Indian Spiced Lentil Soup with Butternut Squash

After a long exhausting day, I was craving some Indian flavor! I found a recipe out of "The Whole Life Nutrition Cookbook: Whole Foods Recipes for Personal and Planetary Health, Second Edition". I modified it, as usual, and it turned out fabulous! While sauteing the carrots, onions, and garlic with Garam Masala (indian spice mix of cumin, black pepper, cinnamon, cloves, corriander, and cardamom, found in most grocery stores in the spice section), it suddenly hit me! Butternut Squash would go perfect in here, and it just so happened that I had 3 bags of frozen diced organic butternut squash. Now, I can't imagine making lentil soup any other way. Enjoy :)

 

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French Lentil Soup - Oui Oui!

Ok, so Soup Sunday has rolled around again, and my cupboard is overrunning with several varieties of lentils. Luckily, I had just the right amount of French Green Lentils, and have never tried French Lentils before. For lentil newbies, there are several varieties of lentils, the most popular and easiest available being brown lentils, french green lentils, and red lentils. Lentil are a variable wonder food. They are packed with fiber, protein, and not to mention easy to prepare and inexpensive! How much better can it get! You can read more about the wonderful health properties of lentil by following this link .

 

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