Hearty Lentil Soup

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Ingredients:

• 5 slices bacon, diced
• 1 1/2 c carrots, sliced
• 1 1/2 c celery, diced
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 12 c chicken stock
• 2 c (340 g) dry brown lentils
• 2 whole bay leaves
• 1/2 tsp black pepper

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Directions:

1. Heat a large pot over medium high heat. Add bacon and cook until browned.
2. Add carrots, celery, onion and garlic. Cook 3-4 minutes.
3. Add chicken stock, lentils and bay leaves.
4. Bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer for about 1 hour.
5. Add black pepper. Remove bay leaves.
6. Using an hand blend, blend for a couple of seconds, just to thicken, not puree the whole soup. There should still be chunks of vegetables and lentils.

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Nutritional Information*

• Servings: 10
• Calories: 90
• Total Fat: 2.6 g
• Saturated Fat: 1.3 g
• Total Carbohydrates: 8.7 g
• Dietary Fiber: 4.2 g
• Sugar: 1.1 g
• Protein: 6.2 g

*Nutritional Information estimated using MyFitnessPal