This hearty soup combines pantry staples such as carrots, onions, celery and potatoes with fresh tomatoes and dry lentils and comes together in under an hour.
Course Soup
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 1 hourhour
Servings 8(click to scale)
Calories 160kcal
Ingredients
1Tbspolive oil
1ribcelery diced
1 eachyellow oniondiced
1 cupcarrotdiced
1clovegarlicdiced
6cupslow sodium vegetable broth
3/4cuppotatomedium diced
1cupdry lentils
16 oz.canned tomatoes, diced1 can
1/2eachlemon zest
2Tbspfresh basilchopped
1/2each juice of fresh lemon
Instructions
Heat olive oil in a heavy bottom pot. Sauté celery, onions and carrots until tender. Add garlic and sauté until fragrant, about 1 minute.
Add vegetable broth, potatoes and lentils. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, simmer and cook for 45 minutes, until lentils are tender.
Add tomatoes, lemon zest, basil, salt and lemon juice. Simmer an additional 10 minutes. Serve warm.