Red Lentil with Colorful Vegetables Soup

I came across an interesting book on one of the display shelves at the library - Vegetable Soups from Deborah Madison's Kitchen. I had never heard of this chef before, and it looks like she does lots of popular vegetarian cookbooks. I liked the variety in the recipes, and they didn't have too many weird things in them.

On Sunday night, I decided to try a Red Lentil soup. It looked pretty easy. I started by getting the veggies ready...

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My hot sous chef...

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The veggies. Celery, carrot, minced cilantro stems, and butternut squash. It also had onion and garlic.

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Rinsing the red lentils...

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It was delicious! It had turmeric, cumin, and fresh lime juice in it also - the flavors were wonderful. I added rice and some plain yogurt - I ran 12 miles that morning, so I needed calories!

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