Lentil Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 8 cups water (approx.)
• 1 cup red lentil
• 1 onion
• 3 -4 carrots
• 1 small turnip
• 12 brussels sprouts
• salt & pepper
• 1 ham bone (or 6-8 stock cubes)

Recipe

• 1 make a stock by either simmering the ham bone in a covered pot for 30-40 min., or adding stock cubes to water and bringing to a simmer.
• 2 cook lentils in stock for 30 minutes.
• 3 cut vegetables into similar sized pieces (approx. 1" cubes). add to stock and cook until tender.
• 4 add salt and pepper.
• 5 blend until smooth. (this step is actually optional - this was a broth soup with vegetable chunks in it original incarnation. my mother started blending it for me as a baby food, and when my dad told her he liked it better that way, she kept doing it. good thing, because i would never have eaten it if i could see all the veggies!).