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Lentil Soup
with Dehydrated Vegetables
~ Slow Cooked to Perfection!

Try your hand at this classic lentil soup with dehydrated vegetables—slow-cooked to perfection—with dehydrated onions and carrots!

If you wish to make your soup, or any of our other recipes, with fresh ingredients, consider getting our RECIPE eBook shown in the green box, farther down the page.

Along with all the recipes in this section that use dehydrated foods, the eBook also lists the fresh ingredient quantities instead of dehydrated food amounts.

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Ingredients for Lentil Soup:

• 16 oz. bag of lentils
• 1/4 cup dehydrated carrots
• 1/4 cup dehydrated onion
• 1/4 cup dehydrated celery
• 2 slices dehydrated elephant garlic
• 2 cups boiling water (for dehydrated items) 2 tablespoons olive oil
• salt* and pepper to taste
• 6 cups of vegetable stock
• 1/2 teaspoon Marjoram
• 1/4 teaspoon Oregano

How to Make
Lentil Soup with Dehydrated Vegetables:

1. Use the freshly boiled water to re-hydrate the dehydrated items above.
2. When they are sufficiently plump, put the veggies and their water in your slow cooker/crock pot.
3. Make the vegetable stock (while the items re-hydrate) and then let the stock cool down a bit so you don't shock your crock pot!
4. Add the lentils—check for stones, other foreign objects first! (I've been fortunate in not finding 'foreign' objects... but it's printed on the bag for a reason!)
5. Add the seasonings and olive oil, stir with a wooden spoon.

*IF you need to add salt, do so, BUT be careful NOT to over-salt as the bouillon has salt in it.

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Cuisinart
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Come Home to a Delicious Bowl of
Lentil Soup with Dehydrated Vegetables!

Cook in the slow cooker/crock-pot on low heat all day—about 7 hrs—and you come home to a delicious ready-cooked meal! And you deserve it! As an alternative to the brown lentils, try splurging on the orange lentils! It tastes just a little bit different, and is a warmer shade than just plain-looking brown.

I love making these easy soups because not only do they taste great, they are very filling, and are easy on the wallet. This huge batch of soup should feed six people, with a sandwich on the side.

When the soup is fully cooked, there should be no crunch to the lentils at all, they should simply melt in your mouth! Grab that slice of bread and butter too!

Have you seen our "Bake Your Own Bread" recipe? You haven't? Well, here it is! You won't believe how easy this bread is to make. Check out my photos on the Bake Your Own Bread page showing the different stages in the bread-making process.

Easy Curry Recipe

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Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon grated ginger
• 2 tablespoons curry powder
• 1 can (14.5 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1 can (15 ounces) chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• 1 can (15 ounces) kidney beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 can (15 ounces) tomato sauce
• 1 cup water
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

1. Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat.
2. Add the onion, garlic, and ginger.
3. Cook until the onion is softened, about 5 minutes.
4. Add the curry powder and cook for 1 minute.
5. Add the tomatoes, chickpeas, kidney beans, tomato sauce, and water.
6. Bring to a boil.
7. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes.
8. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
9. Serve over rice or naan bread.

Not only does curry look good AND taste good—it smells good too!

Does Curry Flavor Intensify While Cooking?

Yes, the flavor of curry will become more intense the longer it is cooked. Additionally, the flavor of curry can be intensified by adding more spices. Be careful NOT to overdo it.

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Thanks for reading my lentil soup with dehydrated vegetables recipe. Pick up a copy of (over) 20 Taste-Tested Easy Recipes here.

Susan Gast began Easy Food Dehydrating in December 2010. Read Susan's story of what sparked her interest in all things related to "food dehydrating."

She is featured on Mother Earth News blog, and on Solo Build It (SBI) who host this site. Read her first SBI interview, and her second SBI interview.

Since 1980, Susan's involvement in publishing - in one form or another - led her to create a "review site" of products related to the publishing industry. Visit ePubTechReviews today, also hosted by Solo Build It. Susan also runs her namesake site SusanGast.com on Solo Build It that showcases the books she has written since 2010.

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