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The Healthy $1 Menu: Peasant Lentil & Kale Soup

November 6, 2009 by KimiHarris 29 Comments

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My computer crashed when loading all of my pretty pictures of this soup. Therefore, you only get a boring picture of dry lentils. Sorry!
This simple “peasant” soup is packed full of lentils, rice, kale, and simple flavorings to make a yummy and easy soup that costs less than a dollar per serving. It was the perfect warming lunch for us twice this last week! Joel has been taking the leftovers with him to school/work in a thermo. Yummy!

I have a whole list of meal ideas for this new series, but when I threw together this simple soup and realized how frugal it was, I couldn’t help share it!

I didn’t spare quality at all in this dish, using organic everything. It would be even a lot more inexpensive if you, for example, didn’t use organic vinegar (which cost a whole 76 cents to use), or if you got the kale for cheaper. I’ve said it here before, but I don’t try to eat a king’s diet on a peasant’s budget, because if I were to try, I would end up buying poor quality food. Instead I try to concentrate on frugal and nourishing peasant food. This is an example of high quality peasant food!

Here’s the cost analysis:

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Filed Under: $10 Main, $5 Dishes, Dairy Free, Gluten Free, The Healthy $1 Menu Tagged With: $10 Main, $5 Dishes, Dairy Free, GAPS Friendly, Garlic, Gluten Free, Healthy $1 Menu, Lentils

$5 Dish: Simple Persian Lentil Soup

September 16, 2009 by KimiHarris 25 Comments

ng_persianlentilThis simple soup is loaded with soft celery, lentils and a lovely, mild flavor combination. A combination I would have never come up with by myself-ginger, cinnamon, and turmeric. I noticed this flavor combination in one of my cookbooks (check out my Amazon store for Arabesque) and was intrigued by it. It was in a pretty involved recipe, so I decided to try it out in an easier recipe.

And it turned out lovely!! I was worried that the cinnamon would be too prominent, but it wasn’t at all. The flavors melded together beautifully for a gentle flavor that my daughter was able to fully enjoy as well as the adults.

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Filed Under: $5 Dishes, Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Nourishing Frugal Recipes, Soups, Vegan, Vegetarian Tagged With: $5 Dishes, Dairy Free, GAPS Friendly, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Lentils, Nourishing Frugal Recipes, Soups and Stews

Simple Lentil Salad

May 29, 2009 by KimiHarris 44 Comments

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Graced with basil, red pepper and cucumber, a simple lentil salad is tossed with a vinaigrette. A perfect light dish for a hot afternoon.

Today I have so much to do (partly for my class tonight) I will be brief here. But does anyone have any good natural tips for keeping bugs from eating all of my herbs and plants up? My poor basil is a skeleton now. Good thing I made this salad before they completely ate it all up!

I used french green lentils in this recipe, which works so well for salads as they keep their shape very well.

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Filed Under: Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Nourishing Frugal Recipes, Salads, Vegan, Vegetarian Tagged With: Dairy Free, GAPS Friendly, Garlic, Gluten Free, Lentils, Nourishing Frugal Recipes, Salads

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