Lentil, Sausage, Brown Rice, and Spinach Soup
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Ingredients
6 servings
0.5onion
medium, diced small
1carrot
peeled and diced small
2 stalkscelery
diced small
1 tablespoonolive oil
3cloves garlic
minced
1 teaspoondried thyme
3 shakeskosher salt
black pepper
freshly ground
garlic powder
paprika
3 linkschicken sausage
pre-cooked, or turkey, chopped into 1/3-inch pieces
1 x 15 ouncecan petite dice tomatoes
undrained
2 x 15 ouncecans chicken broth
2 cupswater
¼ cupbrown lentils
or green
¼ cupred lentils
¼ cuplong-grain brown rice
4 cupsfresh spinach
chopped
2 tablespoonsbalsamic vinegar
Instructions
Step 1
1) Heat olive in large skillet over medium high heat. Add onion, carrot, and celery. Saute until ever-so-slightly softened, about 4 minutes. Add garlic, thyme, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and paprika. Saute an additional 2 minutes.
Step 2
2) Pour onion mixture into crockpot. Add sausage, tomatoes, broth, water, and all lentils. Stir to combine. Cook on high 3 hours.
Step 3
3) Add rice and spinach. Stir to combine. Cook 1 more hour.
Step 4
4) Add balsamic vinegar. Stir to combine. Cook 15 minutes. Serve, with crusty bread and “Parmesan cheese if desired.”
