I <3 lentils

Made a creamy lentil Dal soup last night using the vitamix. This one requires a little work but is well worth the effort! Of course I forgot to take a picture of the finished product, but I did snap a shot of my stovetop in progress!






The first image is lentils,washed, soaking up some veggie broth at medium heat, the second began as sautéed onion and garlic, with tomato paste and spice added once tender. Combine all your ingredients into the vitamix with 2 baked potatoes and fresh cilantro and voila! I can't wait to make this one again!

Here's the ingredients just in case:

1/2 cup lentils, washed
2 cloves chopped garlic
One onion chopped
3 cups of water or broth for lentils
4 cups of water or broth for onions after sautéed
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp curry powder
1/4 tsp cumin
1/4 tsp cloves
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp cardamom
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup tomato paste
2 baked potatoes
Fresh cilantro
( the spices can be adjusted to taste, but it would seem, all spices beginning with the
letter "C" should not be taken lightly.)

Also, I'm looking for fermented black soybeans, I'm putting this out to the blogosphere just in case one among you knows where I can buy some around here without getting on the Internet. Mecca, aka Whole Foods, does not carry them. Strike one. In their defense, I've shopped with them periodically since 2005 and this is the first time they didn't have something I needed.

I've sort of gone off blogging about smoothies, but I've also sort of gone off using recipes. Something fruity, some protein, some leafy greens, ice, blend. It's kind of the default for every recipe I've come across lately, and the results are generally very tasty. Use your intuition, if it seems like a good combo, try it out. If it seems like a bad one, try it out and see whether or not you prove yourself wrong.

On a final note for the day I found myself staring at a very tasty looking birthday cake from the Delight Bakery in Yonkers, NY as it was sitting on my kitchen island last night. I can assure you I had no hand in its procurement nor it's arrival on said island. Cake in general does nothing for me, and even less for my sister, the spaniard, but it did put me in the mind for a treat of some sort. So I whipped up a vegan "ice cream"-cherry vanilla flavor- since I happened to have all the ingredients leftover from other recipes. Once again, the vitamix reigns supreme, one device that can produce hot soup and frozen treats right out of the container. Here's a tip though, if you don't freeze the fruit, you will end up with a "milk"shake. It's not really a tip, since the recipe spells it out in plain English, but I missed it, and I'm fairly astute, so I'm passing it along. Freeze the fruit. Important.


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