by Jem Smith » 10 Jun 2025, 05:32
Spontaneo wrote:Jem Smith wrote:In cold weather I really like lentil soup because it's hearty and filling. My other favourites are tomato (I use coconut milk in it to make it creamy), vegetable (just a basic whatever vegetables I need to use up, with herbs, some chilli flakes and garlic) and spicy carrot and ginger.
I don't usually have sandwiches with soup, just toast.
I have yet to consume any lentils. I guess that I can search online.
Today, I had planned on having vegetable soup. I absolutely love homemade Crock-Pot vegetable soup. I usually prepare without meat too. I felt yucky today and went against celebrating Meatless Monday by having Hammy Sammy and chips, then also had 2 smoothies.
Coconut milk here is expensive even at the dollar store.
I hope that you are feeling better @
Jem Smith.
Coconut milk is generally more expensive than regular milk here too, but I can get it fairly cheaply in tins.
I'm still a bit sick but better than yesterday, thanks.
This was the recipe. I don't know if you can get collard greens here and I don't like kale so I used silverbeet. Any greens you could get cheaply would work, or you could skip that part. Lentils are good because they're high protein, low in fat, cheap, and shelf stable (they keep for ages). In some places you can buy them in bulk. You don't need to soak them like you do with beans either. You can, but if you don't they won't be poisonous like beans can be if you don't soak them.
https://cookieandkate.com/best-lentil-soup-recipe/
[quote="Spontaneo"][quote="Jem Smith"]In cold weather I really like lentil soup because it's hearty and filling. My other favourites are tomato (I use coconut milk in it to make it creamy), vegetable (just a basic whatever vegetables I need to use up, with herbs, some chilli flakes and garlic) and spicy carrot and ginger.
I don't usually have sandwiches with soup, just toast.[/quote]
I have yet to consume any lentils. I guess that I can search online.
Today, I had planned on having vegetable soup. I absolutely love homemade Crock-Pot vegetable soup. I usually prepare without meat too. I felt yucky today and went against celebrating Meatless Monday by having Hammy Sammy and chips, then also had 2 smoothies.
Coconut milk here is expensive even at the dollar store.
I hope that you are feeling better [user]Jem Smith[/user].[/quote]
Coconut milk is generally more expensive than regular milk here too, but I can get it fairly cheaply in tins.
I'm still a bit sick but better than yesterday, thanks.
This was the recipe. I don't know if you can get collard greens here and I don't like kale so I used silverbeet. Any greens you could get cheaply would work, or you could skip that part. Lentils are good because they're high protein, low in fat, cheap, and shelf stable (they keep for ages). In some places you can buy them in bulk. You don't need to soak them like you do with beans either. You can, but if you don't they won't be poisonous like beans can be if you don't soak them.
https://cookieandkate.com/best-lentil-soup-recipe/