Snow

Lentil-Spinach Soup

I bought lentils for 79 cents a few weeks ago and finally decided to make something with them! I had some basic soup-making ingredients on hand so I decided to make some soup!

Lentil-Spinach Soup

Ingredients:

-1 tablespoon olive oil

-6 cloves garlic

-1/2 cup chopped celery

-1 cup chopped carrot

-1 cup chopped onion

-8 cups broth (I used vegetarian)

-2 cups dried lentils

-1/2 teaspoon dried oregano

-1/2 teaspoon salt

-1/2 teaspoon black pepper

-1 (10 ounce) package of frozen chopped spinach, thawed

Directions: 

1. In a large stockpot, heat the oil and saute garlic, celery, onions, and carrot until tender. Add the stock and the rinsed lentils.

2. Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer. Cover and cook for 45 minutes or until lentils are tender. Stir occasionally.

3. Add the oregano, salt, pepper, and spinach. Simmer uncovered for 15 minutes.

Enjoy!

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Happy Friday! Today I’m going to probably run on the dreadmill due to the snow in Pittsburgh. Then I have fitness theory and creative writing. Tonight = bowling night!

Have a great weekend ❤

An interesting run and recipe

The run was interesting. The recipe is good.

Thursday morning I woke up around 6am and couldn’t decide if I wanted to do my long run on the dreadmill or outside. It was 20 degrees outside, which wasn’t a big deal because I’ve run in colder temperatures, so I decided to run outside.

I set out for a 15 mile run around 7:20 and all was well until mile 10 when it began to snow, lightly. By mile 11 it was really coming down and I couldn’t see well. The roads had ice on them but I couldn’t see it because the falling snow was covering it. Then I slid on ice (but didn’t fall.. huzzah!). I was about a mile from home and I was nervous that I was going to fall or something!

Luckily I made it home safe and sound! It was interesting.

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Now onto the recipe:

Corn muffins

Ingredients:

-1 cup all purpose flour

-1 cup corn meal

-1 teaspoon baking powder

-1/4 teaspoon salt

-1 1/2 tablespoons honey

-1 egg

-1/4 cup oil

-1 cup milk

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a muffin tin that holds 12 muffins. Mix the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl.

In a small bowl mix the egg, honey, and milk until fluffy. Mix the liquids into the flour bowl and stir lightly, until just combined.

Pour into muffin pan and bake for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Enjoy!