You’re shocked, right? No chocolate, and no sprinkles today!
You might not know it from my recent posts, but I promise I don’t sit around all day eating chocolatey desserts… Today I’ve decided to break the “desserts-only” streak, on which I’ve been for the past month or so, with a savory recipe featuring one of my fave legumes: the lentil!
When I do make a lentil dish, I always say to myself, “I should cook with lentils more often!” Such was the case with last night’s dinner.
Yumlicious Lentil Curry
(Lentils… perfect for Lent!)
- 2-4 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 large onions, diced
- 4 carrots, chopped
- Optional: 2 zucchini, sliced
- 3 minced garlic cloves (about 1 tbsp)
- 1 (28 ounce) can plum tomatoes
- 1 cup (7 ounces) lentils (See the note below this recipe, in regards to whether to use 1 cup uncooked or cooked)
- 2 cups vegetable stock
- 2 teaspoons mild curry powder
- 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves, chopped (I use 1/2 tsp dried)
- 1 and 1/2 teaspoons salt
- optional: pepper (I only use a small dash)
- 1 tablespoon good-quality red wine vinegar
- Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add the onions and carrots and cook over medium low heat for 8-10 minutes, until the onions start to brown. Stir occasionally with a wooden spoon. Add the garlic and cook 1 more minute. Be careful not to burn the garlic.
- Meanwhile, cut the tomatoes with a knife until they are coarsely chopped. Add the tomatoes (and the juice in the can), lentils, broth, curry powder, thyme, salt, and pepper to the pan. Raise the heat to bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer covered for about 40 minutes, until the lentils are tender. Check occasionally to be sure the liquid is still simmering.
- Remove from the heat and allow to sit covered for another 10 minutes. Add the vinegar. Season to taste and serve hot. Enjoy!
Cooking Mishap!
The original recipe, based off one from The Barefoot Contessa, is supposed to be for lentil curry. So I could not figure out why mine looked more like soup. Finally I realized: when it called for 1 cup lentils, it meant un-cooked. I’d used 1 cup canned! Oops!
All was not lost, however. I simply drained the liquid and poured it into a separate container. This gave me the curry for which I’d hoped… and now I had the most delicious, broth-y soup, besides. Two dishes from one recipe!
And just because it wouldn’t be a CCK post without chocolate…
I love when mistakes end up working out. I am a habitual recipe-misreader.. if that makes any sense! 🙂
Me too! I’m always in the middle of a recipe before I realize I’ve forgotten to buy an ingredient or left out the salt or something!
I don’t photograph many of my meals — I don’t feature tons of food/recipes on my blog so I don’t need to. Plus I eat the same meals week after week so it would be super repetitive!
I think all of my cooking mistakes turn out badly 🙁
Oops! Totally forgivable mistake though! I definitely don’t photograph everything..it seems like I eat constantly – nobody needs to see shots of pistachios, strawberries and other little snacks day in and day out!
I stumbled across your blog doing a search for vegan recipes (I’m doing it for Lent and have no idea what to cook), and everything looks amazing! I can’t wait to start making things!
Also I have the same problem with taking pictures of food – I usually remember halfway through eating something that I wanted to take pictures of it first.
Awww thank you so much! I’m so glad you found me 🙂 :). And I’ve been known to turn a chocolate cookie around for a photoshoot… to hide the bite marks ;).
Can we get added to the blogroll later? I am working on creating my blog now, and I am definitely adding you to it, so I was just wondering…
And may I just say…this looks amazing 🙂
Of course! 🙂
I just happen to have been craving curry lately and what do you know I currently have all the ingredients to make this 🙂 Dinner tonight? I think so. Thanks!
lentils are awesome! just had lentil soup last night 🙂 i don’t photograph everything i eat. only some things that are fun interesting or esp. yummy 😀
Looks yummy! I remember a while back that you said you would write a post about non-vegan cravings. I’m interested in what a long-time vegan like you would have to say:) You’re pretty much my favorite blogger:)
Hey Elizabeth!
Thank you so so much for such a sweet comment!
Here was my post about that: https://lett-trim.today/2010/10/04/vegan-greek-yogurt-do-you-ever-crave-non-vegan-foods/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
This looks like a nourishing, warming, and delicious lentil- soup! I’ll have to try it out one night:)
I’d have to agree with you- chocolate and dessert recipes are SO much more appealing looks and taste wise than regular ole’ food:)
I photograph a lot of what I eat, but not everything. Just the things that look pretty:)
I used to take pictures of all my meals, but they got really boring, and I got tired of it 🙂
I have a sweet tooth, but I love this recipe- lentils are the best 🙂