April 21, 2010

From such humble beginnings...


comes such deliciousness!

This recipe, for chunky lentil soup, from Heidi Swanson's beautiful Super Natural Cooking (a gift from my beloved Tara, of course) is one of my current faves. (Her website is chock full of yummyness, too!) It's a quick, healthy meal that leaves enough leftovers for a couple of lunches. Heidi's work is inspiring to me because it shows how simple healthy cooking can be. Not that the lily can't be gilded, mind you -- I served this last night with a pile of freshly-grated parmiggiano reggiano and garlic-basil toasts. Mmmmmmmmmmm!

7 comments:

tara. said...

this looks DElish! those lentils are gorgeous...i recently made some lentil soup myself, but with plain ol' lentils. i bought some french du puy lentils today...maybe a follow up? :). xo.

Anonymous said...

It tasted as yummy as the lentils look. Mother Nature + Elizabeth is a great combination!

Happy Holidays said...

I must only be familiar with the "plain ol' lentils" because I thought these were blueberries and you were going to say you made a pie...
i see you took a stab at the bread art - mine looked dorky - i couldnt figure out all the features so i didnt save one

Lions, Tigers and Fashion OH MY! said...

oh that looks sooooo good!!! xoxo

The Breakfast Lover said...

I have never seen in my life this kind of lentils in my country!

tara. said...

i've never seen that variety either! will have to do some research! thanks for reading. :)

tara. said...

with a bit of quick googling, i've found them to be 'puy lentils' or 'lentilles de puy', or 'french green lentils.' they look more blue to me, and i saw some references to them as 'blue lentils' as well!

http://www.recipetips.com/glossary-term/t--33905/puy-lentils.asp

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