Memorial Day Recipes

Spinach Lentil Soup

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Spinach Lentil Soup

Rating:

(2 votes) 3 2

Delicious and good for you--get your muscle from some spinach and your omega-3 from those lentils!

Shared by Smylietron,
Chicago, IL

Ingredients

  • 1/3 C. uncooked white rice
  • 2/3 C. water
  • 1 tsp. vegetable oil
  • 4 oz. turkey kielbasa, chopped
  • 1 onion, minced
  • 1 carrot, chopped
  • 1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes
  • 6 C. water
  • 2 C. reduced sodium chicken broth
  • 1 C. dry lentils
  • 1 (10oz.) bag fresh spinach, torn

Directions

In a pot, bring the rice and water to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 20 minutes. Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat, and cook the turkey kielbasa until lightly browned. Mix in onion and carrot, and season with red pepper. Cook and stir until tender. Pour in the water and broth, and mix in lentils. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer 25 minutes. Stir the cooked rice and spinach into the soup, and continue cooking 5 minutes before serving.

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Reviews (2)

  • I cut the work by cooking my rice in the water along with the lentils. Either way, this is a great, great recipe. So good in this cold weather we are having right now.

    Flag as inappropriate Sheryll_Rufus  |  February 25, 2010

  • Without stats for fat, sodium, cholesterol etc. content, the recipes are not of value. I don't want to try to guess.

    Flag as inappropriate rwsers  |  April 11, 2008

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