My wife likes to make this lentil soup once a week. That means I eat it at least twice a week.

And its a funny kind of soup because you can serve so that it is piled higher than the rim of the bowl.

Its okay. Apparently its very nutritious. I add some cheese, salt & pepper.

Ohhh well. Something to look forward to.

My Sicilian grandmother used to make me eat lentil soup during Lent (hence its name?). My wife wouldn't make it from scratch but Progresso's canned lentil soup is very good. I throw in some real bacon bits for flavor.

Alessi makes a good dry lentil soup...add water and cook in a saucepan. Garnish with a drizzle of olive oil and some crumbled hot sausage, and you've got a decent dinner.

Wy wife uses an old Slovak/middle-European recipe (probably common throughout Germany, Czech, Poland, etc.) that uses a significant amount of lemon juice. Quite delicious and it really lightens up what is otherwise a very heavy meal.

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Originally posted by nixdad:
My Sicilian grandmother used to make me eat lentil soup during Lent (hence its name?). My wife wouldn't make it from scratch but Progresso's canned lentil soup is very good. I throw in some real bacon bits for flavor.

Actually LENTILS look like a lens. The latin word for lens is lentil (or something like that) so these little lentils are actually little lenses. I don't know if they are in fact served during lent, but my wife makes great lentil soup with a little bit of ham. She also makes a great split pea soup.

In fact, she makes a number of soups, Ministrone (that is a meal in itself), Chicken soup with matzoh balls, turkey soup and a gaspacho to die for.

I make lentil soup occasionally. My Greek grandmother used to cook it. I used to make it when my wife and I first met and we were seriously poor.

All in all, its not bad. If you cook it right and drizzle it with olive oil and a ton of salt and pepper its pretty good.

I don't care for red or yellow lentils though. They get too mushy almost like split pea soup.