{"id":1164,"date":"2012-01-30T15:33:58","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T20:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stlydias.org\/blog\/?p=1164"},"modified":"2012-01-30T16:03:48","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T21:03:48","slug":"lentil-soup-with-apricots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/lentil-soup-with-apricots\/","title":{"rendered":"Lentil Soup with Apricots"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">(serves 4)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Ingredients:<br \/>\n1c (1\/2 lb) green\u00a0lentils<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">1 medium potatoes, cubed<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">3 carrots, chopped<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">2c broth<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">2c water<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">1c (3oz) mushrooms, quartered<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">1c minced onion<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">1T garlic, minced<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">1\/4t chili powder<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">1t cumin<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">1t dry mustard<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">1\/4t fresh ginger, minced<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Handful of\u00a0whole leaf spinach or more<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">1\/2t salt or more to taste<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">1\/2c (app. 3 oz.)\u00a0dried (non-organic, bright orange)\u00a0apricots, slivered<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">1-1\/2T balsamic vinegar or more to taste depending on strength of vinegar<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">1\/4t pepper<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">plain yogurt, thinned to drizzle<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">cilantro, chopped for garnishCooking instructions:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">In a medium pot combine lentils, potatoes, carrots, broth and water. Cover, bring to a boil and then simmer for 15 minutes. While lentils are coming to a boil, In a large pan saut\u00e9 mushrooms, onion, garlic, chili powder, cumin, dry \u00a0mustard and fresh ginger. When lentils have simmered 15 minutes, add saute mixture, spinach\u00a0and salt\u00a0and simmer 15 min more.\u00a0Remove from heat, stir in apricots, balsamic vinegar and pepper and let sit for 10 minutes or more to soften apricots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Garnish with yogurt and cilantro separately, or blend them together first.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">&#8211;<em>Prepared with our help by Phil on January 29<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(serves 4) Ingredients: 1c (1\/2 lb) green\u00a0lentils 1 medium potatoes, cubed 3 carrots, chopped 2c broth 2c water 1c (3oz) mushrooms, quartered 1c minced onion 1T garlic, minced 1\/4t chili powder 1t cumin 1t dry mustard 1\/4t fresh ginger, minced Handful of\u00a0whole leaf spinach or more 1\/2t salt or more to taste 1\/2c (app. 3 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1164"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1166,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164\/revisions\/1166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}