Dinner of the day: Squash Soup

I will probably be posting some of our weekly dinners if I think they are interesting enough to mention. I got into cooking when I moved in with Tommy because its much more exciting cooking for someone, rather than just cooking for yourself. I love trying to wow him with food, which isn't really that hard because he will happily eat almost anything. That makes my job difficult because to truly impress him the food has to be fantastic.

Tonight's dish:

Sweet Potato Lentil Stew

4 cups chicken broth
2-3 cups chopped sweet potato or winter squash
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup lentils, any color
0.5 cup chopped celery

3/4 cup chopped onion

0.5 cup chopped carrot

2/8 tsp allspice

1/8 tsp cinnamon

1/8 tsp nutmeg

1/8 tsp cloves

1/8 tsp coriander

1/8 tsp cardamom

1/8 tsp cumin

In a medium size crockpot, add all dry ingredients first. Then add wet ingredients.

Cook on low for 7+ hours or on high for 3.5+ hours or until lentils are done.

I served this with a gigantic piece of homemade spelt bread for dipping. Its a nice recipe for a cold night if you don't live in a house with radiant floor heating. How I long for radiant floor heating!!!
Anyways...I am headed for the ice cream now. Happy eating!