Lunch

Ham and Lentil Soup is for Lunch.

Ham and Lentil Soup takes 30 minutes to prepare.

Ham and Lentil Soup takes 90 minutes to cook.

Ham and Lentil Soup makes 12 servings.

The ingredients for Ham and Lentil Soup are:

1 leftover smoked ham bone or 2 smoked ham hocks (but I used 2 cups of diced spiral cut pre-cooked ham)

1 pound lentils (about 2 1/2 cups), picked over and rinsed

1/2 pound mushrooms (I used white and portabello), chopped (about 3 1/2 cups)

3 onions, chopped coarse (I used 2 onions)

1 cup chopped carrot (I used 2 cups)

1 cup chopped celery

1 cinnamon stick (took out after 15 mins)

1 bay leaf (I used 2)

3 1/2 cups beef broth

8 cups water

Here is how you make Ham and Lentil Soup:

In a 6- to 8-quart kettle combine all ingredients and simmer soup, covered partially, stirring occasionally, 1 1/2 hours. Discard bay leaf and cinnamon stick and remove meat from bone or hocks. Chop meat and stir into soup.Serving Size:?It makes 3.5 quarts - which I've estimated to be 12 1 cup servings

The nutritional information for Ham and Lentil Soup is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 12
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 117.6

• Total Fat: 2.8 g
• Cholesterol: 12.8 mg
• Sodium: 488.4 mg
• Total Carbs: 14.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 4.9 g
• Protein: 9.5 g