Wonderful Slow Cooker Lentils

PaulaG's Note:

What a great dish for the cooler months ahead. Source: The Best of Jenny's Kitchen by Jennifer Raymond (June 1982.)

• Total Time: 2 hrs 50 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 10

• 1 3/4 cups lentils, sorted and rinsed
• 2 large onions, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes, with liquid
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 2 large carrots, sliced
• 1/2 cup sliced celery
• 1 bell pepper, diced
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon marjoram
• 1/8 teaspoon sage
• 1/8 teaspoon thyme
• fresh ground pepper
• 1/2 lb low-fat cheddar cheese, shredded

Directions:

1. Place all ingredients, except the cheese, in the crockpot, stir.
2. Cook on high setting for 2-1/2 hours, or until the lentils are tender.
3. Stir in the cheese until it is melted and serve.

Reviews

[I_love2nurse in Canada]

This is a nice lentil recipe but found that the carrots cooked too much. Next time I will add the carrots near the end so that they will be alittle crunchy and not soft.

[SoupCookie]

Originally made Nov.19 : I doubled the recipe for my 6L crockpot and brought this to a potluck dinner. 3L got eaten up and I had 3L left to freeze. Itz a good comfort food! Dec.5 : Thawed for dinner. Came out more like a soup, which was still good. I added grilled (cubed)chicken and parmesan cheese! yummy!

[katew]

Great taste but slow is the operative word here ! I am just a novice using my slow cooker but mine needed up to 2 hours longer than stated in the recipe - maybe my high setting isn't high enough. Good result but just not in time for dinner. Certainly good for my learning curve !!