Red Lentil and Garbanzo Bean Soup
I made some changes since I can't see cooking a can of beans for 2 hours!
Turn your crockpot on high; Add 2 cups of dry garbanzo beans cover with water and an inch...(I didn't measure the water just guessed how much the beans would swell-add water if it starts looking dry.) Add 1/4 cup dried onions. Stir and cook for 2-3 hours.
Fry the spices; 1 Tablespoon olive oil, heated, then add 1 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons smoked paprika, 2 teaspoons regular paprika. when fragrant add to beans. Use a can of chicken broth to clean the fry pan out with, dumping the broth and spices into crockpot. Add 2 teaspoons garlic powder, then *2 cups red lentils. Cook 2 hours. Then blend 2 cans of diced tomatoes and add to soup. Using a stick blender blend about half of the soup leaving the rest of it lumpy.
The original recipe is here. She calls for thyme but I was out.
I made some changes since I can't see cooking a can of beans for 2 hours!
Turn your crockpot on high; Add 2 cups of dry garbanzo beans cover with water and an inch...(I didn't measure the water just guessed how much the beans would swell-add water if it starts looking dry.) Add 1/4 cup dried onions. Stir and cook for 2-3 hours.
Fry the spices; 1 Tablespoon olive oil, heated, then add 1 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons smoked paprika, 2 teaspoons regular paprika. when fragrant add to beans. Use a can of chicken broth to clean the fry pan out with, dumping the broth and spices into crockpot. Add 2 teaspoons garlic powder, then *2 cups red lentils. Cook 2 hours. Then blend 2 cans of diced tomatoes and add to soup. Using a stick blender blend about half of the soup leaving the rest of it lumpy.
*I had to find an Indian grocery store for the red lentils. While there I got some black garbanzo beans---(Jeffrey's Dr. said that they were very high in protein.) we'll see what I fix with those.
The original recipe is here. She calls for thyme but I was out.
Everyone liked the soup. The older boys; Chris and Jeffrey ate 3 cups each. The rest of us just had 1 cup each. While I didn't LOVE it; I will make it again AND I'll keep smoked paprika in the house from now on.
The paprika is amazing. Jeffrey's favorite popcorn recipe (today anyway):
Pop corn. Add olive oil and smoked paprika, Tony's spice blend (mostly chili pepper and salt). Eat.
Pop corn. Add olive oil and smoked paprika, Tony's spice blend (mostly chili pepper and salt). Eat.
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