Ingredients
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in kettle except spinach and tomatoes.
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 1 hour or until lentils are tender.
- Add spinach and simmer 1 min.
- Add the tomatoes just before serving.
Makes 10 cups.
Armenian Lentil Soup
http://newstartclub.com/recipe/294
Sally Christensen is a retired cooking instructor at the NEWSTART Lifestyle Program. She has been teaching others how to cook healthfully at NEWSTART, Reversing Diabetes seminars, and local community classes for almost 20 years. Sally was a major contributor and editor of the well regarded NEWSTART Lifestyle Cookbook. She has also done cooking shows for television, reaching audiences across the world.
1 Frank Mar 13, 2012, 12:13 PM PDT
The soup sounds great. Can you buy “Bills Best Chik Nish seasoning” in the local Grocery store?
2 Todd May 13, 2012, 12:31 PM PDT
do you add dry rice or cooked rice
3 Trudie May 13, 2012, 8:30 PM PDT
Bill’s Best seasonings can be found at most health food stores, including Weimar Market. If using dry rice, add at begining. If using cooked rice, add in the last 10 min, otherwise it will get overcooked.
4 Michelle Jan 3, 2013, 6:24 PM PST
Sounds great. Will make it for Joe and tmr. night!!! Thanks for sharing.;)
5 Nadine Sep 28, 2013, 5:06 AM PDT
Are you able to substitute rice for barley?
6 Ceidre Nov 4, 2013, 9:59 PM PST
What does it mean place all ingredients in a kettle - do you mean a saucepan? Does Bill’s Best seasoning contain MSG?
7 Julie Jan 17, 2014, 11:42 PM PST
Nadine:Yes—you can substitute in the world of cooking! Whole barley would be great.
Ceidre: You can put it all in a large soup pot (saucepans are smaller) and make your own seasoning that’s like the one used here. Use about 1/2 C nutritional yeast (base), add 1/2 t each sea salt, garlic powder if you haven’t already added garlic to the pot, onion powder & 2 T of herbs like Italian seasoning or tarragon, 1/4 t bell pepper flakes.
Note that this seasoning combo can also be used to season tofu sauteed for breakfast scrambles to which I also add fresh basil, spinach, olives, tomatoes, green onions, etc…Have some fun being creative!
8 Valerie May 8, 2014, 5:58 PM PDT
This soup tastes awesome!!
9 Caroline Dec 21, 2014, 11:25 PM PST
Can you replace “Bills Best Chik Nish seasoning” for another option easier to get!! Am in Africa but on mission to becoming vegan vegetarian from vegetarian
10 Irene Feb 3, 2015, 3:05 PM PST
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11 Dahlia Feb 15, 2015, 12:41 PM PST
Caroline: see comment number 7.
12 Shirley Sep 7, 2017, 9:00 PM PDT
What kind of lentils so you ues. There are many kinds and each has a different taste. Shiely
13 Becky Oct 5, 2017, 6:45 PM PDT
Great recipe, one might do well to lower the amount of salt in it.