Sweet Potato & Lentil Soup with Apples

Name: Sweet Potato & Lentil Soup with Apples
Ingredients: 2 Tbsp. canola or olive oil; 2 onions, chopped or grated; 3 garlic cloves, crushed; 1 Tbsp. grated ginger; 1 Tbsp. curry powder or paste; 1/4-1/2 cup chopped cilantro (stems too); 2 medium dark-fleshed sweet potatoes, roasted and peeled or peeled and chopped; 1 L chicken or vegetable stock; 2 cups water; 1/2 cup dry red lentils; 1 tart apple, peeled, cored and grated; 1 cup half & half or coconut milk; juice of a lime; salt

AuthorJulie

Yields1 Serving

2 Tbsp. canola or olive oil

2 onions, chopped or grated

3 garlic cloves, crushed

1 Tbsp. grated ginger

1 Tbsp. curry powder or paste

1/4-1/2 cup chopped cilantro (stems too)

2 medium dark-fleshed sweet potatoes, roasted and peeled or peeled and chopped

1 L chicken or vegetable stock

2 cups water

1/2 cup dry red lentils

1 tart apple, peeled, cored and grated

1 cup half & half or coconut milk

juice of a lime

salt

If you have a stovetop, heat a drizzle of oil in a medium pot; add the onions and saute for 4-5 minutes, until soft. Add the garlic and ginger and cook for another minute. Add the curry powder or paste and cook for another minute; then the cilantro.

Add the sweet potatoes, stock, water, lentils and apple; bring to a simmer and cook for 30 minutes, or until everything is very soft. (Alternatively, toss everything in the slow cooker and turn it on low for 8 hours.)

Puree the soup in the pot using a hand-held immersion blender; add the half & half, lime juice and salt, blend again and adjust seasonings. Serve hot.

Categorybeans, slow cooker, soup

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