Slow Cooker Sweet Potato and Lentil Soup (Indian Fusion)

Courtesy of Food Network

Today, I'm going to do something a little different.  I will be traveling all over the place this March: San Francisco, Baltimore, DC and Houston.  (Those are the one I know about, too.) That means that I won't have a lot of time to cook and I won't be home long enough to eat many new slow cooker recipes.

In the meantime, I thought that I would highlight some recipes that I'd like to try and share them with you. 


From Food Network, I found Slow Cooker Sweet Potato and Lentil Soup recipe that sounds delicious and inspired by Indian fusion.

I'm assuming that it will taste amazing; the Food Network rarely dishes a flop.  I'm aware that the Food Network takes very pretty pictures of their food. Yet, the warm orange and yellow hues in this bowl look so inviting and I can feel the beta-Carotene doing good already. Plus, I ran this recipe through about.com's recipe analyzer to discover that this is nutritionally amazing: low in cholesterol and sodium; high in manganese, thiamin, vitamin B6 & vitamin C; and very high in dietary fiber and vitamin A. I can't wait to have some time to make this!

Courtesy of about.com

The current recipe is already vegetarian, but I might make this vegan for Lent and use some olive oil in lieu of the butter.  Also, I don't have curry powder on hand but I have some garam masala that I used in my rajmah recipe to bring out the curried flavors. I'll let you know how it turns out when I'm finally home to enjoy it.