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Fakes Soupa (Lentil Soup)

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Hi!!! I finished painting our living/dining area yesterday, I did a pretty good job for someone who really doesn’t know much about painting.  Just to be sure, I looked up a few videos on youtube on “how to paint a room for beginners” hahahaha.  

I am a bit tired, so I wanted to make something that was nutricious and gave me a little  bit of an uplift, so what soup can do that for me? hmmm Lentil soup was my choice.  The nutrients that exists in this soup from fiber to vitamins, are so beneficial for our bodies!!, and the greatest part about eating Lentil is it’s low in calories 🙂 and since my husband drives all day long this soup is absolutely the best choice.  I make this soup quite often at least once a week during the Winter and the Summer because I believe this can be eaten either hot or cold.   (But that’s just me) 🙂

There are two ways to cook this soup with tomatoes or without, I enjoy both versions, but this time around I wanted to share with you the tomato version. 🙂

FAKES SOUPA (LENTIL SOUP)

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Ingredients
  

  • 300 grams Lentil boiled
  • 1 Carrot chopped
  • 1 Onion chopped
  • 1 Potato chopped
  • 2 whole Garlic cloves
  • 150 grams Bacon cut into small pieces
  • 3 Daphne Leaves/Bay Leaves
  • 2 teaspoons of Tomato Paste
  • 2 Fresh tomatoes grated
  • 1 Red Bell Pepper diced
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • 1/2 cup Olive Oil

Instructions
 

  • Boil Lentil for at least 15 minutes and drain.
  • In a large soup pan, add about 4 tablespoons of Olive Oil and sauté the Bacon.
  • Add in Onion, Carrot, Potato, Bell Pepper, Garlic, and stir.
  • Toss in the lentil and continue to stir, so that all is nicely combined.
  • Add water, grated tomatoes, tomato paste, salt, pepper, 1/2 cup Olive Oil and Bay leaves, bring to a boil and let it simmer on low heat for about 1 hour.

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Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

4 Comments

  1. Anurag
    June 27, 2017 at 6:21 pm  ·  Reply

    Blog rocks!

  2. hijackedbytwins
    July 1, 2017 at 4:57 pm  ·  Reply

    I love lentil soup, it is such a comforting bowl of goodness. This looks delicious! We have a bay tree in the garden so I could get fresh bay to use. Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare x

    • foodzesty
      July 1, 2017 at 5:05 pm  ·  Reply

      Hello, you are so welcome and thank you for letting me share my version of Lentil Soup. 🙂 It is so wonderful to hear you have a bay tree in your garden…:) it must look lovely. Thank you again….Sophie

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