Gimme Some of that Red Stuff!

Easy Lentil Soup

Ingredients

■about 5 cups fresh tomatoes
■1 cup sprouted lentils
■2 onions
■5 cups vegetable stock
■1 tsp brown sugar
■fresh or dried basil
■seasoning
■olive oil

1.Place the fresh tomatoes in a pan of very hot water for 1 minute, fish them out with a slotted spoon and peel away the skin. Set them aside for use later on.
2.Peel and roughly chop the onion and rinse the lentils in a colander.
3.Cook the onion in a little olive oil in a large saucepan, until golden.
4.Add the lentils, tomatoes, stock, basil and seasoning and stir well.
5.Bring to the boil and simmer gently for about 30 minutes.
6.Blend the soup, adjust the seasoning and if necessary, thin it down with a little more stock or tomato juice.

Do you suppose this is how Jacob made it? (Gen 25:34)??

Here are some other yummy lentil recipes for Shabbat Toldot:

Leora: Lentil Soup AND Lentil Salad
Cooking Manager: Lentils with Onions and Garlic
Epicurious: Lentil Stew with Spinach and Potatoes
Busy Cooks: Crockpot Moroccan Lentil Stew

B’te’avon and Shabbat Shalom!