{"id":12767,"date":"2025-01-09T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T17:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=12767"},"modified":"2025-01-09T13:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T18:32:10","slug":"a-lovely-lentil-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=12767","title":{"rendered":"A Lovely Lentil Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Give this soup a try; we have a heavy hunch that if you do, it&#8217;ll become a go to recipe for you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup lentils<img data-opt-id=2003918662  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12768 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/lentils.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:4000\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/lentils.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:468\/h:312\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/lentils.jpg 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>8 cups water<\/li>\n<li>1 large potato, diced<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd bunch Swiss chard, kale, or endive coarsely chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 medium onion, coarsely chopped<\/li>\n<li>Salt and pepper to taste<\/li>\n<li>3 Tablespoons olive oil<\/li>\n<li>1\/8 cup to a \u00bc cup or more freshly squeezed lemon juice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In a pan start saut\u00e9ing onions in oil until golden brown. The longer they go, the more flavor.<\/li>\n<li>Now sort lentils and add to a stock pot; add water, cover, bring to a boil and then simmer until almost tender (approximately 15-20 minutes).<\/li>\n<li>Add diced potatoes to lentils; boil for 10 minutes. Add more water if necessary.<\/li>\n<li>Add salt and pepper to lentil pot to taste.<\/li>\n<li>Add chopped greens of choice to lentil mixture and cook for another 5 or so minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Now add the onions and oil.<\/li>\n<li>Add lemon juice.<\/li>\n<li>Taste and adjust lemon juice and salt and pepper to your liking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Soup freezes well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Play with Your Food<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Use a mixture of greens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Give this soup a try; we have a heavy hunch that if you do, it&#8217;ll become a go to recipe for you. 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