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Greying_Pilgrim

KajiKita - I find Lindsey Bareham writes interesting, simple recipes - she did a cookbook for her son when he went off to college - which don't take too much time or have loads of ingredients.  I like her Butterbean and Thyme soup (from afore-mentioned book I think), as it tastes more than the sum of its parts (if that makes sense).  I hadn't realised that she had a website with quite alot of her recipes on it.  It's HERE if you or anyone else is interested.  I have made the Armenian Soup (I can't hand on heart say it was her recipe - but I'm pretty sure the ingredients are similar), and is very nice if you like dried apricots of course.  It definitely primps up a lentil soup.

Greying X

KajiKita

@Brie, @Greying_Pilgrim is absolutely correct about the use of sugar in this soup. It’s a bit like the lentil stew I make where you add just a teaspoon of wine vinegar at the end to a similar volume of food, just to lift the flavour and completely change it. I do agree with you about sugar in ready meals - it’s why I don’t eat many of them any more - sugar in a veggie cottage pie? 🤷‍♀️😂 I’ve never noticed significant sugar content in commercial soups though, or at least the ones I buy. You may well be right though and another good reason to eat fewer of them 😊

Thanks for the further suggestion on a recipe source @Greying_Pilgrim, I will have a look 😊

KK

Greying_Pilgrim

KajiKita said:

 ....It’s a bit like the lentil stew I make where you add just a teaspoon of wine vinegar at the end to a similar volume of food, just to lift the flavour and completely change it......

Definitely plus one to doing this - particularly the brown or green lentils benefit from the acid.  I first learnt this tip when making the Greek Green lentil soup 'Fakes', totally transforms it.  

Greying X

Cheery_Daff

I often do a little bit of lemon juice with lentils for the same reason 😊

KajiKita

Making me smile that the taste brightening vinegar use is a thing for @Greying_Pilgrim and @Cheery_Daff 😊

I have spent all morning making a veggie bake. It’s an epic effort but it’s super tasty, healthy and makes lots of portions so will keep me going with ‘Sunday roasts’ for a couple of months I think (I made the portions too big last time - it’s so rich I shall be more confident about cutting it into smaller pieces this time 😊). Collected parsley, rosemary and thyme from my foggy garden to make it, so I shall update my produce tracker later 

KK

Cheery_Daff

Excellent work! Is it a lentil based one, or a nutty one, or does it have all the things in?

KajiKita

Cheery_Daff said:

Excellent work! Is it a lentil based one, or a nutty one, or does it have all the things in?

Mushrooms, eggs, cheese (x 3 types, grated, including smoked), cottage cheese, onion, garlic, celery, red pepper, wild rice, fresh herbs, dried herbs.

KK

Cheery_Daff

Gosh, that is elaborate! Sounds tasty though! You've reminded me I used to make a very simple one by just boiling up rice and lentils with a stock cub, mixing in an egg, and wanging it in the oven. Not done that for ages - might make one later today 😊

debtfreewannabe321

This thread is not helping my diet 🥲! I feel hungry just reading..🤣

KajiKita

debtfreewannabe321 said:

This thread is not helping my diet 🥲! I feel hungry just reading..🤣

 My theory is that I eat well when I eat, just not constantly! 😉

KK