Lentil Soup- Cfg-Cheap, Filling and Good for You!

Can be made from your pantry, no running out into the cold winter to make dinner. Comes together fast- I make this year round but it is extra good in the cold NY winter Perfect meatless but any meat could be added, left over ham, bacon, sausage. If I am making this for lunch, I fry bacon in the pot, remove the bacon for a sandwhich and leave fat in the pot tosauté the veggies.

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 1  teaspoon olive oil
• 1  cup  baby carrots
• 1  onion
• 2  stalks celery
• 1⁄2 lb dried lentils

• 1 can 6 oz Tomato Paste

• 1  teaspoon  italian seasoning
• 1  teaspoon garlic powder
• 6  cups water
•  salt
•  fresh pepper

Directions

1. Set pot on medium heat, add oil, sauté onions,carrots and celery until they begin to soften, add everything else, cover and simmer for a half an hour.