HEARTY VEGETARIAN LENTIL SOUP

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This comes from my favorite cookbook, Vegetarian cooking for everyone by Deborah Maddison. I LOVE this soup. It is earthy & so satisfying. I make it at least once a month and wanted to post for nutrition info! This soup gets better as it sits!

Provided by Kiwiwife

Categories     Lentil

Time 45m

Yield 12-14 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 13

2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cups finely diced onions
3 large garlic cloves
salt
pepper
3 tablespoons tomato paste
1/2 cup diced celery
1/2 cup diced carrot
2 bay leaves
1/2 cup chopped parsley (I use dried)
1 1/2 cups french green lentils or 1 1/2 cups brown lentils, washed
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon red wine or 1 tablespoon sherry wine vinegar

Steps:

  • In soup pot, sauté onion in oil until soft.
  • Work minced garlic into 1 teaspoon of salt to form a paste and add to onions.
  • Mix in tomato paste. Add celery, carrot bay leaves and parley. Cook 3 minutes.
  • Add lentils, 2 quarts of water and 1/2 tsp of salt and bring to a boil.
  • Lower heat and simmer 25-30 minutes till everything is tender.
  • Stir in mustard and vinegar. Garnish with celery leaves and parsley if desired.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 125.6, Fat 2.6, SaturatedFat 0.4, Sodium 57.1, Carbohydrate 18.9, Fiber 8.3, Sugar 2.5, Protein 6.9

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