Lentil Soup

This is something you can just throw together, and it's super easy :-)

Ingredients:

• 1 lb dry lentils
• 4 cups stock* (32 oz)
• 4 cups water
• 4 cloves minced garlic
• 1 onion, minced
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 1 lb cooked meat (I used a couple chicken breasts; you can add stew meat, sausage, turkey, ground meat, or you can skip it and add more veggies)
• 2 cups chopped carrots (I just chopped up some baby carrots)
• salt, pepper to taste (plus any other spices you like; I also added some rosemary)

*I used chicken stock, but you can use vegetable, beef, or whatever you have, depending on what you're adding in

Directions:

• In a large pot, heat olive oil and cook onion and garlic until tender and translucent
• Add stock, water, spices, and rinsed lentils; bring to a boil.  Cover and turn down heat; simmer for 15 mins
• Add chicken, carrots, and any other veggies you like.  Cook until carrots are tender and lentils are plump; approximately 10 more minutes

You're done!!