Red Lentil Chili Soup
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Submitted By: Maria Mitchell
Recipe Author: Maria Mitchell
Serves: 4
Preparation Time: 30 -45 min.
Ingredients:

* 2 Potatoes, peeled, chopped into lg. pieces
* 1 Leek, white part, washed, chopped
* 1 Onion, peeled, chopped lg. pieces
* 6 Carrots, peeled , chopped into chunks
* 1 Green Pepper, med., seeded and chopped
* 1 Red Pepper, med. seeded and chopped
* 1 cup Red Lentils, rinsed
* 1 cup Organic Baby Spinach
* 1 teaspoon Chili Powder
* 1 teaspoon MatoZest or VegiZest

Instructions:
Cook Lentils according to package direction in water only. Watch for sticking. Set aside. (This should be less than 20 min.)

While the lentils are cooking, in a separate large pot, add potatoes, leek, onion and carrots. Cover with water and bring to boil. Simmer until almost tender about 10-15 min. Add peppers and cook an additional 5-8 min. until peppers are soft, and vegetables are cooked. Let cool a little while. Add spinach and stir.

Puree all the vegetables(not the lentils) in some of the cooking liquid in batches in a food processor. Add as much cooking liquid to form a soup. Add the puree to the Lentils which have been cooked, draining some of the lentil water if needed. Add chili powder and MatoZest. Stir and reheat.

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