in to after

skiing or sledding. Put the soup on the stove in the morning and after a long

and leisurely breakfast, go outside. When the cold becomes too much, your soup

will be ready.

 

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4600 0 0 0 4523 2130706543