Lentil Vegetable Soup

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 large onion, chopped (1 cup)
• 2 teaspoons chili powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 (6 ounce) can spicy tomato juice
• 3 cups water
• 1 cup dried lentils, sorted and rinsed
• 2 cups diced tomatoes, undrained (from 28-oz can)
• 1 (4 1/2 ounce) can chopped green chilies, undrained
• 1 cup fresh corn or 1 cup frozen whole kernel corn
• 2 small zucchini, cut into julienne strips (2 cups)

Recipe

• 1 heat onion, chili powder, salt, cumin, garlic and tomato juice to boiling in 3-quart saucepan; reduce heat. cover and simmer 5 minutes.
• 2 stir in water, lentils, tomatoes and chiles. heat to boiling; reduce heat. cover and simmer 20 minutes.
• 3 stir in corn. cover and simmer 10 minutes. stir in zucchini. cover and simmer about 5 minutes or until lentils and zucchini are tender.