Recipe: Hearty Winter Lentil Soup

Posted on January 7, 2014

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Recipe: Hearty Winter Lentil Soup
 
Ingredients
  • 16 cups of water
  • 3 Tbs. olive oil
  • 4 carrots, diced
  • 3 stalks of celery, diced
  • 4 parsnips, diced
  • 15 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 2 inch piece of ginger, minced
  • 2 cans diced organic tomatoes
  • 1 ? cups potatoes, diced
  • 2 cups French lentils, rinsed
  • 2 t. cumin
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 cups prepared tomato sauce
  • 2 cups collard greens, chopped
  • Juice of 1 lemon
Instructions
  1. In large pot, saut? onions, celery, parsnips, and carrots in olive oil for 5 min.
  2. Add garlic and ginger.
  3. Add lentils, potatoes, diced tomatoes, cumin, bay leaves and water.
  4. Bring to a boil and then simmer for 40 minutes until lentils are soft.
  5. Add tomato sauce and collard greens. Simmer for 10 more minutes.
  6. Add more water if too thick. Adjust salt and pepper to taste.
  7. Add the juice of 1 lemon before serving. Enjoy!

 

Step-By-Step Photo Instructions

In large pot, saut? onions, celery, parsnips, and carrots in olive oil for 5 min. Add garlic and ginger.

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Add lentils, potatoes, diced tomatoes, cumin, bay leaves and water. Bring to a boil and then simmer for 40 minutes until lentils are soft.

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Add tomato sauce and collard greens. Simmer for 10 more minutes. Add more water if too thick. Adjust salt and pepper to taste.

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Add the juice of 1 lemon before serving.

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Enjoy!
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Posted in Recipes Tagged with: , , , January 7, 2014 Bhavani Jaroff