Chumley's Lentil Soup

chumley on Apr-18-2007 at 01:22 PM RST @ 63.118.227.254 (chumley)

Boil up 2 quarts of water, add lentils, simmer for 20 min Chop up 2-3 slices of bacon and fry. When bacon is nearly done, add a cup each of chopped celery, onions, and carrots. Sautee lightly. Dump everything (lentils and sauteed vegetables) into crock pot, add a can of diced tomatoes, salt and pepper, a half tsp of thy,e, and two bay leaves. Also add, if you have them, a couple of rinds of Parmesan Reggiano cheese. Also add 2-3 tbsp of balsamic vegetable. Go to work, come home, dinner is served.

chumley on Apr-18-2007 at 01:23 PM RST @ 63.118.227.254 (chumley)

thy,e = thyme balsamic vegetable = balsamic vinegar

chumley on Apr-18-2007 at 01:25 PM RST @ 63.118.227.254 (chumley)

Optional step: When you get home, take two cups of the lentils out (the thick part), put them into the blender, whirl, and add back to the soup. Use 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 cups of lentils. I used green. chumley on Apr-18-2007 at 03:34 PM RST @ 63.118.227.254 (chumley) nathi on Apr-18-2007 at 02:32 PM RST @ 165.127.8.254 (nathi) Chum, why pre simmer the lentils for 20 minutes if they are going to be in the crock pot all day? It isn't so much the simmer, its bring the water to the boil. Its important to get them to that first boil for a minute, then drop the heat. It takes forever for the crock pot to heat water. I was worried that the lentils would turn out hard if I just dumped them in the crockpot. nathi on Apr-18-2007 at 03:37 PM RST @ 165.127.8.254 (nathi) OK chum, not sure if it is neccesary though, I have just rinsed, dumped in the crock, and gone to work with good results.