Our Real Food Challenge Day #4

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At the moment we are ?? bloggers (and more) participating in this challenge:

Joyce @ It's Your Life 
Lydia @ Lydia's Flexitarian Kitchen  
Maureen @ It's All Connected
Melinda @ Auntie Em's Guide    
Courtney @ The Crunchy Deliquent 
Kristina @ Mother's Niche  
Taylor @ Mama has Pink Hair 
and me...Mary @ Mary's Kitchen and Back to the Basics

So here's how Day 4 went...water...Coffee...then some more water and then another coffee!
Oatmeal again for breakfast but this time with almonds, cinnamon and honey.  YUM!

Lunch was delicious!  I made vegetarian lentil soup.

Vegetarian Lentil Soup
adapted from food.com

Ingredients

3 cups dried lentils
7 cups water *I used water*
OR 7 cups vegetable stock (may need more)
1 bay leaf 
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon sea salt 
2 cups onions, minced 
2 medium garlic cloves, minced
3 stalks celery, minced
1 sweet potato, diced
fresh ground black pepper 
Optional: grated Parmesan cheese

Direction

Add all ingredients to a stock pot and bring to a boil then turn down to low.

Simmer for approx 60 minutes.  
Optional: mash remaining pieces of sweet potato. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. 
(use vegan cheese for a completely vegan recipe)

Dinner of course was Ultimate ProFit Protein Shakes!

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How has the challenge been for you?  Do you have a recipe to share?  The REAL Food Linky is still open AND Lydia set up a Pintrest board.  Stop by and share your real Food creations!