Easy & Healthy Lentil Soup Recipe

I used this recipe when I attended my first Engine 2 Potluck at Rip Esselstyn's house in Austin, Texas. That was a crazy busy week and I needed something quick and easy to toss together. I looked around and found a really easy soup and headed over to Whole Foods to purchase the ingredients that I needed. The potluck was a success, and I made a double batch of soup that week with plenty to share. Below I have halved the recipe and slightly modified the ingredients since mine yielded a bit too much, even for a family of four.

Lentil Soup

yields 8 bowls of soup

2 bay leaves

6 cups of vegetable stock or water

2 cups lentils, rinsed

1 yellow onion, diced

2 potatoes, chopped

2 garlic cloves, diced

4 carrots, chopped

4 celery stalks, chopped

1 tablespoon dried basil

2 tablespoons dried parsley

salt and pepper to taste

1. Add water or vegetable broth in a large pot to boil over high heat and add bay leaves.

2. Cut onions, potatoes, garlic, carrots and celery.

3. Toss cut veggies with basil and parsley in a large bowl.

4. Add lentil and seasoned veggies to the large pot of boiling broth or water.

5. Reduce to low heat and simmer for an hour.