Easy Lentil Stew

Mimi in Maine's Note:

This is a yummy Lentil Stew made with mostly what is in your pantry. It is only four servings so you won't have tons left over. Simple but delicious!

• Total Time: 1 hrs
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 cup dry lentils
• 3 1/2 cups chicken broth (I use College Inn)
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can of peeled Italian tomatoes (cut up)
• 1 cup peeled chopped potato
• 1/2 cup chopped carrot
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup chopped celery (optional)
• 1 tablespoon dried parsley
• 1 tablespoon dried basil (crushed)
• 1 garlic clove (minced)
• 1 dash pepper

Directions:

1. Rinse and drain the dry lentils.
2. In a saucepan combine the lentils, chicken broth, tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, celery, parsley, basil, garlic, and pepper.
3. Simmer for 45-50 minutes untils lentils and vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally.

Reviews

[Kathy Hope]

This was really tasty and I'm not even a huge lentil fan! I'm vegetarian so I used water and vegetable bouillon cubes instead of chicken broth and used Italian seasoning instead of the parsley and basil. Next time I think I will use a little less lentils and more root vegetables.

[Megan Michelle]

When my husband wanted a lentil soup like his mothers... he failed to mention that it included pineapple. Needless to say this was not it... Still very good and will be added to my soup rotation. We doubled everything except the broth (which was tripled) and garlic (quadrupled).

[D.Borah]

Just made this for dinner for the first time. We like rich food, but have been trying to get more legumes and vegies into my familys diet so when I ran across this recipe I thought I'd give it try. I doubled the recipe because we love soup and ended up using 1 extra cup of broth just to finish up what I had opened (2 32oz cartons). I also used extra garlic and a little sea salt. We are major meat eaters so I didn't go out of my way to point out to anyone that there was no meat. My most picky child noticed there wasn't any meat right away, but to my surprise the whole family agreed it was very flavorful and satisfying. Not one complaint. I was surprised really. So we have a little left over and I mentioned I might add a little hb for a redo next time and no one really cared if I did or didn't so this is pretty good stuff:). In addition, this was very thick and chunky even with the extra bit of broth I used. Not gloppy thick, but very hearty.