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Best Lentil Soup
This easy lentil soup recipe is healthy and delicious, filled with fresh veggies, herbs, and spices. Serve it with crusty bread for a simple weeknight meal! Skip the cheese to make this recipe vegan.
👥 4 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h⏳ Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 45 min👤 Jeanine Donofrio📖 loveandlemons
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●pot
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onion, carrots, celery, kale stems, cumin, salt, and several grinds of pepper, and cook, stirring occasionally, for ⏱️ 8 minutes, or until the vegetables begin to soften.
medium carrots, chopped (2 cups)4
2
Stir in the garlic, tomatoes, lentils, vinegar, thyme, and broth. Cover and simmer for 25 to ⏱️ 30 minutes, or until the lentils are tender. Add the kale leaves and cook for ⏱️ 5 minutes, or until wilted.
3
Remove the thyme bundle and season to taste. Serve topped with the parsley, red pepper flakes, and Parmesan, if desired.
Red pepper flakes
Nutrition Facts
calories
264 kcal
fat Content
8 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
15 g
sugar Content
8 g
sodium Content
2349 mg
protein Content
12 g
carbohydrate Content
38 g
saturated Fat Content
1 g
unsaturated Fat Content
6 g
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