Easy Italian Lentil Soup
Italian Lentil Soup, Vegan https://youtu.be/T7W-Udt4xCc
While thinking about planting my garden this spring, I thought I would empty out my freezer of some frozen garden vegetables that I still had in there. What better way to continue to eat your homegrown organic vegetables than to freeze them so you can use them all winter long.
In this case, I thought I would make a lentil soup which is so much like a minestrone. To my pot, I add whatever vegetables I have in my fridge and in this case, the freezer.
I pulled out my frozen garden celery, parsley, cicoria, cherry tomatoes and to it added potatoes, carrots and lentils. This is a one pot, very healthy and hearty soup!
You don’t need a vegetable garden to make this soup. Use whatever you have in your fridge.
You will need:
Half a medium onion, chopped
2 Roma tomatoes - chopped (you can also use half a cup of canned tomatoes (diced or whole, or Passata)
3 tbsps of olive oil to fry onion and tomatoes - more to drizzle on top
A handful of chopped parsley
One large carrot - chopped or sliced to bite size pieces
One large celery - cubed
One large potato - cubed
A handful of pre-cooked cicoria, spinach, Swiss chard - any green you like
1 bay leaf
1 vegetable bouillon (you can use chicken if you like- you can also use store bought or homemade broth)
1 can lentils - 19 oz. drained (You can also cook your own lentils from dried, if you like)
1.5 litres of water or 6 cups - (or more).You can make this pot of soup as large as you like. You will need to adjust the salt and bouillon content
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In a large pot, begin by frying the onion in the 3 tbsps of olive oil and add the fresh tomatoes. Cook until tomatoes have broken down. You can also use half a cup of canned tomatoes or Passata.
To it add your carrots, celery, parsley and let fry a few minutes.
Add your water, potatoes, cooked cicoria and bay leaf. Bring to a boil and add bouillon cube.
Drizzle top with about 1 -2 tbsps of olive oil
Let simmer until the carrots and potatoes are cooked (20 minutes)
Add your can of cooked lentils and stir.
You can serve as is or top Parmesan cheese or vegan Romano cheese!
