Lentil soup

This soup is awesome. It reminds me of the lentil soup I loved at the restaurant above the Deseret Gym years (...and years) ago. I got the bones of the recipe off AllRecipes but modified it enough that it's officially "my version".

Ingredients: (I'm usually a 5-ingredients-or-less-type-of-cook, but this is really just lentils, broth, veggies and seasoning... So it pretty much just 4 things. :)

Lentil Soup:

2 c dry lentils

12 c water

12 bullion cubes

(Put in soup pot on high while preparing all the other ingredients)

Add the following after lentils have cooked about 20 min:

4 diced carrots

4 diced celery stalks

1 diced onion

3 cans peeled diced tomatoes

2 cloves grated garlic

2 t. Dried basil 

2 t. Dried oregano

2 bay leaves

2 T red wine vinegar (others will be fine too)

2 t. Salt

1/2 t. Pepper

Bring above to a boil then cover and reduce to simmer for at least an hour. 

(Or put everything into the crockpot in the morning and enjoy after work!)

Optional: before serving, add 1 c. Thinly sliced spinach and cook until wilted. 

Also good with stew meat or browned hamburger or sausage. 

Enjoy!

Serves a LOT. Half leaves plenty of leftovers for my family of 5.