{"id":1096,"date":"2021-02-28T22:56:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T05:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/?p=1096"},"modified":"2021-09-20T12:44:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T19:44:57","slug":"red-lentil-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/2021\/02\/28\/red-lentil-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Lentil Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"662\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210226_215950-1024x662.jpg\" alt=\"Red Lentil Soup\" class=\"wp-image-1097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210226_215950-1024x662.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210226_215950-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210226_215950-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210226_215950-1536x993.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210226_215950.jpg 1850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s something special about this simple soup. I got the recipe from a dear church sister who was like a great-aunt to me. I learned a lot from her about how church can become family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EG prepared this soup at her home for ladies&#8217; meetings. I asked for the recipe and it quickly became a favorite; it&#8217;s my easiest soup. Lentils have complete protein, so make this a meal with salad or toast with cream cheese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Red Lentil Soup<\/strong> (Serves 6-8)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3 Tbsp ghee or coconut oil: melt in soup pot. Saut\u00e9:<br>1 large onion, chopped, and<br>2 large carrots, grated, until tender and beginning to brown. Stir in: <br>1 Tbsp tomato paste and <br>4-6 minced garlic cloves. Stir in: <br>4 tsp cumin<br>2 tsp coriander and<br>Pinch cayenne. Stir briefly, then add:<br>2 cups red lentils and<br>10 cups water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat, cover, and simmer 30 mins or until lentils are soft and the soup is thickened. Add:<br>1.5 tsp salt and fresh ground pepper, plus<br>2 T lemon juice. Taste and adjust seasonings. <br>Optional: blend some of the soup, or use an immersion blender to partially puree. It should still be somewhat chunky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s something special about this simple soup. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[125,25,34],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1096"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1535,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096\/revisions\/1535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}