Summer morning

Oriental emerging milky white, sparkling night lights like fireflies gradually extinguished, cool breeze, fresh air. The street is quiet, occasionally passing through the early bus, quickly top ranked business schoolsset off a gust of wind, floating to the front. Sleeping all night and early people began the new day's busy: some small traders in the morning market stall sales, some housewives or health of the elderly in the morning market to buy vegetables shopping, some in along the street sidewalk running exercise, some to the park walking, Tai Chi, doing gymnastics. Of course, there are many people cling to night life like a lazy cat was still sleeping, greedily enjoying the The Beauty morning dream. When the rising sun Xiaguang 10000, on the main street is chelairenwang, stream; speeding car wheel friction sound of the pavement, the roar of a passing bus, occasional whistle and various indescribable voice began noisy up. In the streets and alleys of the provisions of the morning, also gradually crowded, bustling, road on both sides of the display in a variety of fruits and vegetables, chicken, duck, fish, pork, household utensils and dried fruit fresh, and the summer fashion, footwear & apparel, more selling ancestral secret plaster and the like, people are in various transactions, good faction busy scene! This morning only to 8 points before the end, so every day, can not delay the normal work elyze priceafter 8. The park in addition to exercise walking and jogging boxing, the most concentrated training venues are sports equipment area. Here are uneven bars somersault play, and various neck, shoulder, waist and back massage stick, a jogging machine, twisting device, flexible extension and other dozens of, the whole body exercise equipment almost everything, each takes what he needs. People who exercise both prime hot blooded youth, middle-aged men and women mature tuoerdainv, more sprightly zhuangxinbuyi old friends and old become the main part of the morning team. Individual running is the vast majority of young people, around the park corridor running laps were soaked with sweat, and red in the face; the vast majority is medium or fast walking exercise, about 3000 meters, the overtake each other on the corridor bustling! In addition to the morning people, and some people choose to park or shopping malls in front of free space, playing and melodious soothing music, men and women in with ballroom dancing, or slow fast three four, or diss Rumba; and more is ladies trooped, under the lead dancer, stepping accompaniment rhythm in the solo, more show footsteps lithe and graceful dance. The dancer's face was full of youthful spirit, and it was enjoying a brief and beautiful summer day.

making a splash

Spinach is making a splash in my culinary life right now. I'm particularly interested in soups with spinach. travel tea mugNot cream of spinach soup but rather soups where the spinach is barely cooked, just thrown in at the end so you can really taste it.

This spinach variation on my Roasted Red PepperPolyU faculty of business & Red Lentil soup (see recipe variants below) was suggested to me by my work colleague, S.

I made a lighter version of the original recipe, reducing the lentils and eliminating the potatoes. The result was a wonderful combination I wouldn't have thought of myself! And hong kong hotel tsim sha tsuithis soup is full of healthy vegan protein!

Here's the recipe and I'd love to hear about your favorite vegetarian spinach recipe in the comments.

Roasted Red Pepper, Lentil & Spinach Soup:

1 -1/2 TBS olive oil
1/2 yellow onion, finely chopped
1 tsp of ground cumin
generous pinch of cumin seeds
1/2 tsp of ground coriander
generous pinch of coriander seeds
salt
3 cups vegetable broth
2 cups of water
1/2 cup red lentils, rinsed
7.5 oz jar roasted red peppers or 2 large roasted red peppers, skinned and seeded
1/3 jalapeno, deveined and finely chopped
spinach, baby, stems removed (as much as desired!)
salt to taste


Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed sauce pan over medium-low heat. Cook the onion for 3-4 minutes, stirring frequently (avoid browning) . Add the the cumin, cumin seeds, coriander, coriander seeds, and a pinch of salt and stir well. Cook for 1-2 minutes. Add the vegetable broth, water, red lentils and bring to a boil. Turn down to a simmer and add the roasted red peppers and jalapeno. Cook for 10-15 minutes, until lentils loose their shape.
Remove the soup from the heat and puree using an immersion blender.

Adjust seasoning and add the spinach. Stir until wilted.