It was a rainy day today so we stayed in most of the day and decided to make a great meal . We've realized, since moving here, that we have started to add more animal foods back into our diets, so now we are trying to get our focus back to a mostly plant based diet. My brother, Rick, made this Indian dish for us in
Rhinelander the last time he visited us there so we decided it would be great for today. It is delicious and extremely healthy!! Here's the recipe.......
Serves 10 (can easily be cut in half, but keeps great in the freezer!)
2 cups lentils
8 cups vegetable broth
3 tbsp olive oil or
grapeseed oil
1 onion chopped
2 celery ribs diced
1 red pepper diced
1 clove garlic minced
1/3 c tomato paste
1/4 c flour
1 tbsp curry powder
1 cup
swiss chard or spinach cut into small pieces
2 cups brown rice
In large pot, bring broth and lentils to a boil, simmer 45 min or until lentils are tender
While lentils are cooking, saute onion, garlic, celery, pepper until tender. Add chard or spinach, paste, flour, and curry powder. Stir and cook for few minutes.
Add
sauted veggies to pot of lentils.
serve over brown rice
