Lentil soup with collard greens

Anybody who has read my healthy cooking articles, or who has visited my kitchen knows that I love my slow cooker. Whether I am working or driving Kylie to school & gymnastics, it is always great to come home to a hot home cooked meal. And the perfect way to achieve this is with the slow cooker.

Soups & stews are perfectly prepared this way. The “crock-pot” is great for one pot meals. Here is one of my favorites. It’s one of my mom’s favorites too!

Lentil soup with collard greens
1 TBSP. olive oil
1 large yellow onion, chopped
1 large carrot chopped
3 chopped red skinned potatoes
2-3 chopped garlic cloves
1 ½ cups dried lentils
7 cups vegetable stock
1 TBSP. soy sauce
Several large handfuls of collard greens cut in ribbons
Salt & pepper to taste

In a large saucepan sauté onions ,carrots & garlic cloves in olive oil. When onions are translucent add mixture to slow cooker & add all ingredients except for the collard greens. Cook on low for 4-6 hours. Right before serving, cook collard greens in boiling salted water till slightly tender. Drain & add to soup. Salt & pepper to taste & enjoy!!!

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Conversion Table for Cooking

How many times have you tried to adapt a recipe that feeds six to a recipe that feeds four? Or have you ever watched a great chef like Nigella Lawson and heard her measure her ingredients by European standards & not known how to adapt them to our own U.S. measurements? Well, here is a convenient guide that I find very helpful. Hope it helps you too!

Conversion Table for Cooking
U.S. to Metric
Metric to U.S.
Cooking Measurment Equivalents

U.S. to Metric Capacity
1/5 teaspoon = 1 milliliter
1 teaspoon = 5 ml
1 tablespoon = 15 ml
1/5 cup = 50 ml
1 cup = 240 ml
2 cups (1 pint) = 470 ml
4 cups (1 quart) = .95 liter
4 quarts (1 gal.) = 3.8 liters
Weight
1 fluid oz. = 30 milliters
1 fluid oz. = 28 grams
1 pound = 454 grams


Metric to U.S.
Capacity
1 militers = 1/5 teaspoon
5 ml = 1 teaspoon
15 ml = 1 tablespoon
34 ml = 1 fluid oz.
100 ml = 3.4 fluid oz.
240 ml = 1 cup
1 liter = 34 fluid oz.
1 liter = 4.2 cups
1 liter = 2.1 pints
1 liter = 1.06 quarts
1 liter = .26 gallon
Weight
1 gram = .035 ounce
100 grams = 3.5 ounces
500 grams = 1.10 pounds
1 kilogram = 2.205 pounds
1 kilogram = 35 oz.

Cooking Measurment Equivalents
16 tablesppns = 1 cup
12 tablespoons = 3/4 cup
10 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons = 2/3 cup
8 tablespoons = 1/2 cup
6 tablespoons = 3/8 cup
5 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon = 1/3 cup
4 tablespoons = 1/4 cup
2 tablespoons = 1/8 cup
2 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons = 1/6 cup
1 tablespoon = 1/16 cup
2 cups = 1 pint
2 pints = 1 quart
3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon
48 teaspoons = 1 cup
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