Double Lentil, Sausage, Brown Rice, and Spinach Soup

Categories: December2011, Healthy, SBF, Soups, Whole Grains, tomatoes

Ingredients

• 1/2 onion, diced very small
• 1 carrot, diced very small
• 2 large stalks celery, diced very small
• 1 T olive oil
• 1 T minced garlic (from a jar, use less if fresh garlic)
• 1 tsp. dried thyme
• 1 tsp. Spike seasoning
• 3 links pre-cooked chicken or turkey sausage, diced in 1/4-1/2 inch pieces (I used Aidell's Artichoke and Garlic Chicken Sausage)
• 1 can petite dice tomatoes with juice
• 6 cups chicken stock (or 4 cans chicken broth)
• 1/4 cup brown lentils
• 1/4 cup red lentils
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1/4 cup long-grain brown rice (I like Uncle Ben's brown rice)
• 4 cups chopped fresh spinach
• 2 T balsamic vinegar

Directions

1. Dice onion, carrot and celery. Heat olive oil in heavy frying pan, add veggies and saute until starting to soften, about 3-4 minutes. Add garlic, thyme, and Spike Seasoning and saute about 2 minutes more, then add veggies to crockpot.

2. Add diced chicken sausage, canned tomatoes, chicken stock, brown lentils, red lentils, and salt and pepper to crockpot and cook on high about 3 hours (or until brown lentils are soft and red lentils are starting to dissolve.)

3. Add brown rice and chopped spinach and cook about 1 hour more. Stir in balsamic vinegar and cook 15 minutes. Serve hot, with Parmesan cheese if desired.

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