I was introduced to this Lemon Lentil Soup with Spinach recipe (from Fresh Food Fast Cookbook) last year by our Aunt who consistently makes great vegetables and vegetarian soups and sides. She cooks at home a lot and finds recipes that make healthy vegetables the star. Her soups and sides are often packed with unique flavor and each dish is so different from the next, a Northern California Slow Food Movement kind of approach. You know on Sundays, when you go out for a big brunch, afterward you feel so full (and full of guilt) that you think there is no way you will ever overcome it. Well, the meals Anne creates on Sundays are the kind that get you ready for a new and healthy start to your overwhelming week ahead, a “Blameless on the Food” meal if you will!
Last year she made this Lemon Lentil Soup with Spinach a lot and added a nice touch to the end by serving it with a dab of sour cream and some fresh chopped herbs on top. I’ve gotten better at looking at recipes and guessing whether it would be worth making, or at least I thought I had. I have to say, this recipe surprised me because I thought it looked skimpy on flavor-punch. So if I hadn’t had it prepared for me first, I would have never guessed it would be one of my favorite recipes of 2010!
Some favorite Vegetarian Cookbooks that Anne introduced me to are:
- A Taste of Heaven and Earth by Bettina Vitell (great veggie Mexican)
- Tassajara Cookbook: Lunches, Picnics and Appetizers by Karla Oliveira (great spreads & apps)
- Fresh Food Fast by James Berley (this great soup)
Lemon Lentil Soup with Spinach Recipe
