Red Lentil Morrocan Soup (sodium reduced)

1 tbsp becel no salt margarine
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves of garlic, crushed
1 1/2 tsp cumin
4 cups vegetable broth (homemade with no salt)
1 cup water
1 carrot, chopped
1 celery stock, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 cup dry red lentils,split
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tbsp Franks Red hot sauce
2 tsp cilantro (fresh)

melt margarine in fry pan. add onions and garlic and cook approx. 5 min until onions are glassy. add cumin and cook for 1 min.

In a crock pot or stock pot add vegetable broth, water, onions, lentils, carrots, and celery. cook for 30 min on the sstove or on low in the crock pot for 4 hours. use an immersable blender to cream soup or add small portions to a blender . add Franks red hot sauce, lemon and cilantro.

Those that like a bit more fire in their soup can add more Franks until hot enogh.

Serve with multigrain crackers.


Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user GANTOSH.