Midweek Morsels: Greek Lentil Soup
I seriously love making soups. It’s one of my favourite things to eat. This particular one is something that was in the London Free Press a couple of years back. It’s become something that I need to have at least once a year because it is really easy and really tasty. It was dinner last night and lunch today, plus there are 6 small ziplock containers in the freezer for other lunches.
Ingredients
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 large onion, diced
2 stalks of celery, diced
1 large carrot, diced
2 Tbsp dried oregano
8 cups (2L) chicken (or vegetable) broth
1 lb green lentils, rinsed
juice of one lemon
salt and pepper to taste
Garnish:
1/4 cup crumbled Feta cheese
8 grape tomatoes, quartered
1/4 cup pitted, chopped black Kalamata olives
Directions
Heat oil in a dutch oven or small stock pot over medium high heat. Add the onion and cook until soft. Add the celery and cook for 3-4 minutes. Add the carrot, oregano and chicken broth and bring to a simmer. Add the lentils and bring back to a simmer. Reduce heat to medium and cook until the lentils are tender (about 20-30 minutes). Partially puree the soup with an immersion blender. Stir in the lemon juice and season the soup with salt and pepper to taste.
Prepare the garnish by combining all ingredients in a bowl. Toss to combine.
Ladle soup into bowls and place a spoonful of the garnish on top.
Serves 8.
Notes from Courtney
This soup freezes very well. If you do freeze it in individual portions, don’t add the garnish until after you’ve thawed and reheated the soup.
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I’ve wanted to try a lentil soup, so getting a rec’d one is excellent. The lentils are dry to begin, right? This will be good in the fall for school lunches; not for my kids, for me.
Yeah, they’re dry at first. After being in the soup for a while they’ll soften up quite a bit though.. You buy them in bags in the same area of the grocery store as other dry stuff that you put in soups, like barley and such.
I have lentils in my cabinet and this sounds really good, I’ve been needing to find a recipe! Thanks!!