Premeir Lentil Soup

4Susan's Note:

Excellent! Serve with a hearty bread and you have a wonderful and healthy meal. Very quick if you use a food processor or chopper for dicing the vegetables.

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

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 cup lentils, rinsed
• 4 cups water
• 1/2 cup onion, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup celery, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup carrot, finely chopped
• 2 large garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 bay leaf
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme or 1 teaspoon fresh thyme
• 1 lemon, sliced (optional)

Directions:

1. Place rinsed lentils in a Dutch oven.
2. Add all ingredients, except lemon.
3. Bring to a boil, turn down to a simmer, cover and cook for about 1 hour or until vegetables are tender.
4. Remove bay leaf, ladle into bowls and serve garnished with lemon slices.

Reviews

[Boomette]

It's a great filling lentil soup. It was done in only 30 minutes. And it was very thick. Next time I'll use more chicken broth. Thanks 4Susan :) Made for Bargain Basement tag game