Dinner

Tom's Wonderful Lentils is for Dinner.

Tom's Wonderful Lentils takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Tom's Wonderful Lentils takes 30 minutes to cook.

Tom's Wonderful Lentils makes 6 servings.

The ingredients for Tom's Wonderful Lentils are:

1 tbsp Olive Oil
3 large carrots, peeled & diced
3 stalks celery, diced
1 large onion, diced
3 cups lentils, preferably the black or brown ones
3 cloves garlic, roughly minced
8 cups (or more) homemade chicken stock, fat skimmed off
salt & pepper to taste

Here is how you make Tom's Wonderful Lentils:

Heat a large pot over medium flame. When pot is good and hot, add oil and swirl around. Immediately add the carrots, onion & celery and turn the heat down to that they carmelize, not burn. This should take about five - ten minutes. Add lentils, unrinsed (but picked over for small stones) and stir to coat with oil. Cook and stir a few minutes until all lentils have been coated with oil and are heated. Add garlic and stock and simmer for about 30 minutes, keeping watch to add more stock if necessary. When done, the lentils should be tender and soft but hold their shape, and it should be a little soupy instead of dry. Add more stock if necessary, heat through, and serve with steamed spinach.Makes approximately 6 1.5 cup servings.Number of Servings: 6Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user INVISIGAL.

The nutritional information for Tom's Wonderful Lentils is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 285.4

• Total Fat: 6.7 g
• Cholesterol: 9.6 mg
• Sodium: 502.1 mg
• Total Carbs: 39.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 9.9 g
• Protein: 18.0 g