soup of great soothingness

[trespasserswill]

Yesterday, the cold that had been in my nose settled in that space between your nose and the back of the throat, where nothing you do will dislodge it.

Except soup.

3T butter
1 1/2 onions, chopped
1 radish, finely chopped
About 1 cup of chopped carrots
1 zucchini, quartered and chopped
2 medium red potatoes, scrubbed and diced (leave the skin on, it's healthy!)
1/2 cup red lentils
4 cups water*
2 or 3 spoonfuls of beef broth granules*
garlic powder

* You could just use broth, homemade or canned; you can use bouillon cubes instead of the granules. You could do it with chicken or vegetable broth instead. (I was working with available items.) It's all good.

Melt the butter in your soup pot. Once it's foamy, add the chopped onion, radish, and carrots and drop the temperature to medium. Once the onion is translucent, add the zucchini and potatoes, and stir them around a bit; then add the lentils, the water, the broth granules, and the garlic powder. Bump the heat up a little, cover it, and let it simmer until it's all rich and the vegetables are done. Serve it forth.

I feel much better now.

Comments

[compass-rose.livejournal.com]

You should make yourself available for Rent-a-mom services. I would kill for someone to make me soup when I feel like this.

[peacockharpy.livejournal.com]

Rent-a-Mom. We all need it.

Of course, soupmaking works best when you're rummaging in the kitchen and saying "ah, there's that zucchini I need to find a use for ... some lentils would make the broth thicken up ... didn't I have an extra half-onion somewhere in here?"

[ljrags.livejournal.com]

Soup sounds good. I hope you are feeling better!