Lentil Vegetable Soup from Ghana recipe post-vegan , crockpot or stove top Jenn & Jane

[Guest guest]

Jenn this one your Mom is sure to like and Jane here's another one for your

crockpot. This is a favorite of mine from a woman I worked with years ago, she

was from Ghana. This recipe is suitable for the crockpot or stove top.

 

" Lentil Vegetable Soup from Ghana "

 

1 cup lentils (I use green or brown my sister uses red)

2 tsps. olive or canola oil

2 cloves of garlic minced

2 onions chopped

1/2 tsp. saffron threads crushed (try to use these, it makes the soup)

2 celery stalks sliced

2 carrots sliced med. thin

1 turnip peeled and diced

1 cup fresh tomatoes diced (I leave the peel on but you can peel)

8 cups of vegetable broth or use water and veggie bouillon cubes

1 Tblspn. fresh chopped parsley

1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes

dash of cumin

salt & pepper to taste

1 Tblspn. lemon juice

 

If making in the crockpot saute the onions, garlic and saffron for a few minutes

to blend the flavors with the saffron and transfer to the crockpot making sure

you add the colorful saute oil also. Place the balance of the ingredients in

crockpot and set on high for a few hours. At the end stir in the salt & lemon

juice to taste.

 

If making on the stove, saute the onions, garlic and saffron in oil in a dutch

oven pan. Add carrots, celery and turnip, continue cooking for 10 mins. on med.

low heat. Add lentils, broth, tomatoes, and parsley and turn to a boil. Add

pepper flakes, cumin, pepper and turn heat to a low simmer and cook for 1 hr to

1 1/2 hrs. Stir occasionally. Stir salt and lemon juice in to taste and serve.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

" First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain,

then there is.

Caterpillar sheds his skin to find a butterfly within..........

Donovan- " There is a Mountain "

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thanks. I'll forward it and put this recipe and my " to be printed folder. "

 

Also your comments about spanish cookbooks were funny

 

Jenn

 

GeminiDragon <thelilacflower wrote:

Jenn this one your Mom is sure to like and Jane here's another one for your

crockpot. This is a favorite of mine from a woman I worked with years ago, she

was from Ghana. This recipe is suitable for the crockpot or stove top.

 

" Lentil Vegetable Soup from Ghana "

 

1 cup lentils (I use green or brown my sister uses red)

2 tsps. olive or canola oil

2 cloves of garlic minced

2 onions chopped

1/2 tsp. saffron threads crushed (try to use these, it makes the soup)

2 celery stalks sliced

2 carrots sliced med. thin

1 turnip peeled and diced

1 cup fresh tomatoes diced (I leave the peel on but you can peel)

8 cups of vegetable broth or use water and veggie bouillon cubes

1 Tblspn. fresh chopped parsley

1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes

dash of cumin

salt & pepper to taste

1 Tblspn. lemon juice

 

If making in the crockpot saute the onions, garlic and saffron for a few minutes

to blend the flavors with the saffron and transfer to the crockpot making sure

you add the colorful saute oil also. Place the balance of the ingredients in

crockpot and set on high for a few hours. At the end stir in the salt & lemon

juice to taste.

 

If making on the stove, saute the onions, garlic and saffron in oil in a dutch

oven pan. Add carrots, celery and turnip, continue cooking for 10 mins. on med.

low heat. Add lentils, broth, tomatoes, and parsley and turn to a boil. Add

pepper flakes, cumin, pepper and turn heat to a low simmer and cook for 1 hr to

1 1/2 hrs. Stir occasionally. Stir salt and lemon juice in to taste and serve.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

" First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain,

then there is.

Caterpillar sheds his skin to find a butterfly within..........

Donovan- " There is a Mountain "