5 lentil soup days Recipes

center-cut bacon or 2 tbsp olive oil, onion, dice, red bell pepper, diced, carrot, diced, celery rib, garlic cloves, minced, collard greens, stems removed and rough chopped, sea salt, black pepper, crushed tomatoes, vegetable broth, chili powder , more if you like it hot, cumin, bay leaf, fresh basil, chopped, dried parsley, dried oregano, dried brown lentils or 1 cup green lentil, picked over and rinsed, balsamic vinegar or mirin, fresh basil

lentils (green or brown ), carrots or 2 medium , diced, mushrooms, sliced, stalks celery, diced, onion, diced, garlic cloves, pressed, vegetable stock (try using the italian 1 with basil, rosemary and thyme), tiny pasta (optional), italian sausage, diced (real or fake sausage, optional for a heartier soup), tomato paste, balsamic vinegar (or red wine vinegar or red wine itself), butter, fresh basil (to garnish ) (optional), parmesan cheese (to garnish ) (optional)

chickpeas, cannellini beans, dried peeled fava beans, lentils, split peas, fennel bulb, finely chopped, chopped canned italian peeled tomatoes, onion, chopped, olive oil, borage , escarole, or other leafy green vegetable, trimmed, rinsed, and cut into1-inch pieces, salt and freshly ground black pepper, italian bread cut into bite-size cubes, olive oil

butter, diced onion, cabbage , chopped into bite-sized pieces, red potatoes, diced, corned beef, diced, beef broth, water, herbes de provence, crushed, minced garlic, dried lentils, salt and pepper