Love & Lemons Cooking Club – January!

Join the Love & Lemons Cooking Club Challenge this month! It's easy to enter, and one lucky winner will receive a prize. Find all the details below.

Our Cooking Club is a fun way to celebrate the Love & Lemons community of readers. The concept is super simple – each month, I choose a recipe. You make it, and you email me a photo. At the end of the month, I randomly select one winner to receive a prize.

I love the sense of community that comes from so many people cooking one recipe each month. We’re kicking off our January challenge today with my Curried Lentil Soup recipe, and I hope you’ll join in the fun. Here’s how it works:

Join the Love & Lemons Cooking Club

  1. Each month, I choose one seasonal recipe. Sign up for our email list so you’ll know as soon as I share each month’s recipe.
  2. Make that recipe during the month.
  3. Send a picture of it to LoveAndLemonsCookingClub@gmail.com by the end of the month. This time, the deadline is January 31! 
  4. For a bonus entry, leave a comment (include your first and last name) on the challenge recipe’s blog post after you submit your photo.

The Prize: A 5.5-Quart Staub Dutch Oven!

At the end of the month, I randomly select a winner and post all of the photos. This time, we’re giving away a Staub enamel-coated cast iron cocotte. It’s my absolute favorite cooking vessel for soups and stews and I know you’re going to love it too! (We’re shipping to U.S addresses only).

Best Lentil Soup

January’s Recipe: Curried Lentil Soup

This recipe is a Love & Lemons reader favorite, and it’s one of our favorites, too! We love it because…

  1. It calls for a handful of basic ingredients.
  2. It’s super satisfying, thanks to the lentils and the creamy coconut milk base.
  3. And it’s absolutely delicious!

Made with fresh ginger, curry spices, fire-roasted tomatoes, and lime, it’s bright, tangy, and packed with warming curry flavor. Just add crusty bread to make it a meal.

P.S. It also happens to be vegan and gluten-free!

Enter the January Challenge

Want to enter? Here’s what you need to do:

  1. Make my Curried Lentil Soup sometime during the month of January.
  2. Send a picture of it to LoveAndLemonsCookingClub@gmail.com by January 31.
  3. For a bonus entry, leave a comment on the lentil soup blog post after you submit your photo. (One photo entry and one bonus entry per person – please leave your first and last name on your comment so I can match it to your email submission.)
  4. Sign up for our email list to find out about next month’s recipe!

I’ll randomly select a winner and share all your photos in early February.

Last Month’s Challenge

December’s recipe was my Homemade Hot Chocolate. I hope this treat was a great addition to your holiday season! Your photos look so fun and festive:

Sophie was our winner!

To Recap

Enter the January Cooking Club Challenge by…

  1. Making my Curried Lentil Soup sometime during the month of January.
  2. Sending a picture of it to LoveAndLemonsCookingClub@gmail.com by January 31.
  3. Leaving a comment on the lentil soup blog post for a bonus entry after you submit your photo. (One photo entry and one bonus entry per person – please leave your first and last name on your comment so I can match it to your email submission.)

Happy cooking!

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Hello, we're Jeanine and Jack.

We love to eat, travel, cook, and eat some more! We create & photograph vegetarian recipes from our home in Chicago, while our shiba pups eat the kale stems that fall on the kitchen floor.