I had to try this recipe for a lentil soup using a hamburger mix recipe that was in “Betty Crocker Cooking for One". Since I can or freeze my own hamburger mix, I used mine…the recipe for the mix was very similar. We like tomatoes with hamburger, and although the mix uses tomato, I had a half pint of canned tomatoes in the freezer, so I substituted them for a cup of the water called for. I also made it a little larger so I could serve two. I do use red lentils that I keep in my pantry, which cook more quickly than the regular brown ones. I keep diced celery and cooked mushrooms in the freezer too; so it didn’t take long to prep this recipe.
My husband
thought that this was a “keeper”. I was
happy to have another good recipe to add to my “hamburger
mix” repertoire.
Lentil Stew
1
cup Canned tomatoes -- cut up
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup
lentils -- uncooked
1 tablespoon parsley -- or 1 tsp. Italian seasoning
3/4 cup
hamburger mix - half pint jar
1
small carrot -- sliced
1 small
stalk celery -- sliced
2 tablespoons sliced mushroom
dash salt
Heat
tomatoes, water, lentils and parsley (or Italian seasoning) to boiling in 1 quart
saucepan.
Reduce heat,
cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, 20 minutes (10 minutes for red lentils).
Stir in
remaining ingredients. Heat to boiling.
Reduce heat;
cover and simmer until vegetables and lentils are tender, 15-20 minutes.
I'm making clean out the fridge soup right now. I don't think I've had lentil only soup before.
ReplyDeleteThis soup has hamburger too. We also like Tomato Lentil Soup and Barley Lentil Soup too.
DeleteWe like lentil stew/soup but I don't put any meat in. I often come to see what you're cooking but haven't commented. Your blog is so bright and colourful it's a joy to come and visit.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you're enjoying the blog...I usually use the recipes in the comment above yours...both can be non-meat.
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