Thursday, December 13, 2018

Red Lentil and Sweet Potato Stew

I could eat soup all winter long!  I love how all the ingredients goes into one pot, making cooking and clean up easy.  

Red lentil and Sweet Potato Stew

Ingredients:
2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp tumeric
1 tbsp curry
1 diced onion
4 minced garlic cloves
2 tbsp fresh ginger
2 peeled and diced sweet potato (sometimes I use butternut squash instead)
1 diced red pepper
1 c sliced mushrooms
1 box of fresh spinach
1.5 c red lentils
6 c. veggie broth

Instructions:
1.  Heat oil in a large pot and cook onions until tender, about 5 minutes. 
2. Add cumin, tumeric and curry powder.
2.  Add garlic and ginger and cook about 2 minutes. 
3.  Add sweet potato, mushrooms, peppers, lentils (rinsed) and broth.
4.  Bring to boil and reduce to simmer for about 25 minutes.
5. Add spinach and simmer until wilted. 
6. Top with avocado 





2 comments:

  1. This looks great! What do you mean by 2 tablespoons of fresh ginger? Do you grate up ginger root?

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    1. Yes, I either grate ginger or I recently found an organic ginger juice that works great! Ginger People is the brand.

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