Ingredients

  • 1 bag dry lentils
  • 4 cups water
  • 1 yellow onion chopped up
  • 1/2 garlic clove chopped up
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 4 stalks kale
  • 1/2 bag dried apricots cut up into squares
  • 1 bunch baby carrots 10 or so, cut up into squares
  • 1 stalk celery chopped up
  • 10 bay leaves
  • 1 pinch sea salt
  • 1 pinch pepper
  • 1 pinch cumin

Method

  • Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees (for the kale).
  • Meanwhile, fill a pot with approximately 3-4 cups of water and let boil.
  • While that is boiling, chop up the onions and garlic and add it to the pot, along with the bay leaves.
  • Cover the pot and start the kale prep.
  • Pull 2-3 stalks of kale off the bunch and place them on a piece of aluminum foil or a baking sheet/pan.
  • Add the olive oil, salt and pepper to the kale, cover and let cook in the oven for 15 minutes (or until soft) checking on it periodically.
  • Rinse off the lentils and add them to the pot, along with the celery, carrots, cumin, salt, and pepper and let cook for 20 minutes.
  • While cooking, cut up the apricots it teeny tiny squares.
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