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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Saute meats, rinse & drain for "lowfat" serving. | 2. Add veggies & cook until onion is transparent. Add 8 cups water *or use equivalent amount of chix broth* and everything else EXCEPT lentils, butter and cheese. | 3. Continue cooking covered, simmer for at least one hour on stove-top OR transfer to crockpot on LOW for several hours. Stir occasionally. | 4. Lentils go in 45 minutes to 1 hour before serving time. Add a bit of water if the soup becomes too thick. | 5. Add the butter if you're not doing the "lowfat" version and you like the richness of those yellow bubbles! | 6. Serve with grated sharp Cheddar cheese sprinkled over the top. | 7. NOTE: Leftovers are SUPERIOR to the first-run version. | 8. SUBSTITUTE: Try orzo pasta instead of the lentils. | 9. ***Chicken broth may be substituted here. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
meat combine beef	1	lb	ground sausage	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
onion	1		chopped	60.0	14.01	1.65	0.15
carrot	2		peeled chopped	50.02	11.6876	1.1346	0.2928
green pepper	1/4	cup	diced	7.45	1.7284	0.3203	0.0633
garlic clove	1 -3		minced	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
basil	1	teaspoon		0.2032	0.0234	0.0278	0.0057
oregano	1	teaspoon		2.65	0.6892	0.09	0.0428
chicken bouillon cube	6			403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
tomato sauce	1	cup		-	-	-	-
spinach	1 -2	cup	chopped	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
lentil	3/4	cup		61.215	12.7858	5.1744	0.3176
butter	2	tablespoons		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
sharp cheddar cheese			grated	-	-	-	-

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