It’s time to ease up.
It’s time have a cup of tea. ย It’s time to play with the cat until he scratches you. ย It’s time to sit on the couch and stare at the wall a bit. ย It’s time to stand in the kitchen and eat Ritz crackers and chug orange juice.
It’s time to make a giant pot of soup… and sorta use a recipe… but not really use a recipe.
It’s just time to ease up just a bit….
Tomorrow we can finish shopping, plan big Christmas dinners, finish knitting mittens, and start wrapping presents. ย For now let’s just ease.
This Spicy Chicken Sausage and Lentil Soup is a hearty winter soup. ย It was made for your heart and for your soul. ย It is a healer of all things. ย But!
There’s all sorts of goodness you could make on your plan to ease up just a bit.
Take in the scenery. ย Take in the soup!
a. ย Bright orangeย Carrot Apple Ginger Soup. ย Sweet and spicy and so so healthy!
b. ย Kale and Sweet Potato Soup. ย You’re the picture of health. ย No biggie.
c. ย There’s Vegan Cream of Broccoli Soup, all creamed up with blended raw cashews.
d. ย Ok… I’m a soup fiend. ย Would you believe me if I told you that this ย Vegan Cream of Mushroom Soup is the best soup I’ve ever made? ย It’s major. ย It’s bonkers. ย It’s veganly beefy.
e. ย Roasted Garlic Soup I want to bathe in. ย It feels like old romance.
Spicy Chicken Sausage and Lentil Soup
makes a big pot of soup. ย serves 8
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 pound spicy chicken sausage, uncased
1 medium yellow onion, finely diced
3 celery stalks, finely diced
2 carrots, finely diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons dried ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon red chili flakes
2 cups uncooked French lentils, rinsed
8 cups chicken stock
salt and pepper to taste
parmesan cheese, olive oil, and bread to serve
in a large saucepan over medium heat, warm olive oil. ย Add the uncased chicken sausage and cook, breaking up with a spatula as it cooks. ย Sausage should finish cooking in small chunks. ย Remove from the pan.
Add a touch more olive oil if necessary. ย Add onions, celery, and carrots. ย Cook until the onions are transluscent, about 5 to seven minutes. ย Stir occasionally. ย Add the garlic, cumin, and chili flakes, and cook for one minute more.
Add the sausage back to the pan. ย Stir to incorporate. ย Add the lentils and chicken stock. ย Reduce the heat to low and simmer the soup, uncovered, until the lentils are tender, about 45 minutes.
Serve soup with a generous sprinkling of parmesan cheese, a drizzle of olive oil, and good crusty bread. ย Soup will last, in an airtight container in the fridge, for up to 5 days. ย Soup also freezes well.
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Am I forgetting or did there use to be a bread recipe with this one too?
This soup is deelish and soup easy!! I halved it but still had plenty for lunch and dinner the next day and it tastes even better reheated:-) I have a new love for lentils..