It’s soup season!! Yippee. Well, I don’t like the cold but I do love soup. I am always on the look out for a good soup recipe. After Orion was born, the lovely ladies from our church blessed us with a crazy awesome meal train. We had meals for weeks. Such a HUGE, HUGE blessing! One of those meals was this lentil soup. I loved it so much I asked for the recipe. I have since made it twice and oh man! it’s good. I thought I would share it here with you guys too. Enjoy!
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons olive oil (or coconut oil), plus extra for drizzling
1 medium onion, chopped
2 carrots, chopped
2 celery stalks, chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 (14 1/2-ounce) can diced tomatoes
1 1/4 cup of lentils (we love these Organic Truroots Sprouted Lentil Trio
11 cups organic veggie broth
4 to 6 fresh thyme sprigs
2/3 cup organic 100% whole wheat pasta (spirals work best I think)
1 cup shredded organic Parmesan (optional)
Directions:
1. Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat.
2. Add the onion, carrots, and celery. Add the garlic, salt, and pepper and saute until all the vegetables are tender.
3. Add the whole can of tomatoes (including juices). Simmer, stirring occasionally for about 8 minutes.
4. Add the lentils, broth and thyme sprigs. Stir. Bring to a boil over high heat. Cover and simmer over low heat until the lentils are just about tender, about 30 minutes.
5. Stir in the pasta. Simmer until the pasta is tender but still a bit firm (around 8 minutes). Season with salt and pepper.
6. Ladle the soup into bowls. Sprinkle with the Parmesan if you wish and drizzle with olive oil. Enjoy!!
Recipe adapted from the Food Network
Thanks for the recipe! I’ve been in major soup-mode these days and my favorite is this one from Cooking Light: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/split-pea-soup-with-rosemary
It’s not the most attractive soup, but it’s yummy… well, as long as you like rosemary. (Also, we’ve never had it with the sour cream and parsley since we don’t usually have those on hand, still good though!)
I finally got around to checking out the Christmas tree post and photos from that day! They look great. Now I am obsessing about this soup. You may smell it cooking at our house 🙂 Yum….hope all is well across the way 🙂
oh i’ve never had pasta in lentil soup before but it looks lovely! i must try this out over christmastime. 🙂
Oh I LOVE Lentil soup!! Can’t wait to try this recipe. The photos make me drool! 🙂
XO and Mele Kalikimaka!!
Making this today for dinner, looks so good thanks for sharing !