Lentil Soup with Lemon

Cheap, filling and finished with enough lemon to wake it up.

⏱ 45 min · easy · 🍽 serves 4

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups brown lentils, rinsed
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion, diced
• 2 carrots, diced
• 2 celery ribs, diced
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp coriander
• 8 cups vegetable stock
• Juice of 1 1/2 lemons
• Chopped parsley
• Kosher salt

Steps

1. Cook the onion, carrot and celery in the oil for 10 minutes until soft.
2. Add the garlic and spices and stir 1 minute.
3. Add the lentils and stock, bring to a boil, then simmer 30 minutes until the lentils are tender and starting to break down.
4. Blend about two cups of it and stir it back in, which thickens the soup without cream.
5. Add the lemon juice and salt. Taste and add more lemon than you think, since lentils absorb it.