INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

GARNI VEGETABLES
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OPTIONS
This soup is sweet from lentils, peas, tomatoes and carrots. So, instead of
using tiny pasta, add slightly bitter Quinoa. We added all of the options.
12/97 Hearty soup for 6 with bread.
STOCK: We need 5 cups of liquid to begin the soup. Drain the stewed
tomatoes, collecting the liquid in a calibrated bowl. Set tomatoes aside to
drain some more. To the bowl, add chicken broth, cup of bouillion
(dissolved cube) and make up the difference with water.
Put stock in a soup pot along with lentils, peas, oil, thyme, and pepper.
Add whole, so that you can remove them latter, bay leaf, fennel frond, and
piece of leafy celery. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until
lentils are tender (20 to 25 minutes).
Quinoa may be made far in advance. Rinse it several times with a fine mesh
sieve. Cook it by steaming the way we would rice but quinoa expands to 4
times it's original measure (at least 4 parts water to each part grain).
Make the quinoa (keen-wah) if needed.
Meanwhile, finely chop (in food processor fitted with metal blade) the
onion, carrot and garlic. Set aside. In a large skillet, set over medium
heat, cook until slightly carmelized and aromatic, the drained tomatoes,
garlic, carrot, and onion. Optional: add the contents of a turkey-lean
Italian sausage link to the skillet and brown and crumble the meat.
Remove the large vegetables and bay leaf from the soup. Add the contents of
the skillet. Add up to 1 cup of water if needed. Simmer until mellow: 15 to
25 mins. Add the cooked quinoa and spinach. Adjust for salt, pepper,
garlic. Add none or all of the options. Let simmer for about 5 minutes or
until spinach is just wilted and serve in a wide bowl. PER SERVING: 167
cals, 3.2 g fat (15.7%)
Recipe by: Hanneman, Super Soup (Dec 97)
Posted to Digest eat-lf.v097.n320 by KitPATh <phannema@wizard.ucr.edu> on
Dec 18, 1997

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