Danielle's Everyday Lentil Soup

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 94.6
  • Total Fat: 0.9 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.5 mg
  • Sodium: 719.2 mg
  • Total Carbs: 14.3 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 4.8 g
  • Protein: 7.7 g

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Introduction

My lentil soup always comes out a bit different, because I use what I have on hand, but I figured that I needed a go-to recipe on sparkpeople to use for tracking purposes. My lentil soup always comes out a bit different, because I use what I have on hand, but I figured that I needed a go-to recipe on sparkpeople to use for tracking purposes.
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    1 slice of bacon
    5 cloves garlic, whole
    7 baby carrots, cut into 1/2 inch chunks
    1 14.5 oz can of tomatoes (I use diced)
    2 cups rinsed and sorted lentils
    2 pinches of dried thyme
    1 tsp paprika (I use the smoked Spanish stuff)
    4 cans of low sodium chicken broth
    1 bay leaf

Directions

Put the slice bacon in a pot. Cook on low until the fat is rendered. Throw in all of the other ingredients. (and any other veggies you want). Cook on a low boil until the lentils and carrots are soft. If it starts to dry out, add more broth or water. When it's done, fish out the piece of bacon, the bay leaf, and the whole garlic cloves and discard.

I make this regularly, and just keep it in the fridge to eat with most dinners.

Other things you can add: chopped onions, zucchini fresh herbs, any left over bones (e.g. a ham bone), veggie or beef broth, celery, spinach.

My Spanish grandma taught me how to make this soup, and still makes it for any family member that asks (which is quite regularly).

Makes roughly 8 1 cup servings.

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BRUTUS1699.

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    What could be substituted for the bacon so I can serve this to my Muslim friends? - 12/22/10