Red Lentil Soup

I'm not usually a lady who really goes in for soups, not unless I already am familiar with them or they've really got something going for them. Which is why I love living with my sister. She'll be brave and go for things I normally wouldn't try, like this lovely, homey lentil soup from The Sprouted Kitchen Cookbook. I'm usually afraid of making soups for dinner because I feel that sometimes soup isn't substantial enough on its own, but trust me: this one delivers. Plus, it's healthy! Yay!

Palak Daal

For no particular reason at all (all right, maybe because of my slightly insane cooking marathon) I had a sudden urge to try out a few more healthy and wholesome recipes this week. And while beige-tinted bowls of flaxseed quinoa bran--hey, it is probably a thing somewhere on the internet--leave me cold, I've found consistently that the way to go when you want wholesome, vegetarian and preferably not pasta...you gotta go Indian.