Lentil and Tomato Soup

Ingredients

• 2.1/2 cups of lentil pulp
• 1 cup of strained tomato
• 1 teaspoonful of Nut Butter
• 2 stalks of celery

Method

1. 1

   Add sufficient water to make the soup of proper consistency.

2. 2

   Heat to boiling, remove the celery, and add salt to season and one teaspoonful of browned flour rubbed to a paste with a little water.

3. 3

   Boil for two or three minutes until the flour is cooked; then serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Healthful cookery (1904) by E. E. Kellogg, page 62. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Lentil and Tomato Soup. — -2.1/^ cups of lentil pulp, i cup of strained tomato, i teaspoonful of Nut Butter, and 2 stalks of celery. To these add sufficient water to make the soup of proper consistency. Heat to boiling, remove the celery, and add salt to season and one teaspoonful of browned flour rubbed to a paste with a little water. Boil for two or three minutes until the flour is cooked; then serve. Tomato Soup. — - Put one quart of tomatoes through a colander, add salt to taste, two table- spoonfuls of sugar, and a little Cocoanut or other Nut Butter; when hot, thicken with one heaping tablespoonful of flour. Serve hot. *Nut and Tomato Bisque Soup. — Y\ cup Nut Butter, 1 cup tomato, 2 to 3 cups water. Rub the butter smooth in the tomato. Add the water. Heat to boiling, and add salt to taste. Soups 179 *Creamy Nut Soup. — For one person, take one- half cup of hot water, two tablespoonfuls of Nut Meal, and salt. Boil, and pour slowly over the yolk of an egg, stirring meanwhile ; serve at once. *Cream of Almond Soup. — y2 pound Almond Butter, 1 pint water, 1 doz. blanched almonds. Make a cream with one pint of water and one- fourth pound of Almond Butter, salt to taste, and heat thoroughly in a double boiler. Cut one dozen blanched almonds into strips, and put them into the tureen, then pour the cream over them. Serve at once with toasted whole-wheat wafers. *Puree of Gluten Soup. — 2 slightly rounded tablespoonfuls Nut Butter, 2 slightly rounded table- spoonfuls 20-per-cent Gluten, 4 cups water. Rub the Nut Butter smooth with the water. Heat to boiling, stir in the Gluten dry, beat it well so as to prevent lumps. Strain if necessary, add salt to taste, heat to boiling, and serve. Gluten Soup. — • Into a quart of water slice a small onion, and add a teaspoonful of Nut Butter.

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