Slow Cooker Lentil Soup

Description

Lentil soup is perfect for the slow cooker. Just throw all the ingredients into the slow cooker in the morning and come home to a delicious soup.

Ingredients

  • 7 cups water
  • 1 pound cooked, smoked lean ham, cut into chunks
  • 1 (14.5 ounce) can low-sodium diced tomatoes, undrained
  • 1 ¾ cups dried lentils, rinsed
  • 8 ounces chopped onion
  • 6 ounces sliced carrots
  • 6 ounces chopped celery
  • 5 cloves garlic, minced
  • ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • ½ teaspoon salt (Optional)
  • ½ teaspoon dried thyme, or more to taste
  • 1 bay leaf

Instructions

  1. Combine water
  2. ham
  3. tomatoes
  4. lentils
  5. onion
  6. carrots
  7. celery
  8. garlic
  9. pepper
  10. salt
  11. thyme
  12. and bay leaf in a slow cooker.
  13. Cover and cook on Low until lentils and vegetables are as soft as you like
  14. 6 to 8 hours. Remove bay leaf before serving.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 6 hrs

Total Time: 6 hrs 20 mins

Servings: 10

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