Snow Day! Great day for soup!

One of my favorite things about our IFK is that we get freshly prepared organic soups delivered right to our doorsteps! Plus recipes for you to make your own, like Lisa's Lentil Soup. Here's what I made last night that we enjoyed with a big kale, apple, walnut and fennel salad with EVOO and balsamic dressing. Took me less than 30 minutes to prepare, was satisfying, and leftovers are for lunch today.

This is another simple solution that will yield big results. Savvy Secret? Cook once, eat twice. Super simple. Or for the first week, have an expert make it and ship it to you.  Woo Hoo!

Here's the recipe for the soup:
Red Lentil Soup
2 cups of Red Lentils (I used sprouted green, brown and red for this batch)
1 quart of broth of choice (I used beef bone broth)
1 large onion ( I like and used Vidalia or sweet onions)
1 1/2 cup of minced celery (didn't have any so used fennel instead)
2 large carrots chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup chopped cilantro (great as a garnish too)
1 T of curry powder or turmeric
1 tsp ground cumin
Juice of one lemon.

Directions: 
Place all ingredients except lemon and cilantro in a soup pot. bring to a boil. Simmer until lentils done about 20-30 minutes (less if using sprouted). Season with lemon, cilantro, salt and pepper.

I also like to add EVOO on top for extra healthy oleic acid and omega 3, essential fatty acids. Notice how I improvised when I didn't have one of the ingredients. Every meal can be slightly different. Have fun trying new ingredients to the basic soup recipe to boost your health and nutrition. Diversity and variety in food is the #1 cancer prevention strategy.

Salud and Carpe Diem!

Lisa
PS
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Come tonight to Neck Back & Beyond for a Tasting  
Also Tastings at  Artius Integrative Medicine today and McLean Sport and Health tomorrow.

About Lisa Jackson, RN, CHC, RYT-500, AFMC

Lisa is an author, functional nutrition, and functional medicine trained health coach, yoga teacher, and retired Registered Nurse with the mission to "Inspire, Educate and Empower" individuals and corporations to achieve optimal health.

Lisa's book, Savvy Secrets: Eat, Think & Thrive is a self-health book offering her Seven Steps to Optimal Health.

When she is not coaching, or speaking, you can find Lisa joyfully sharing Carpe Diem Dance or playing with her two grandchildren. She is the mother of four adult children and believes, "Optimal health should not be a secret."