{"id":2179,"date":"2014-04-27T09:55:19","date_gmt":"2014-04-27T14:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/?p=2179"},"modified":"2014-04-21T20:29:48","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T01:29:48","slug":"cauliflower-lentil-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/?p=2179","title":{"rendered":"Cauliflower &#038; Lentil Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Cauliflower-Lentil-Soup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2177\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Cauliflower-Lentil-Soup-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"Cauliflower &amp; Lentil Soup\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sure, you could make this without the bacon, but you&#8217;d be missing the beautiful smokiness it imparts. The bits of bacon also add a textural element that take this dish from a soup course to feeling more like a complete meal. Broccoli might work well in place of the cauliflower, though I haven&#8217;t tried it myself. If you&#8217;re feeling adventurous, give it a try and let me know your results.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time: 30 minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serves: 6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<address>4 thick strips bacon \u2013 sliced to \u00bc\u201d matchsticks<\/address>\n<address>1 onion \u2013 chopped<\/address>\n<address>19 ounce can lentils \u2013 rinsed and drained<\/address>\n<address>2 pounds cauliflower florets \u2013 cut into bite size pieces<\/address>\n<address>8 cups chicken stock<\/address>\n<address>2 teaspoons dried rosemary \u2013 crumbled<\/address>\n<address>\u00bc teaspoon crushed red chili<\/address>\n<address>\u00bc teaspoon fresh ground black pepper<\/address>\n<address>2 tablespoons parsley &#8211; chopped<\/address>\n<address>2 teaspoons or to taste kosher salt<\/address>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preparation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Place a large pot on medium heat and add the bacon. Cook, stirring occasionally until just browned. Remove the bacon with a slotted spoon and set it aside.<\/p>\n<p>Discard all but two teaspoons of the bacon fat and add the onion to the pot, stirring occasionally for three minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Stir in the lentils, cauliflower, stock, rosemary, chili and pepper. Partially cover the pot and turn the burner to high. Once a boil is reached, reduce heat to simmer and cook for fifteen minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Return the bacon to the pot. Stir in the parsley and salt to taste.<\/p>\n<p>Serve immediately.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Cauliflower-Lentil-Soup.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Get the PDF and nutrition info<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sure, you could make this without the bacon, but you&#8217;d be missing the beautiful smokiness it imparts. The bits of bacon also add a textural&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,10,32,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Cauliflower-Lentil-Soup.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2179"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2182,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179\/revisions\/2182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}