WINTER DETOX MOROCCAN SWEET POTATO LENTIL SOUP (SLOW COOKER) #WINTERFOOD #FOODRECIPES
A spirit warming Moroccan sweet potato lentil soup formula. This soup is made in the moderate cooker and requires scarcely any work whatsoever. In addition, it makes the entire house smell warm and comfortable!
SOUP TIME. Which, as I would see it is the best sort of time there is. Except if it's chocolate chip treat time, which, abandons saying, is clearly better. Also, which clearly this isn't. Ahem, what? Where were we? Detoxing. It's hard to believe, but it's true. Presenting to you this moroccan-style detox lentil soup stacked with all the integrity straight from your icebox in addition to wash room with huge amounts of soul-warming flavors to light up these cool, cold winter days.
Well that is what i'm talkin' about.
So January. We're now a large portion of seven days into 2017 folks. How? Yet additionally – I don't have the foggiest idea if it's simply me – however would anyone say anyone is else seconds ago formally beginning the detox from all the occasion eats and treats? Anees' birthday is the after quite a while after New Years Day so we will in general get a moderate begin with the entire January scrub thing.
In any case, with the majority of the birthday celebrations and gatherings at last off the beaten path, i'm simply tingling to get another pot of this warm lentil soup on and am prepared to hit the spotless eating reset catch now.
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 lb. sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed into small pieces
- 1 cup carrots, chopped
- 1 cup onions, chopped
- 1 cup celery, chopped
- 1 red bell pepper, diced
- 6 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
- 1 ½ cups green or brown lentils, rinsed and picked over
- 1 ½ teaspoon EACH coriander AND cumin powder
- 1 teaspoon curry powder (or more to taste)
- ½ teaspoon EACH smoked paprika, ground cinnamon, AND turmeric
- ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 6-7 cups low sodium broth (vegetable or chicken)
- 2 ½ cups baby spinach, roughly chopped
- ¼ cup lemon juice or lemon wedges for serving
DIRECTIONS:
- Place the sweet potatoes, carrots, onions, celery, red bell pepper, garlic, lentils, spices, and 6 cups of broth into a slow cooker. Cover and cook on the low setting for 6-8 hours or on high for 4-6 hours. Check the lentils for doneness. If you’re lentils have been in the pantry for a while, note that they’ll take a bit longer to cook through.
- Place half the soup into a blender along with a little additional broth (½ cup or so) and blend till smoothish. Alternately, you can use an immersion blender directly in the slow cooker but be sure to not blend all of the soup if you want it to have a chunkier texture. Add the puree back into the slow cooker. Stir in the baby spinach and lemon juice. Cover the slow cooker, unplug it, and allow the ingredients to just hang out for 30 minutes or so until the spinach wilts down.
- Season with salt, pepper and curry powder to taste as desired. Thin with additional broth to desired consistency. Serve warm with whipped greek yogurt, fried pita bread, and tons of fresh herbs (parsley or cilantro) on top!
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