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