Lentil Soup

Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 carrot
• 1 onion
• 1 stalk celery
• 1 ounce butter
• 8 ounces lentils
• 1 (400 g) can diced tomatoes or 1 (400 g) can chopped tomatoes
• 4 cups water
• 2 chicken stock cubes (or granule equivalent)
• pepper
• 2 -3 tablespoons parsley, chopped (optional)
• ham bones (optional)

Recipe

• 1 peel and chop carrot and onion, chop celery.
• 2 heat butter in soup pot and add carrot, onion, celery.
• 3 cook, stirring until onion is transparent.
• 4 add bacon bones, lentils, undrained tomatoes.
• 5 crush tomatoes with a fork and add water and stock.
• 6 cover, bring to a boil, reduce heat.
• 7 simmer 1 1/2 hours or until lentils are tender as desired.
• 8 remove and discard ham bones.
• 9 season with pepper and stir in parsley.