This recipe for baby beet salad can help you quickly prepare a healthy side dish.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 3 hrs 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 3 hrs 25 mins |
| Servings: | 10 |
Ingredients
- ½ pound sweet Italian pork sausage, cut into 1/2-inch slices
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 stalk celery, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
- 8 cups water
- 2 (14.5 ounce) cans chicken broth
- 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes
- 1 (16 ounce) package dry lentils, rinsed
- 1 cup shredded carrot
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- 1 tablespoon salt, or to taste
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- ¼ teaspoon dried thyme
- ¼ teaspoon dried basil
- 2 large bay leaves
- ½ pound ditalini pasta (Optional)
Instructions
- Cook sausage in a large pot over medium-high heat until evenly brown, 7 to 10 minutes. Add onion, celery, and garlic; sauté until tender and translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in water, chicken broth, tomatoes, lentils, carrot, garlic powder, parsley, salt, pepper, oregano, thyme, basil, and bay leaves; bring to a boil. Reduce the heat, cover, and simmer until lentils are tender, 2 1/2 to 3 hours.
- Stir in pasta and cook until tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove bay leaves before serving.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 353 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 50 g |
| Cholesterol | 17 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 16 g |
| Protein | 19 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 1009 mg |
| Sugars | 5 g |
| Fat | 8 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I leave out pasta and add shredded kale to this. It is very similar to Carrabba’s
I made this for my picky teenager. Years ago, got tired of hearing kids telling me my food was yucky. My question is always make it again or not, instead of what did you think. My daughter told me I could absolutely make it again. I used bulk sausage but used half the amount. Added spinach, cus I add green leafy to just about everything. Healthy and yummy!
This was fairly simple to make and very tasty. The consistency was perfect. I put the pasta in the first time but it does tend to turn to mush with progressive reheatings; on the bright side, it makes a small amount of natural thickener. My husband said he prefers it without the sausage, so the flavor definitely stands alone!
Lots of good nutrition with good fiber! Delicious flavor!
With all the ingredients, it ended up not fitting in my big stew pot, so then last minute I ended up pouring some out into another pot, and then finished adding the ingredients. Having two pots of the soup might have made the water levels interesting because it came out very dry. Super, super dry. For left overs I have been putting a ton of water in the microwavable bowl before heating it and that seems to soften the food, but not really create a soup texture.
Excellent soup! I used ground Italian sausage, all stock no water, and a little bit of smoked sea salt. Did not add pasta. We did add some crushed red pepper flakes to individual bowls which gave it a nice kick; may just used hot Italian sausage next time. Only cooked it about 2 hours and it was perfect.
Excellent lentil soup !!! I wouldn’t change a single thing.
This lentil soup is delicious! Made it as directed and it was not difficult at all. Making it again tomorrow and will use hot Italian sausage rather than sweet for an added kick. Will eliminate the pasta (carbs).
This is hearty and very flavorful. Really enjoyed this one. I made it pretty much according to the recipe. I didn’t have fresh parsley so went with dried. Used a can of whole tomatoes instead of diced. Used ground Italian Sausage (which I think made the broth even better). And went with about 10 cups of fluid, including chicken broth. And most importantly I only cooked it about an hour and a half. Just check the lentils and carrots every now and then until they’re as you like them.
Been making this recipe for years now, always requested from my family for me to make again and again
My husband went nuts over this recipe. Will definitely make again!
We really loved this recipe. I doubled the sausage (not links, ground sausage) and dare I say that I may even triple it next time. I didn’t add the add the pasta so I used 8 cups broth and no water.
Delicious! I used French green lentils (puy lentils) and after the initial veg sauté cooked it in my instant pot for 10 minute and 15 minutes natural release. I also had some mushrooms and zucchini that needed to be used, so tossed that in as well (prior to pressure cook). I only used about 1tsp of salt, but added some Tony Chachare’s creole seasoning at the end.
Only change I made was I used sweet Italian chicken sausage. Can’t keep the neighbors from my door
I cooked this in the pressure cooker for 25 minutes at 15 lbs. pressure after browning the sausage in a skillet. I cooked the pasta separately and added it at the end. For the second batch, I doubled the dried herbs and reduced the salt to 1 tsp. I love it!
I uses 1/2 pound each hot and sweet vegan sausage, more celery and no carrots. It was delicious
This is a great recipe! I added twice the sausage, left out the celery, didn’t have a Bay leaf, added more chicken broth compared to water and only simmered for 1 1/2 hours then added the ditilini which was a great addition. Very delicious and hearty !
Excellent recipe!! I used more chicken broth than the water. I can’t do onions so I used onion powder and flakes instead. Everything else I followed the recipe. Great flavor! I will definitely make this again!
I made it and it was fabulous. Instead of the pasta, which I couldn’t find, I added quick barley. Perfect cold weather soup.
Hearty and tasty. Accommodates different palates and easily adjusted with spices for personal preference. Family loved it.
Delicious! Was looking for something different for my Italian New Years Day lentils! I made the recipe exactly as written except I substituted cubed sweet potato for the pasta, came out great !