Roasted Red Pepper Soup

Yesterday was a perfect day for movie watching and soup making!  Below is the recipe for an amazing soup I made from Appetite for Reduction.  The image of the soup was borrowed though...

http://lewdfood.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/roasted-red-pepper-soup.jpg?w=640&h=392&crop=1

Ingredients:

2 large red bell peppers

1 medium onion, chopped

3 cloves garlic, minced

2 teaspoons dried rosemary

½ teaspoon salt

3 tomatoes

1 teaspoon ground coriander

3 cups vegetable broth

1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 375.  Cut the stems off the red peppers and scoop out the seeds.  Stand the peppers in a backing dish.  Bake for 35 minutes until they are soft.  Chop them up.

Sauté onion in oil on a skillet.  Add garlic, rosemary, and salt.  Add in the tomatoes.  Add the coriander, vegetable broth, and chickpeas. Stir and cover for about 15 minutes.  Add the roasted peppers.  Use a blender to blend the soup

Enjoy!

Veggie Lentil Soup

Happy Sunday everyone!  Today I made an amazing veggie lentil soup from Appetite for Reduction .  The recipe is below and I tweaked it a bit.

Ingredients:
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 medium onion
3 garlic cloves
2 teaspoons dried thyme
1 teaspoon dried tarragon
pepper
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
2 ribs celery
3 carrots
1 sweet potato
1 zucchini
1 cup lentils
6 cups broth
6 oz tomato sauce
two handfuls of spinach chopped


Directions:
Put olive oil in soup pot and heat it up.  Then add onions and garlic.  Saute until they are translucent.  Add the spices and cook another minute.

Add veggies, broth, and lentils.  Bring to a boil with lid on, then reduce to low and cook for 45 minutes.

Add spinach and tomato sauce.  Serve :)

The soup with some bread made my a certain guy I know :)