I have been working on an apple crisp recipe. I've made 2 versions, and although I liked them both, I'm not quite ready to share. I think version 3 will be the winner. I've also been working on a lime sugar cookie recipe. Totally delicious, but not quite right. I'll post version 2 when I make them.
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| Apple Crisp courtesy of Nemesis |
One thing I have been completely happy with is another fabulously delicious crockpot soup. You don't need a crock pot to make it, but it sure is handy being able to throw the ingredients in, and then let it do it's thing.
This soup, along with a freshly baked loaf of bread and a tomato, avocado, parsley, and swiss chard salad, was our New Year's Eve meal with friends.
Like most soups of this nature, although tasty the first day, reached its prime a day later. So, I made it on the Thursday for our Friday evening meal.
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| Delicious Lentil and Vegetable Soup |
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| Really Good Bread ... |
ingredients:
2 tsp finely minced garlic
1/3 cup finely chopped onion
1/3 cup finely diced carrot
1/3 cup finely diced celery
2 tsp coconut oil
1 tsp sea salt
1/6 tsp cumin
1/6 tsp chili powder
1/6 tsp turmeric
125 g cauliflower (2/3 cup)
2/3 cup du puys lentils
1 tsp sea salt
3 cups water
1 cup diced asian sweet potato
1 tsp marjoram
a little black pepper
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
1/2 cup green peas (frozen defrosted)
2/3 cup (125g) broccoli, steamed if raw, defrosted if frozen. Cut into small florets.
directions:
1. saute garlic, onion, carrot, and celery with coconut oil, sea salt, and spices
2. when veggies are thoroughly sauteed, put them in the crock pot along with the lentils, cauliflower, sweet potato, coconut oil, water, apple cider vinegar, and sea salt. Throw in the marjoram and black pepper. Close the lid.
3. Allow the soup to cook in the crockpot (or stove top in a covered pot) until lentils are soft and the cauliflower has fallen apart. (It takes about 1 hour on stove top, and 4-6 hours in a crockpot (maybe 5 hours) on high.)
4. Turn off the heat, and add the green peas and broccoli.
5. Serve with fresh bread, with a handful of rotini, or with a side salad.
And finally, a photo essay called :
My Rockin' New Year's Eve
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| Scenery -- a frozen waterfall |
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| Towards the DVP |
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| Two cuties |
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| On the space ship |
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| O.M.'s 'Anniken Skywalker Pose' |
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| A fierce Space Squirrel |
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| My boys |
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| More posing :) |
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| Ringing in the New Year |
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| Eating the soup |
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| New Year's Tickle-fest |
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| Apple Crisp Numero 2 |
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| Yummmmmm :) |
6 comments:
question about the coconut oil - you use it to saute the c/c/o but then the recipie mentions more in the soup itself..?? did you?
inquiring minds want to know.
M
Well, it sounds like something I'd do! I probably put in a little with everything to cook. However, I can't remember exactly. I'm not sure why I didn't list that in the ingredients ... Will rectify.
YUM-O!! yet again.
i got quite an eyebrow raise at the unbroken down cauliflower bits, but they went over well with all concerned....
heres another question - my soups somehow end up far less soupy and far more stewy than yours, even though when I doubled this I added more water. Whats with that? I made this the day before and reheated the next day - do little lentils continue to swell over night??
M
Hmmm. Well, often soups or stews made with lentils or beans or other kinds of starchy components do thicken up behind your back. I'm not sure why yours did more than mine ... did you use a different kind of lentil? At any rate, you can always adjust by adding a little water when you reheat the soup. Of course, you don't want it to taste too dilute.
I'm delighted you guys enjoyed it, unbroken down cauliflower and all. This soup went over famously here, too.
I would like to do a chickpea and tomato stew later this week. I've been trying to do more stews than soups since I figured they'd transport better for lunches ... But now I'm off to set.
same lentils... dunno.
Well, we may never know. However, as I said, you can add more water provided the flavours are strong enough to carry extra dilution. That is, if you would like your soup to be more soup than stew ... :)
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