squash (i usually use chayote bc that’s what we have)
onion
lettuce / cabbage (?)
mushrooms
cilantro
tomato sauce
canned sweet corn
chicken bouillon (or another seasoning if you’re vegetarian? at least
put salt or something)
lemon
you don’t have to add everything i have listed here obviously, do whatever
you want. it’s soup. follow your heart
instructions:
add lentils and water to a pot. bring to a boil, then turn down the
flame to medium and set a timer for 15 minutes. prepare the vegetables in
the meantime.
after the 15 minutes, add chopped carrots, potatoes, celery, and
squash. cook for 5 minutes.
add chopped onion, mushrooms, and lettuce. cook for 5 minutes.
turn off the flame. add cilantro, tomato sauce, and canned corn. season
with chicken bouillon and add lemon juice to taste. stir well.
enjoy :)
wrt cooking time
ofc cooking times will vary depending on the pot you’re using, how much
soup you’re making, the brand of lentils etc.
generally you just take the total cooking time for the beans and subtract
10 minutes for when to add the vegetables — so in the instructions it’s 25
minutes total (15 + 5 + 5), but if you needed to cook the lentils for say 30
minutes, then you’d set that initial timer for 20 minutes. ok??
++ a word of advice for my fellow depressed bitches
dishes suck and they’re 80% of the reason i don’t eat sometimes so here’s
my advice.
if you don’t use the entire can of tomato sauce or corn you can just
cover the top with plastic wrap and put it in the fridge, instead of
dirtying some tupperware. but make sure you don’t knock it over ‼️
on a related note you can also do this with bowls, like leftover pasta,
just cover it in plastic wrap and refrigerate + microwave that.
instead of having to wash pots / pans + bowl1 (when you originally made the
food) + tupperware + bowl2 (when you had the leftovers). you can just stick
to bowl1. assuming it all fits
if you’re already using a spoon to add seasoning and whatnot you can
also use that to eat the soup 🤯
basically just try to reuse dishes as much as possible (while still being
hygienic ofc)
bc yeah there’ve been times where i wouldn’t eat anything (genuinely
anything) bc the thought of having to wash all these dishes
afterward felt like too much effort, but i found that using these (admittedly
minor) ways of trying to reduce that workload helped. somaybe it’ll help
someone else. sorry if you’re going through that though it really does
suck