Vegetarian Fare- Garden Mirepoix and Red Lentils

I don't usually post recipes.  And well, this isn't.  I'm just so excited that I was able to make mirepoix from my own front yard.  That said, I took a recipe that I ate at my friend's house over at The Full Montessori, and changed it up just a bit.  I apologize, but I don't measure when I cook so this isn't a true recipe, but a list of what I used and what I did.  This is not truly vegetarian since I used chicken broth, but you can substitute, and you can substitute butter and cheese and egg and it will be vegan.  I'm sure you can figure it out.

Ingredients:
onions
carrots
celery
sweet potato
red lentils
few seeds cumin
tablespoon butter
tablespoon olive oil
spoon of paprika
2 cloves garlic
generous grating of nutmeg
few pinches good salt and pepper
(chicken broth)- can use water or vegetable, I had some I had make a few days ago.

Toppings:
butter
cheese
poached egg

I melted butter and olive oil, threw in onion, celery, and carrots, cumin, garlic with pinch of salt till soft, then added sweet potato, nutmeg, salt/pepper and paprika for an additional few min.  Tossed in lentils with a few cups of chicken broth and let it cook down.  When soft, I pureed it in hand blender leaving it slightly chunky.

I served it for the kids with cheese and a dollop of butter (and chicken on the side).  I had it with a poached egg (which was my first time to try!!).

Happy last days of lent!

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