Healthy Lentil Soup

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 119.6
  • Total Fat: 8.0 g
  • Cholesterol: 11.7 mg
  • Sodium: 28.0 mg
  • Total Carbs: 10.1 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.4 g
  • Protein: 3.0 g

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Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    1 cup of dry Lentils, washed and rinsed
    1 large Carrot
    4 medium Celery stalks
    1 Leek
    1 medium Onion
    3 tblsp Butter
    1 tblsp Olive Oil
    1/3 tsp Ginger
    1/2 tsp Tumeric
    1 tblsp Curry powder
    1 tsp Rosemary
    1 tsp Thyme
    1/2 tsp Marjoram
    1 tblsp Basil




Directions

Chop all vegetables into small cubes or slices.

Place butter and olive-oil in large saucepan. Heat on medium heat.

Add vegetables. Reduce heat to low and let vegetables slowly cook for about 15-20 min taking care to stir often.

Once the vegetables have given their flavour then add the Lentils, 4 cups of water and all the spices.

Heat soup to boiling point then turn heat back to let soup simmer for about 30 min.

Turn off heat, put the lid on and let stand for another 30-45 min.

Enjoy

Makes about 8-10 1 cup servings

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user YONIT1.