Red Wine and Garlic Lentil Soup.

This soup is my entry in the annual super soup challenge hosted by Running with Tweezers.
The soup is rich and thick and reminded us of christmas stuffing (errr, in a good way I promise!).
It’s based on recipe from “The Cooks Encyclopedia of Soups” by Debra Mayhew. I’ve simply added the red wine and rice [...]

Versatile Red Lentil Pasta Sauce

If you’re afraid of lentils but intrigued by them at the same time, then now might be the time to give cooking them a go.
Red lentils give this pasta sauce a nice thick, smooth taste. Best of all it’s extremely quick and simple to make.

I’ve used it for:

Eggplant Moussaka
Baked potato toppings
Huevos Motulenos Whangamata [...]