Lentil Soup 7-30-07

Monday night I decided I wanted to try to make Lentil Soup.


I didn't like the recipes that I found online,
so I sort of mixed things up a bit.





Ingredients:





1- Splash of EVOO

2-Potatoes diced


2 Cups Diced Carrots


2 Celery Stalks diced


1 large Onion Diced

2 Cups Butternut Squash


5 cloves of Garlic Diced


1/2 bag Brown Lentils


8 cups water


3 cups of Chicken Stock


1 small can of Tomato sauce


1 Splash of Red Wine


Salt and Pepper


Dash of Oregano

1-Cup frozen peas (add these 10 minutes before soup is done)

I sauteed the first 5 ingredients in a little Extra Virgin Olive Oil in a large soup pot. Then I added the remaining ingredients and brought to a boil, then reduced the heat and simmered for 1 hour. That's it! I also added some hot sauce in mine to add a little kick. Turned out pretty easy to make, and pretty inexpensive. I will try it again using different ingredients sometime in the future! The pic of the soup was taken today, as I brought some in for lunch!