Recipe: red lentil and pumpkin soup
The pumpkin that Heidi and Daz gifted us last weekend just keeps on giving. I have coined it ‘the pumpkin of love’ because I love all the food we have made from it. I made this soup up as I went throwing in whatever I thought would taste good. That’s the great thing about soups – you can’t really mess them up. This makes a HUGE batch (probably about 8 servings) so feel free to half it if need be.
Read MoreThe diary of a detoxer
The last few months of my life have been pretty stressful to say the least. Between work and study there hasn’t been time left for much else. When I’m feeling stressed and rundown I know what I should do – eat healthy, get rest and exercise. What I actually do is feast on sugar and bread, drink wine and lay around watching lame TV shows till crazy hours of the night. There’s only so much of that my body can take. When I looked in the mirror the person looking back at me looked tired, pale and unhappy. I was pretty sure I was going to be 30 going on 40 if I didn’t make a change.
Read MoreRecipe: Pumpkin and potato bake
I found this recipe on the Calorie King website and modified it to make it vegan. For those that aren’t vegan, you could omit the nutritional yeast and top with grated cheese instead.
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