Sunday, August 15, 2010

Rustic Lentil Zucchini Soup

This is a soup made from some of our garden zucchini abundance. We are thankful for the bounty that these plants continue to offer us, but I have been trying to come up with new ways to serve zucchini so that my children will continue to eat it. This soup certainly stepped up to the plate, er, bowl. The zucchini didn't overpower the other flavors and was a nice change for my children, who ate it all up. By the way, we eat soup year round, we love it so, therefore the hot dish doesn't bother us. Maybe you'll like it, too.



Rustic Lentil Zucchini Soup

Ingredients:

8 cups of water
1 cup of lentils
2 Tbs. of homemade bouillon or one cube of store bought bouillon
5 zucchinis, chopped
1 - 28oz. can petite diced tomatoes
2 stalks of celery, sliced
1/2 cup of parsley, chopped
1 and 1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 and 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. onion powder
1 cup of pre-cooked brown rice

Directions:

Put the water and lentils in a large pot together on medium heat. Cook for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the remaining ingredients, except the rice, and continue cooking for another fifteen minutes or until the lentils are completely cooked and the veggies are tender. Add the rice and stir five minutes before serving. Great with a hunk of good bread and a side salad. Feeds five hungry vegans.

21 comments:

  1. I love soups. Today i made Broccoli Cheese soup...it was delicious with my homemade wheat tortillas. It seems like I am antious for the Fall weather to arrive...I love the Fall and lots of homemade soups...yours was added to my soup recipe box...thank Blessedmama.

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  2. You're welcome, Millie. I'll have to bop on over to your spot to check out what you've made. :-)

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  3. This looks delicious! I wish we had some zucchini this year!

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  4. Sounds delicious Blessedmama! I just bought an abundunce of zucchini from a local organic farm. They were huge zucc's, so I have to start coming up with recipe ideas too!

    I also love soups year round, whether cold or warm, they are just so yummy :)

    Hope you had a lovely weekend with your family!
    ~Maggie

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  5. I love how chunky this looks...sounds yummy with all the lentil-tomato goodness. Lentils are great; so satisfying without being heavy.

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  6. It's been awhile since I've made soup. My 2 youngest kiddos will rarely eat zucchini. :( I'm happy for you guys, that you are blessed with so much food at your fingertips.

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  7. Food just tastes better when it's "Rustic".

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  8. Stacy, thanks! Careful what you wish for.

    Maggie, I hope you post some of your zucchini ideas.

    Rose, I love chunky soup. It's also really hard for me to make soup without tomatoes, sometimes I do it, but it's rare!

    Jenny, We have to be sneaky with some of those veggies, don't we?

    S.V., you read my mind!

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  9. I like soup year round, too. This sounds delicious and filling with rice and lentils. One day I hope to be a good enough gardener to have my own abundance of zucchini - one of my favorite vegetables.

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  10. I'm sure you will, Jessica. The nice thing is, zucchini and the other squashes are real easy to grow.

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  11. this looks so good! we eat soup year-round too. i love lentils and am always looking for new soups to put them in, so i'll be trying this soon!

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  12. Thanks, Sara, let me know if you like it.

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  13. Thanks for the Happy 101 Award! I have passed it along...

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  14. I love these types of soups. Not wussy soups, nice and substantial and filling! Looks deeeeeelicious!

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  15. Looks good! I love soup (particularly the chunky type), zucchini and lentils, and we also have a glut of zucchini/courgettes/marrows, so this is a soup I will make soon! I was thinking of using barley instead of rice...

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  16. 99ToGo, I'm glad you like it and passed it on!

    Little House of Veggies, Thank you and thanks for stopping by!

    Penny, I love chunky soup, too. I'm sure barley would be great - rice is what I had on hand.

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  17. This is right up my alley! I love zucchini!

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  18. Hey now! This Zucchini Soup looks soooo good. I love just about any type of soup, so I know I'd love this one.

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  19. Thank you so much for posting this recipe!! We absolutely LOVE it!! Sometimes I even have it for breakfast w/some delicious gluten-free toasted English muffins.

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  20. Mmmmmm... Soup! I love soup!!! And yours looks so yummy!

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