Lentil Soup Cheat
CATEGORIES
INGREDIENTS
- onion
- carrot
- celery
- olive oil
- 7 cups of water (not 8)
- 3 large spoonfuls of tomato sauce
- dry soup mix
- salt OR parmesan cheese
DIRECTIONS
- Soup's on!
- I'm apartment sitting this week, so I can't go all out cooking
- Today, with the cold outside, I felt like some hot soup
- Rather than raid the kitchen, I bought a dry soup mix and some veggies
- I chose Millie's Lentil
- http://milliessoups.com/recipes/lentil.htm
- I cut up some onion, carrot, and celery to make a mirepoix heating up in olive oil with a large saucepan
- I added water, but 7 80z cups of water (not 8)
- also 3 large spoonfuls of tomato sauce
- and lastly the dry mix
- I've let it simmer this afternoon and the house is now filled with the nice homey aroma of home cooking (and I cheated!)
- It could use salt, but I think I will add grated parmesan cheese; that should add the flavor it is needing
- I don't normally like bread and butter at home
- but this meal begs for it