Golden French Lentil Soup + Giveaway!

Name: Golden French Lentil Soup
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 8 cups
Cuisine: Soup
Ingredients: 1/2 cup raw cashews, or 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons raw sunflower seeds; 2 cups water; 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 1 large onion, diced; 4 large cloves garlic, minced; 1 to 1 1/2 tsp fine sea salt, to taste, plus a couple pinches; 2 medium carrots, diced (1 heaping cup); 2 stalks celery, diced (3/4 cup); 2 tsp ground cumin; 1 1/2 tsp dried thyme; 1 tsp ground turmeric; 1 (14-oz) can of diced tomatoes, with juices; 3/4 cup uncooked French green lentils, picked over and rinsed (I used brown lentils); 4 cups low-sodium vegetable broth; 3 cups stemmed and chopped Swiss chard or kale leaves; Freshly ground black pepper; 1 to 2 teaspoons white wine vinegar, to taste (I used balsamic vinegar)

September 19, 2016

JUMP TO RECIPE

With protein-packed lentils, vegetables, and warming spices, this luxuriously creamy Golden French Lentil Soup is truly a meal in a bowl!

Errrmygerrrrd my love for cashews just grew like tenfold.

I’m quite literally jumping for joy (more like little bunny hops) over the fact that I can start rocking my jean jacket and infinity scarf whilst making 18,765 batches of Pumpkin Bars. Hi and bye.

It was a happy day when Oh She Glows Every Day: Quick and Simple Satisfying Plant-based Recipes landed in my mailbox. I have a love love relationship with Oh She Glows. Love Angela, love her recipes. All the lovin’!!!

I’m a big fan of her first book so I knew the second would be just as (if not more) delish. This book is special because it’s really, really approachable. It features the kind of recipes you’d make on a daily basis, like The Best Marinated Lentils, Sweet Potato, Spinach, and Chickpea Coconut Curry, and High Rise Pumpkin Cupcakes (duh). There’s tons of smoothies (yasssss), simple breakfast options, meal-sized salads, and plant-powered mains. Lettuce not forget all the gorgeous photography!

This book is easy on zee eyes.

Angela was one of my biggest inspirations in the early days and still is today. It warms my heart to see my original favorite plant-based bloggers moving on to publishing badass cookbooks. I’m over here dreaming of following in there lovely footsteps someday (wink face)…

Back to this luscious recipe. I love soups because they can so easily be a meal in a bowl. Work smarter not harder! This beaut has protein-packed lentils, tons of veggies, warming anti-inflammatory spices, and cashews for healthy fats humbelievable creaminess. It’s one of those recipes that made me really look forward to eating lunch.

Angela was sweet enough to offer a FREE copy of Oh She Glows Every Day to one lucky Hummusapien reader! This giveaway is open to US and Canadian residents only. The giveaway will end Friday, September 30th at 12:00pm EST. The winner will be notified via email.

To enter the giveaway:

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If you already have the book, I want to know what you’ve made so far! Enjoy, my lovely lentils.