I like to go on soup kicks and for some reason in June it has been realllllly cold at night. Lentil soup has always hit my spot of comfort healthy. I love meat but I also love really good vegetarian, what I have problems with is I don't like most veggie broths out there on the market shelves. I went to the kitchen and this is what I came up with.
Vegetarian Lentil Soup
I literally chop & toss....even the onions don't always have off their skin
Broth:
fill a stock pot with spring water
Blentec 1 red pepper....or puree it
Quarter 3 boiler onions or yellow
add 4 carrots w/skin
whole head of celery leaves and all
chopped mushrooms
1 large russet chopped with skin on
1/2 Thai chili chopped
sea salt & ground pepper to taste
4 bay leaves
1 tsp of thyme leaves
boil for 45 mins….simmer for 30 mins let cool on stove for 1 hour or so……pull out all chunky stuff & I like to feed this to my dogs…of course all dogs are different
go through it with a hand held strainer but I like the pepper & potato pulp left in my broth if it’s for lentil soup.
Toss in order……
5 cups vegetable broth
1 cup dry lentils that have been washed
1 onion, diced
1 large russet, I rough peel it but leave about 50% of the skin on, chop in nice size cubes
1-2 celery sliced
1 carrot sliced
1/4 tsp pepper
1 tsp dried thyme
Enjoy,
Ms Foodie
