Instead of our regular Tuesday Tip posting today, I am happy to say that I am participating in a link-up with some other blogs!
January's challenge? Make a soup in the crock-pot. Definitely not a challenge! I've been wanting to make our family's Lentil Soup recipe for a while now, and this was the push that I needed.
Place lentils, broth, parsley, carrots, celery, potato, bay leaf, and ham into a crock-pot.
In a small saucepan, heat butter until hot.
Add onions and garlic; saute until onions and garlic begin to brown on the edges.
Add wine to de-glaze the pan; simmer for about 2 minutes or until reduced in half.
Add onion mixture to crock-pot.
Cook on low for 6-8 hours or until lentils and potatoes are done.
This recipe can be made vegetarian by substituting the chicken broth for vegetable broth and leaving out the ham. This is a hearty-sick-to-your-bones soup, and this recipes makes a TON. In fact, I have frozen most of it for those rainy days when I don't feel like cooking. Serve by itself or with a grilled cheese sandwich!
Tuesday Tip will be back next week! Tomorrow's recipe will be a delicious recipe for Shredded Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches (seriously ate this for three days! so delicious!).
This looks really good. I do like the nice chunky pieces of ham in it too.
Thanks! I definitely recommend using ham for this since it imparts a nice smoky flavor. Hope you like it!