Red Lentil, Zucchini & Couscous Soup

This recipe was very good! I didn't find it to be bland, but I made very tiny modifications. I used extra celery in place of some of the carrots (grating baby carrots takes too much patience), instead of regular vegetable broth, I used beef-style veg broth, and as suggested by LuckyDog, added a tiny bit of garlic powder. I only had whole wheat cous cous, so I used that as well. I will be making this again. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

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As some other reviewers said, I found this soup to be a bit bland, at first. I threw in some chopped fresh tomato, for color, and added the following to kick up the flavor a bit: garlic powder, onion powder, lemon juice & a bit of curry powder. I never even added the cous cous because I realized I didn't have any. But, once I added the other spices, the soup was really good. My 4 & 3 year olds loved it - with lots of fresh bread to soak up the broth!

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What a lovely soup! It was so tasty I actually said Wow! after I tried it. I did make a couple modifications. I didn't have zucchini, so I added extra celery. Also I was worried there wasn't going to be enough flavor so I added 2 garlic cloves (to the recipe halved). The garlic probably wasn't necessary, but was really good in this. I also used beef broth instead of vegetable. I, like Annisette don't usually like celery, but even with the extra, since I diced it all really small and cooked it down with the onions, it was just in the background and added to the flavor.

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Great healthy soup. Added lemon juice, cilantro, and curry. I used chicken broth too.

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Very nice soup! I used my immersion blender to puree the veggies a bit (fussy kids) and I added one large spoonful of pesto for a bit more flavour. Everyone enjoyed it!
Thanks!

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Made this tonight with a few modifications. Only grated one large carrot and two smaller zucchini, but two stalks celery. Added about 1-2 t. curry powder, 1/2 t. cayenne pepper, onion powder and two cloves garlic. It turned out quite good and was pretty easy to make. Very good with the garlic potato stuffed naan my neighbor brought over!

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This is a good soup. It is probably supposed to be very mild, but we found it a little plain and lacking in flavor. This is with using the broth and adding 2 cloves of garlic, lemon juice and fresh parsley. I also used whole wheat couscous and less salt. DH could not tell there was couscous in this (even when I told him there was). Fed 4-6 people.

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This was terrific soup! Very delicious!! Used the vegetable broth option instead of the water and fresh fennel instead of celery (only because I don't care much for celery). Made for the ZWT4 CAFE ZMAAK Gypsies team!

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YUMMY! I love eating healthy soups and this was so delicious and different than soups I usually make! It's a balanced meal in a bowl with full of the vitamins and nutrients you need. :) I used fresh basil instead of dried and broth instead of water. We enjoyed this with some homemade bread. Thanks! Made for ZWT4 - Los Jefes de la Cocina.

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I loved this soup and I especially loved the couscous in it - beautiful texture, healthy and warming on a winters night . I topped mine with grated cheese. made for ZWT 4 so many thanks for posting.

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This soup was delicious; the couscous added a nice texture. I omitted the carrots and celery (I didn't have any on hand), and used dried parsley and oregano in place of the basil. I would definitely make this one again! :)

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To be honest I was a bit dubious about what this was going to taste like but it turned out to be a really yummy soup. Even my brother who doesn't usually like couscous and celery enjoyed it!

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There is nothing wrong with this soup. (Well, perhaps I would use a bit less salt) It's healthy,good for you, and filling. It just didn't "get me", or I didn't get it. It's nothing I would crave, so I can't give it 5 stars. My husband liked it better, so I'll keep the recipe. Thanks

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Just a wonderful soup - never would have thought of adding couscous to soup, but it certainly does work. I did add some fresh parsley, but am not sure that it made a difference. Love the soup! A keeper. Thanks

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Delicious!! This soup went down a treat, thanks so much for sharing it. It's tasty virtually fat free and very good for you. I cooked mine a lot less than stated but otherwised made it as directed.

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I looked at this recipe this morning and thought, mmmm this will be a nice soup for dinner tonight, well I was wrong..this soup was DELICIOUS! We all loved the flavours and the consistency with the added lentils and couscous. I used chicken stock as I had no vegetable broth, straight to my favourite file, thanks for sharing.

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This was great! Since I love zucchini, I left out the carrots and added more zucchini. Also, before I added the couscous, I blended the soup(I like soups smoother). Other than that, I followed the recipe and it was delicious! Thank you so much for this recipe!

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Yum! This is really good, despite its short list of ingredients. Plus, it costs practically nothing to make, and by my calculations is only 150 calories. Thanks!

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