[Twinkie]

Lentil Soup

some dried lentils
a bit of chopped up onions
a chopped up carrot
a chopped potato
some salt to taste
a little bacon
a little chopped celery
water

Place all ingredients in slow cooker on HIGH. Let it cook all day. - It’s okay and cheap.

[illiac]

Love lentil soup....my mom used to add 1 small can of tomato sauce to hers...remember it still today.

[Flamenco Lady]

I make my Lentil Soup with almost the same ingredients as you, but do it on the stove top. Instead of the water I sometimes use stock and I always add some chopped garlic. I leave out the salt until the end as it slows the cooking process of the lentils if you put it in before they are tender. Once the lentils are tender I finish the soup off by adding a can of diced tomatoes and salt to taste. Tomatoes can also slow down the cooking of the lentils, so I wait until the lentils are tender before adding them to the soup pot.

[Umanbean]

I love lentil soup. Made some this week. Your recipes are almost the same as mine. Just a couple of additions. My aunt taught me how to make it. She added fresh, chopped spinach or a box of thawed, chopped spinach near the end. Then she would toast slices of dark bread, rye or pumpernickel, and place half of a slice in a bowl. Top with 1/4 c shredded mozzarella then ladle soup into bowls. She also put a stick of butter in at the beginning. Too rich for me.

[handmade]

What perfect timing- I just got out the lentils to make a soup- thought I would check instead of going my usual route of throwing in a bit of this and a bit of that.

I remember when I asked my m-i-l for some recipes, she said well, I take a little of this and a little of that.....which at the time was of no use to me at all. Now that is pretty much how I cook- little of this and a little of that, depending on what I have in the frige etc.

Thanks