{"id":162,"date":"2007-12-31T13:42:58","date_gmt":"2007-12-31T18:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/recipes2.darcyparks.ca\/2007\/12\/31\/israeli-red-lentil-soup\/"},"modified":"2007-12-31T13:42:58","modified_gmt":"2007-12-31T18:42:58","slug":"israeli-red-lentil-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/?p=162","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Red Lentil Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Serves:<\/strong> 6-8<br \/>\n<strong>Source:<\/strong> Bonnie Stern&#8217;s &#8211; the Best of HeartSmart Cooking<\/p>\n<h2>Ingredients:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup dried red lentils <\/li>\n<li>2 tsp vegetable oil <\/li>\n<li>1 large onion, chopped <\/li>\n<li>3 cloves garlic, finely chopped <\/li>\n<li>1 jalapeno seeded and chopped <\/li>\n<li>1 tsp cumin <\/li>\n<li>8 cups vegetable stock <\/li>\n<li>1 tsp salt <\/li>\n<li>2 tbsp lemon juice <\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Instructions:<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p>Place lentils in a sieve and rinse well.  Spread out on a baking sheet and pick over to discard any stones.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Heat oil in a large saucepan on medium heat.  Add onion, garlic and jalapeno and cook gently for 5 to 10 minutes, or until tender and fragrant.  Add cumin and cook for about 30 seconds, or until fragrant.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Add rinsed lentils and stock and bring to a boil.  Reduce heat and simmer gently, uncovered, for about 30 minutes, or until lentils are very tender and mixture is thick.  (If soup is too thick, add stock or water.)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Add salt, pepper and lemon juice.  Taste and adjust seasonings if necessary.  Add cilantro before serving.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Serves:<\/strong> 6-8<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> Bonnie Stern&#8217;s &#8211; the Best of HeartSmart Cooking<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-soups"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}