Lentil, Leek, and Potato Soup

Lentils, leeks, and potatoes are the key players in this tasty autumn soup
which is both naturally gluten free and vegan.

Although the warm weather is refusing to leave, it is the end of September, and it is officially fall!

With s few of the evenings feeling a tad nippy,  I've started to dream about soup!

I got out the old soup pot and am now starting to focus on making some seasonal homemade soups.

Leeks and purple potatoes are seasonal at my organic CSA farm right now, so I knew I would have to create a recipe using them.

 I had a bag of tiny organic French green lentils in my pantry. Together with the leeks and purple potatoes, I had enough to make this simple, yet hardy beginning of fall soup.

I like my soups on the chunky side and unblended, but feel free to blend this soup into a creamy mixture using an immersion blender or Vitamix.

Actually I still have not attempted to use the Instant Pot that I purchased during the summer - despite that my friend Noreen is raving about hers. I need to spend the time and get through the learning curve. Noreen says the Instant Pot makes a wonderful soup.

Have you made soup in your Instant Pot? What other recipes are you making in your Instant Pot?

Author: Judee Algazi

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients: 

2 cups of  French green lentils, cleaned and picked over

1 cup of chopped leeks

2 medium potatoes, diced 

1 cup of carrots, diced or sliced

1 and 1/2 cups of diced zucchini 

2 sage leaves

8 cups water

3 cups vegetable broth

2 cloves garlic or 2 squares frozen garlic 

Directions: 

In a large soup pot add 8 cups of water and the 2 cups of cleaned lentils and sage.
Bring to a boil and then simmer for 20 minutes.
Remove the sage, and add the leeks, garlic, potatoes, zucchini , garlic, and carrots and the vegetable broth.Continue to cook until lentils and vegetables are soft- about another 40 minutes.

Serve with a squeeze of lemon or lime or top it with some Parmesan cheese.

Will be shared on Beth Fish Reads- Weekend Cooking where anyone can share a food related post.

and also on Deb's Souper Sunday where anyone can share a soup, salad, or Sammie recipe

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