Tarus here, sometimes been know to act like it as well

Ok, I'll try and help out a bit with a simple lentil soup recipe. I don't claim ownership of the recipe it simply started off as one I got off the net. In the proportions listed this recipe should yield any where from 18-22 8 ounce portions, which if placed in small plastic bowls with lids can be frozen and nukes for later meals or snack. This one has also proven to be a favorite with non vegs. So here it goes,

9 cups of water
about 2 - 2 1/2 cups of green lentils
4- 5 carrots peeled
4 - 5 celery sticks
4 - 5 decent sized tomatoes (the riper the better)
1 - 1 1/2 cups soya bean
1 -large onion (softball sized)
1 - head of garlic (not just a single clove)
5 - large potatoes
salt to taste
black pepper to taste
red chillie flakes to taste
curry powder to taste
ground cummin powder
inmitation chicken stock (not nessasary, but does richen the soup up a bit, subsitute a quarter stick of butter or a few table spoons of olive oil for similar effect)

boil the hell out of everything untill carrots are tender, let cool in the pot for a bit, then hit it with an imersion
blender, untill you have a even consistancy. One thing to keep in mind with the spicing, I have found from personal experience that the spices can hide in the flavour of the soup, so spice taste test, let simmer a few minutes and test again, add more as desired. Keep in mind the chillie flakes will bring heat to the front of the mouth, the curry will bring heat to the back of the mouth. The cummin if over done, will heat the entire mouth.

The soya beans will help add a bit more protien to the recipe, but can be left out if you find the texture objectionable (the soya beans will reduce to tiny little white pearls) and if you wish add in a good handfull of
crushed flax seed as a good source of fatty acids. I have two nephews and a niece (ages 7 - 13) and they loved the soup as well.

Serve with buttered bread, the richness of the butter compliments the soups earthiness very well.

Enjoy
Dan

Just thought I would give a shout out from the west here, south coast of Canada here, in the general Vancouver area (just south of the Fraser river In Surrey, but try not to hold it against me) new enough here, that I still have to fully fill in my profile. And I will guess, in pretty much the same boat as everyone else, just looking for that other half, and checking out every nook and cranny.

Thanks
Dan

Howdy folks,

New to the site, as you can tell by the incomplete profile : ) but searching through the profiles I noticed most of them say, last time on-line about a month ago? Was there a big exodus, and as usual I am a dollar short and a day, or in this case a month late?

I know this topic may be better suited to a general forums related catagory, but since I am a Canuck myself, and don't speak 'merican ; ) thought I would try here.