January - Lentil

 Lentil and Smoked Sausage Soup

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 7 ounces dry lentils
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 3/4 cup finely shredded green cabbage
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 2 vegetarian smoked sausages, diced
• 1 (16 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 2 cubes vegetable bouillon
• 4 cups water
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon thyme leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• salt and pepper to taste

Things I did differently:
we used Kielbasa instead of vegetarian sausage, because John absolutely refused. Being married to a carnivore has it's drawbacks. I don't get the pizza I want, I don't get garden-burgers, see a trend?

Anywhoo...I used Better then Bouillon chicken flavor in place of the vegetable bouillon, cause its what I had and its what I like

I need to purchase a Stick Blender, even though it doesn't call for it, I think it would make it more creamy.

Here's the final product:

It's Here, It's here...ooooo It's Here

What is here, you may be asking...or you may not be.

It's not what you think...
Today is Jan 1, the official weigh in for the JEEZ -us challenge of 2011
and the first time I have EVER announced my weight in any sort of public
forum.

So, without further adieu
20% of 168 = 33.6
Christmas cooking and eating wasn't kind to me

Motivation this time around:
half marathon with Kaye in June
Crysta's graduation in June
MY graduation in June

oh lordy...