Green Lentil Soup

Sugar-Added Free

1/27/20251 min read

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Ingredients:

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil

  • 1 onion, chopped

  • 4 carrots, chopped (2 cups)

  • 2 celery stalks, chopped

  • 2 tomatoes (diced)

  • 2 fresh red bell peppers (slice and dice) or use (14 oz pot) roasted bell peppers

  • 200 grams baby spinach leaves

  • ½ teaspoon ground cumin

  • 1½ teaspoons sea salt

  • grounded black pepper

  • 4 garlic gloves (chopped)

  • 150 grams dry green lentils, rinsed

  • 2 tablespoons wine wine vinegar

  • 4 fresh thyme sprigs or 2 bay leaves

  • 1 1/2 litre vegetable broth

  • ½ cup chopped fresh parsley on top just before serving.

Instructions

  • Heat the olive oil in a large pot/Dutch oven pot and add the onion, carrots, celery, cumin, salt, and ground pepper.

  • stir occasionally 8 minutes - 10 minutes until vegetables begin to soften.

  • Add the garlic, bell peppers, tomatoes, lentils, vinegar, thyme, and broth.

  • Cover and simmer for 25 - 30 minutes.

  • Add the baby spinach leaves to the soup in the last 5 minutes before serving.

  • Top with the parsley before serving (optional)