Winter Lentil Vegetable Soup Recipe

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• Excellent soup! The curry gave it a little bite, but the flavor was nice, and it had a nice ‘meaty’ texture. I didn’t bother to precook the lentils, used chopped tomatoes, and doubled the broth.
• this is sooo good! I used crushed tomatoes instead of whole and used 3.5C chicken broth and 1.5 cups lentils I didn’t cook the lentils before hand. It is great recipe because you can mix it up some. Thanks for the recipe!
• I changed the ingredients a little using 1 cup of mixed red and green lentils,2 overflowing cups of cabbage, diced canned tomates and 4 cups of broth. All other ingredients were the same. I did not preboil the lentils. I cooked the onion, carrots and celery in 1 tbsp of oil for five minutes then added the remaining ingredients and simmered covered for one hour. Absolutely delicious!!
• This is a great soup! If you don’t undercook the lentils they break up and just give it a ‘meaty’ texture. I doubled the chicken stock to make it less stew-like and more soup-like and added a couple tablespoons of fresh parsley. It’s easy to make, low-fat and low-calorie, and so yummy you forget it’s good for you. Definately a staple to keep on hand for munching.
• Loved it! After 45 minutes of simmering I added another 2 cups of chicken broth and fresh cracked black pepper. I then simmered for another 45 and it was perfect!
• This was a big hit with everyone in my family. It was very easy and the sort of meal where anything goes…I used brown lentils, diced tomato, no curry powder, etc. It’s the lovely sort of soup where you can through in just about any kind of vegetable. I’m not usually a big lentil or vegetable soup fan, but this was surprisingly good. The leftovers were good for lunch the next day too although there wasn’t a whole lot of broth left.
• I found this to be a very good soup. However, I made a few changes because I wanted to make a lot. So I used 1 1/2 cups Lentils, 3 celery, 2 garlic cloves, added 2 14 oz cans of petite diced tomato’s with Jalapeno’s for some zest, a whole head of cabbage, 6 carrots, 5 cups of organic free-range chicken broth, and 4 cups of water. I dbl’d the spices and added a Greek-Allspice. I ended up with a big, delicious, pot of Lentil’s and veggi’s. Wonderful, healthy, and low in fat. Cant go wrong with that!!!!