Lovable Lentils In Pumpkin Bowls

Cooking Instructions

In a large soup pot, heat the olive oil. Add the onion and saute gently until soft. Then add the carrots and garlic and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the lentils and stir to coat with oil, then add the vegetable broth (start with 4 cups and add more if necessary) and marjoram (as you add this, put your own loving feelings and thoughts into the pot along with the marjoram). Add salt or tamari to taste.

Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer until lentils are tender, about 1 hour. Check toward the end of the hour and add more broth if the mixture is too dry, or uncover the pot if mixture is too soupy.

Serve in individual small pumpkins (hollowed out and cleaned) for an especially charming Samhainy touch. If you don't have the time or energy to mess with scooping out pumpkins, you could always buy some pretty ceramic pumpkin bowls and reuse them year after year.

Wine Pairing(s)

Cloud 9 Zinfandel Sierra Foothills Seity

Domaine la Monardiere "Les 2 Monardes" Vacqueyras

Perrin & Fils Les Linards

Domaine Du Vieux Chene Merlot

Sovietskoe Zolotoe Sweet Sparkling

Tobin James 'Ballistic' Zinfandel

Red Knot Cadenzia Grenache/Shiraz McLaren Vale

Domaine les Pallieres Gigondas

Gionelli Asti

Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Rose