This Lentil soup slower cooker style is the ideal soup for any day. Only 12 minutes of preparation and the slow cooker does the heavy lifting.
Serving size: about 1 1/2 cups is just 1 weight watchers point!
The recipe makes 8 servings
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Ingredients
Carrots
2 medium, peeled, cut into large chunks
Celery
2 rib(s), medium, cut into large chunks, reserve celery leaves for garnish, if desired
Onion
1 medium, cut into large chunks
Garlic
2 clove(s), minced
Dried lentils
2 cup(s), picked over
Bay leaf
3 leaf/leaves
Dried thyme
½ tsp, crushed
Table salt
½ tsp, or to taste
Black pepper
¼ tsp, or to taste
Vegetable broth
8 cup(s)
Instructions
Place all the ingredients in a 4- to 5-quart slow cooker in the following order: carrots, celery, onion, garlic, lentils, bay leaves, thyme, salt, pepper, and broth. Cover the slow cooker; cook on the low setting for 6 hours. remove bay leaves, and garnish with celery leaves, if using, before serving.
Lentil soup slower cooker style
Ingredients
- Carrots
- 2 medium peeled, cut into large chunks
- Celery
- 2 rib s, medium, cut into large chunks, reserve celery leaves for garnish, if desired
- Onion
- 1 medium cut into large chunks
- Garlic
- 2 clove s, minced
- Dried lentils
- 2 cup s, picked over
- Bay leaf
- 3 leaf/leaves
- Dried thyme
- ½ tsp crushed
- Table salt
- ½ tsp or to taste
- Black pepper
- ¼ tsp or to taste
- Vegetable broth
- 8 cup s
Instructions
- Place all the ingredients in a 4- to 5-quart slow cooker in the following order: carrots, celery, onion, garlic, lentils, bay leaves, thyme, salt, pepper, and broth. Cover the slow cooker; cook on the low setting for 6 hours. remove bay leaves, and garnish with celery leaves, if using, before serving.
The Lentil Soup – slow cooker style recipe looks delicious and I can’t wait to make it, I was wondering if there is an ingredient missing from the recipe. It looks like there is something red in it, possibly tomato or red bell pepper. Is there a way to verify that? Thank you so much!