Sweet Potato, Lentils & Rice Soup

Yeah, yeah no picture. Sorry guys. Go to this website and look at his, they are better than I could do anyway: http://www.versesfrommykitchen.com/2012/03/life-and-rainy-day-soup.html


Sweet Potato, Lentils & Rice Soup
Ingredients:

• 1 medium sweet potato, peeled and cut into 1″ cubes
• 1 large carrot, peeled and cut into thick slices
• 1 small onion, peeled and diced
• 1 tbsp. olive oil
• 1/2 cup red lentils
• 1/4 cup rice
• 4 cups vegetable stock
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 2 tsp. cinnamon
• 2 tsp. cumin
• 4 tbsp. grated Parmesan, garnish

Prep:

1. In a large saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat. Saute the onions with the cinnamon and cumin for five minutes, or until softened.
2. Add the stock, sweet potatoes, carrots and lentils and cover and simmer until the sweet potato is tender, about 20 minutes.
3. Stir in the coconut milk and rice and increase the heat to a medium-high, cover and cook until the rice is cooked through, about 25 minutes.
4. Ladle into bowls and sprinkle Parmesan over top. Serves 4-6.

This is how it is posted on his blog and exactly how I prepared it. It smelled so sweet while it was cooking that I thought it might taste kind of weird but it was really good. The sweet potatoes just melted in your mouth which was perfect because Kyle is so sick right now that he can't swallow whole food. I am not sure if it is vegan appropriate--there is coconut milk in it--does that count as milk? Not sure. Anyway, it was pretty good and healthy to boot (well, I think it is...) Not sure if Mark would like it or not, but I bet Tyler would.