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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Sort through lentils to remove debris and shriveled beans, then rinse. | 2. Add lentils to crock pot, along with barley, carrots, celery, onion, garlic, dried herbs and bay leaf. | 3. Pour in broth, water, and tomatoes. | 4. Cover and cook on low heat for 12 to 14 hours, or on high heat for 5 to 6 hours. | 5. Discard bay leaf and just before serving stir in parsley and vinegar. (If you don't use the vinegar, the soup might taste more bland as you're omitting a major contributor of flavor.). | 6. Lentils aren't like dried beans. They don't require soaking and cook pretty quickly when you do it right. | 7. When you buy your lentils, go somewhere that has a decent turnover so your lentils haven't been sitting on the shelf for years. Also, don't add any additional salt to the soup while it is cooking, and don't add lentils to already boiling water as either one can make lentils tough. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
lentil	1	cup		81.62	17.0478	6.8992	0.4235
pearl barley	1/3	cup		234.6667	51.8133	6.6067	0.7733
carrot	1	cup	chopped	52.48	12.2624	1.1904	0.3072
celery	1	cup	chopped	16.16	2.9997	0.6969	0.1717
onion	1	cup	chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
garlic clove	2		minced	8.94	1.9836	0.3816	0.03
basil	1/2	teaspoon	dried	0.1016	0.0117	0.0139	0.0028
oregano	1/2	teaspoon	dried	1.325	0.3446	0.045	0.0214
thyme	1/4	teaspoon	dried	0.20199999999999999	0.0489	0.0111	0.0034
bay leaf	1			-	-	-	-
broth	3 1/2	cups		41.125	10.527999999999999	0.0	0.0
water	2 1/2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
tomato	14 1/4	ounces	stewed crushed	92.9155	20.603	4.8478	0.8079999999999999
parsley	1/4	cup	chopped	5.4	0.9495	0.4455	0.1185
cider vinegar	2	tablespoons		6.257999999999999	0.2771	0.0	0.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.