Appetizers / Soups / Salads

Lentil Soup with Italian Sausage is for Dinner.

Lentil Soup with Italian Sausage takes 5 minutes to prepare.

Lentil Soup with Italian Sausage takes 102 minutes to cook.

Lentil Soup with Italian Sausage makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Lentil Soup with Italian Sausage are:

2 to 3 table spoons of extra virgin olive oil
2 mild Italian sausage links (out of the casing or 1 inch piece of pepperoni) optional
8 cups of water or chicken stock (low sodium)
1 large onion finely chopped
3 cloves of garlic finely chopped
3 carrots (peeled) finely chopped
3 ribs of celery finely chopped
1 can of whole tomatoes (28 oz.) hand crushed
1 large bay leaf
1 bag of Lentils (rinsed and picked through)
1/2 cup of Detalini pasta (or any small pasta)
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste

Here is how you make Lentil Soup with Italian Sausage:

In a stock pot brown off the Italian sausage. Then add all the water or chicken stock, canned tomatoes, and all the chopped onions,garlic, carrots, celery. After you have added the vegatables add the lentils and the bay leaf.Simmer for about 1 1/2 hours (when the lentils are cooked and tender), then bring the mixture up to a boil and add the pasta and salt and pepper to taste. Cook pasta as directed. Before serving add the extra virgin olive oil to the soup. Serving Size: makes about 8 - 1-cup servingsNumber of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PALMA3945.

The nutritional information for Lentil Soup with Italian Sausage is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 237.1

• Total Fat: 10.5 g
• Cholesterol: 20.4 mg
• Sodium: 1,114.8 mg
• Total Carbs: 27.1 g
• Dietary Fiber: 5.8 g
• Protein: 10.5 g

Lentil Soup with Italian Sausage is Italian cuisine.

The dietary needs meet for Lentil Soup with Italian Sausage is Vegetarian