Lentils

I had never been a very big lentil fan until recently.  I don't know if its the fact that they kind of resemble peas and peas are not my favorite.  Needless to say I have been trying to incorporate them into our diet more often.   Some days you just need a hearty soup to his the spot and that days way today. I found what I thought would be a really great recipe for lentil soup that I found off Pinterest (of course).

Here are a few photos from my morning of cooking.   I made a few alterations to the recipe based upon what I had on hand and what I wanted to substitute.

Here are the onions and celery sweating in some coconut oil.  They smelled amazing!  It also called for carrots but I didn't have any plus I'm not a super huge fan of them.

I substituted chicken brother for vegetable broth and the flavor came out really great.  The lentils are so pretty.

This is the first bowl that I devoured!  It was so good and so filling.  I may even add some bacon as well.