Winter Vegetable and Lentil Stew
A comforting, warming root vegetable and lentil stew, with sweet, earthy flavors - cheering on a cold, wet day.
Ingredients
- 2 c lentils cooked
- 4 oz ground beef opt.
- 1 small onion chopped
- 1-2 hot peppers chopped
- 1 t ground cumin
- 1 large parsnip peeled and cubed
- 1/2 rutabaga peeled and cubed
- 1 c broth
- 3/4 pound cabbage chopped
Instructions
- Cook the lentils.
- Break up meat and drop it into a hot pan. Stir to crumble and brown. Add onion, and peppers, and saute until soft. (If you choose to omit meat, use a little oil in the pan.) Add cumin, stir.
- Once meat is brown and onion and pepper is soft, add the cubed vegetables and broth. Stir, cover, and simmer half an hour.
- Stir the lentils into the vegetable mixture. Add the cabbage, stir it in, cover the pan and cook 5-10 minutes, until done to taste.