Cat house:Recipes/Lentil Soup

It's tastey and a good way to use produce.

Ingredience

• Lentils (2-3c)
• Carrots (2-ish)
• Celery (2-ish)
• Shallot (1) (or half an onion if you'd rather but ughhh)
• (slow cooker ver) Vegetable stock (6-8 cups)
• Other produce if you feel like it
• Garlic, bay leaf, oregano, basil, vinegar, salt, pepper
• Crushed tomatoes (1 regular can/15 oz)

Steps

1. In a large soup pot, heat olive oil (1/4c) over medium heat.
2. Add carrots and celery (2 ish each) and shallot; cook and stir for a bit.
3. Stir in garlic, bay leaf, oregano, and basil; cook for 2 minutes.
4. Stir in lentils (3c), and add water (8c) and tomatoes (1 can crushed).
5. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer for the amount of time on your lentil package.
6. When ready to serve stir in spinach (1/2c, optional because leafs are a pain to keep), and cook until it wilts.
7. Stir in vinegar (2 tbsp), and season to taste with salt and pepper, and more vinegar if desired.

Alternate slow cooker version

1. Throw most things in the pot (not vinegar or spinach), then cook all day
2. Remove bay leaf, add more stock if that seems necessary, add spinach and vinegar

Reference

• Allrecipes
• Real Food Whole Life (slow cooker ver)