Nutrition balance score
Great
Glycemic Index
31
Low
Glycemic Load
17
Moderate
Nutrition per serving
Calories375.6 kcal (19%)
Total Fat16.8 g (24%)
Carbs53.4 g (21%)
Sugars13.5 g (15%)
Protein19 g (38%)
Sodium1815.5 mg (91%)
Fiber22.3 g (80%)
% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Ingredients
4 servings
¼ cupolive oil
1onion
small diced
2carrots
small diced
2celery stalks
small diced
2 tablespoonstomato paste
3cloves garlic
minced
2 teaspoonscumin
1 teaspoondried oregano
1 teaspoondried basil
1 teaspoondried thyme
salt
to taste
pepper
to taste
28 ouncesfire roasted diced tomatoes
6 cupsvegetable broth
or water
1 cupgreen lentils
or brown
3 leaveskale
stemmed and sliced
1lemon juiced
Instructions
Step 1
Heat the oil in a large pot until it shimmers. Add the onion, celery, and carrot and stir for 5 minutes, or until the onion becomes translucent.
Step 2
Sauteeing onions, celery, and carrots for a lentil soup in a pot.
Step 3
Add the tomato paste, minced garlic, dried spices, salt and pepper. Stir and toast the spices for 2 minutes.
Step 4
Add the diced tomatoes, broth, and lentils and stir together. Bring that to a boil, then reduce the heat to low, partially cover with a lid, and simmer for 25-30 minutes.
Step 5
Adding lentils into a pot of lentil soup.
Step 6
You can keep the soup chunky, or use an immersion blender to create a more creamy texture, by spot blending for just a few seconds.
Step 7
Stir in the kale and lemon juice, and simmer for an additional minute or two to soften the kale. Taste the soup, and add any additional lemon juice, salt, or pepper before serving.
Step 8
Because vegetable broth usually comes in 32 ounce containers (4 cups), I add 4 cups of broth and 2 cups of water to this recipe. Just so I don't have a half used container of broth.
Step 9
You can substitute 3 teaspoons of Italian seasoning for the oregano, basil, and thyme.
Step 10
As the soup sits, the lentils may soak up some of the liquid, thickening up the soup. You can always add more broth or water to thin it out. Or blend it creamier with my favorite Vitamix immersion blender.
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