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Creole lentil soup

Yield: 6 Servings

Ingredients:

• 1 c Lentils
• 2 qt Boiling water
• 1 1/2 ts Salt
• 1 ea Onion chopped
• 1 ea Celery stalk chopped
• 1 sm Green bell pepper chopped
• 1 sm Red bell pepper chopped
• 3 tb Vegetable oil
• 1 ts Vegetable broth powder
• 1 ts Brown sugar
• 1 ea Bay leaf
• 4 tb Tomato paste
• 2 tb All purpose flour

Instructions:

Pepper Douse the lentils in the boiling water add the salt & let them stand covered for an hour. Heat the oil in a pot and add to the vegetable broth powder. Add the diced vegetables brown sugar and a bay leaf and saute for a few minutes before adding it all to the lentils. Cook over a low heat for about 1 1/2 hours. Mix together the flour and the or tomato puree. Add a little of the hot soup stirring well then return it all to the pot. Grind in some black pepper heat through and serve.

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