YIELD: Serves 8
INGREDIENTS: AMOUNT:
| Coconut oil or olive oil | 1 TBsp |
| Garlic cloves (crushed) | 2 |
| Onion (roughly chopped) | 1 |
| Celery sticks (sliced) | 2 large |
| Carrots (sliced) | 6 medium-large |
| Red split lentils (rinsed) | 7 oz |
| Low sodium or saved vegetable stock (heated to hot) or water | 2 pints |
| Black pepper (freshly ground) | 1 tsp |
| Trader Joe’s 21 Seasoning Salute or Spice of Life or other no-salt mixed green herbs/spices | 1 tsp |
| Cinnamon | ½ tsp |
| Fresh dill, Italian flat parsley (optional cilantro) | 2 TBsp each |
METHOD:
1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan and sauté the garlic and onion for 5 minutes.
2. Add the celery, carrots, lentils, spices, herbs and stock/water. Stir and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes to allow the carrots & lentils to soften (longer if lentils were whole instead of split) and taste.
3. Blend, using a hand-held blender or food processor.
4. Season with black pepper and taste. Adjust the seasoning if necessary.
1 Adapted following Memory Preservation Nutrition® program by Nancy Emerson Lombardo, Ph.D. from Smart Foods for Smart Kids, by Patrick Holford and Fiona McDonald Joyce, copyright 2007.
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