Name: Lentil Soup with Spicy Yogurt Topping
Ingredients: 2 tb Olive oil; 2 lg Onions, coarsely chopped; 8 Carrots, cut into 1/2-inch; Thick slices; 2 cn (13-3/4 oz. ea.) chicken; Broth; 1 pk (1 lb.) dried lentils,; Washed and picked over; 2 ts Ground cumin; 2 ts Salt; 1 ts Dried oregano; 1/4 ts Ground black pepper; 2 Bay leaves; 2 sm Jalapeno peppers, seeded and; Chopped; Spicy Yogurt Topping (recipe; Follows)

Presume not upon God’s patience. The exercise of it is not eternal; you are at present under His patience, yet while you are unconverted you are also under His anger: “God is angry with the wicked every day” (Psm. 7:11). You know not how soon His anger may turn His patience aside, and step before it. It may be His sword is drawn out of the scabbard, His arrows may be settled in His bow, and perhaps there is but a little time before you may feel the edge of the one or the point of the other, and then there will be no more time for patience in God to us, or petition from us to Him. If we die without repentance, He will have no longer mercy to pardon, nor patience to bear.

Stephen Charnock

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Meats, Grains	Dutch	Soups, Vegetables	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	tb	Olive oil
2	lg	Onions, coarsely chopped
8		Carrots, cut into 1/2-inch
		Thick slices
2	cn	(13-3/4 oz. ea.) chicken
		Broth
1	pk	(1 lb.) dried lentils,
		Washed and picked over
2	ts	Ground cumin
2	ts	Salt
1	ts	Dried oregano
1/4	ts	Ground black pepper
2		Bay leaves
2	sm	Jalapeno peppers, seeded and
		Chopped
		Spicy Yogurt Topping (recipe
		Follows)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Heat oil in Dutch oven.  Add onion and carrot; saute' for 10 minutes or
until onions are slightly softened.
2. Add water to broth to make 8 cups.  Add to pot along with lentils,
cumin, salt, oregano, pepper and bay leaves.  Bring to boiling, skimming
occasionally.  Reduce heat to low; cover; simmer 45 minutes. Discard bay
leaves.
3. Meanwhile, prepare Spicy Yogurt Topping.
4. Puree 1 cup soup mixture in food processor or blender.  Return to pot.
Stir in jalapeno pepper.  If soup is too thick, stir in additional chicken
broth, if desired.
5. Remove mixture from heat.  Spoon into soup bowls.  Top with Spicy Yogurt
Topping.
Spicy Yogurt Topping:  Combine 1 container (8 oz.) plain low-fat yogurt, 2
T chopped fresh cilantro, 1/2 t cumin, 1/8 to 1/4 t ground red pepper and
1/8 t salt.  Refrigerate for up to 1 week.
Nutrient value per serving:  288 calories, 17 g protein, 6 g fat, 43 g
carbohydrate, 1,030 mg sodium, 4 mg cholesterol.  Exchanges:  1-1/2
starch/bread, 3/4 meat, 1/5 milk, 1-1/2 vegetable, 3/4 fat.
Source:  Family Circle, November 1996
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #290
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 20:51:54 EDT
From: jane.ghorbani@juno.com (Jane Ghorbani)

A Message from our Provider:

“Life – your only chance. Eternity – payback time”