Does anyone have a good vegan recipe for lentil soup?!
An easy recipe would be best, as I am on a very tight schedule, have limited kitchen resources and limited cooking skills!. It would be be fine if the recipe is not intended as vegan, as long as it would hold up without meat, dairy, eggs or non-organic sugar!. (Keep in mind that I do have substitutes for everything but eggs, they just aren't exactly the same consistency!.)
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Answers:
INGREDIENTS
1 onion, chopped
1/4 cup olive oil
2 carrots, diced
2 stalks celery, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 (14!.5 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
2 cups dry lentils
8 cups water
1/2 cup spinach, rinsed and thinly sliced
2 tablespoons vinegar
salt to taste
ground black pepper to taste
DIRECTIONS
In a large soup pot, heat oil over medium heat!. Add onions, carrots, and celery; cook and stir until onion is tender!. Stir in garlic, bay leaf, oregano, and basil; cook for 2 minutes!.
Stir in lentils, and add water and tomatoes!. Bring to a boil!. Reduce heat, and simmer for at least 1 hour!. When ready to serve stir in spinach, and cook until it wilts!. Stir in vinegar, and season to taste with salt and pepper, and more vinegar if desired!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
1 onion, chopped
1/4 cup olive oil
2 carrots, diced
2 stalks celery, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 (14!.5 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
2 cups dry lentils
8 cups water
1/2 cup spinach, rinsed and thinly sliced
2 tablespoons vinegar
salt to taste
ground black pepper to taste
DIRECTIONS
In a large soup pot, heat oil over medium heat!. Add onions, carrots, and celery; cook and stir until onion is tender!. Stir in garlic, bay leaf, oregano, and basil; cook for 2 minutes!.
Stir in lentils, and add water and tomatoes!. Bring to a boil!. Reduce heat, and simmer for at least 1 hour!. When ready to serve stir in spinach, and cook until it wilts!. Stir in vinegar, and season to taste with salt and pepper, and more vinegar if desired!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Best Lentil Soup Ever
Ingredients:
3-4 cups dried lentils (red lentils cook up to a pretty bright yellow!)
4-5 cups water or vegetable broth
dried onion
dried celery
dried zucchini
minced garlic
crushed red pepper
3" piece dried Kombu (a type of seaweed)
handful of Arame (another seaweed)
Directions: Place all ingredients into crockpot!. Cook all day on 'Low' setting!.
Variation: To leftover soup, I have added leftover grilled vegetables: red onion, summer squash, Portobello mushrooms, and eggplant, cut in thick slices, rubbed with olive oil and drizzled with fat-free Italian dressing, then grilled!. Buzz the leftover soup and grilled veggies through the food processor, and stir everything together!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Ingredients:
3-4 cups dried lentils (red lentils cook up to a pretty bright yellow!)
4-5 cups water or vegetable broth
dried onion
dried celery
dried zucchini
minced garlic
crushed red pepper
3" piece dried Kombu (a type of seaweed)
handful of Arame (another seaweed)
Directions: Place all ingredients into crockpot!. Cook all day on 'Low' setting!.
Variation: To leftover soup, I have added leftover grilled vegetables: red onion, summer squash, Portobello mushrooms, and eggplant, cut in thick slices, rubbed with olive oil and drizzled with fat-free Italian dressing, then grilled!. Buzz the leftover soup and grilled veggies through the food processor, and stir everything together!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
There's a great recipe in Sarah Kramer and Tanya Barnard's "How it All Vegan!" for Rustic Tomato-Based Lentil Soup that's quite tasty!.
But in many recipes, you can use veggie stock in favor of meat stock and be fine!. You can use your favorite meat analogue or just leave off the meat!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
But in many recipes, you can use veggie stock in favor of meat stock and be fine!. You can use your favorite meat analogue or just leave off the meat!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I know this isn't really a recipe, but here's how I make lentil soup:
chop up an onion and a few cloves of garlic and saute them in a big saucepan!. Add some chopped carrot, and any other veggies laying around like bell peppers or zucchini!. Next I add the spices; either curry powder if I'm in the mood, or more traditional spices like sage, rosemary, and thyme!. Then comes a can of diced or crushed tomatoes; doesn't really matter if they're the pre-spiced ones or not!. If I'm using curry spices, I add a diced sweet potato; if not, I add a diced regular potato (if I have one)!. Then I add a cup or two of dried lentils, stir it around, and add water or broth!. I don't really measure; just enough to cover the lentils!. I cover it and let it simmer for a while, checking and adding more water if it needs it!. About 15 minutes before I'm going to eat it, I add 1 or 2 cups of some sort of green, usually either spinach or kale!.
Sorry if you wanted an actual recipe, but I never use one, I just throw in whatever is around!Www@FoodAQ@Com
chop up an onion and a few cloves of garlic and saute them in a big saucepan!. Add some chopped carrot, and any other veggies laying around like bell peppers or zucchini!. Next I add the spices; either curry powder if I'm in the mood, or more traditional spices like sage, rosemary, and thyme!. Then comes a can of diced or crushed tomatoes; doesn't really matter if they're the pre-spiced ones or not!. If I'm using curry spices, I add a diced sweet potato; if not, I add a diced regular potato (if I have one)!. Then I add a cup or two of dried lentils, stir it around, and add water or broth!. I don't really measure; just enough to cover the lentils!. I cover it and let it simmer for a while, checking and adding more water if it needs it!. About 15 minutes before I'm going to eat it, I add 1 or 2 cups of some sort of green, usually either spinach or kale!.
Sorry if you wanted an actual recipe, but I never use one, I just throw in whatever is around!Www@FoodAQ@Com