Lentil & Brown Rice Soup

This is a real easy to make vegetarian soup. Very hearty, very tasty.

Ingredients:

• 1 envelope onion soup mix
• 4 1/2 cups water
• 3/4 cups dry lentils, rinsed and drained
• 1/2 cup uncooked brown rice
• 1 can coarsely chopped, whole peeled tomatoes, undrained
• 1 medium carrot, coarsely chopped
• 1 large stalk celery, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 tsp basil leaves
• 1/2 tsp oregano
• 1/4 tsp thyme leaves
• 1 tbsp finely chopped parsely
• 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 1/4 tsp pepper

Method:

• In large saucepan, combine onion soup, water, lentils, rice, tomatoes, carrot,oregano, thyme and basil together. 
• Bring mixture to a boil and simmer covered stirring occasionally 45 mins or until lentils and rice are tender. 
• Stir in parsely, vinegar and pepper and serve. 
• Great with rye bread.