French Lentil Soup Instant Pot

How much do you love your Instant Pot? 
French Lentil Soup can be made in 16 minutes cooking time in my Instant Pot, and it is so good I ate it for breakfast this morning !  




This naturally creamy soup has a rich flavor and lots of healthy ingredients. It's naturally gluten free, high fiber, plant based ( vegan) soup.

Why I try to eat plant based

You know I am always dieting. Despite relatively healthy menus , I still tend to be about 10-15 pounds overweight. The other day I met a beautiful woman named Monica who mentioned that she used to weigh 300 pounds.

She said that she had tried many diets, bypass surgery, and exercise but nothing seemed to work permanently for her until she decided to go on a plant based diet. 

Of course I was intrigued and had to know how she did it.  She said that she ate no meat, chicken, eggs or dairy. She did eat fish very very occasionally. And she assured me that she ate carbs- like potatoes, bread, rice etc. 

She also wrote out a list of books for me that were the ones that inspired and in some cases frightened her to change to a plant based diet.

Two of the books Monica suggested: 

The Cheese Trap The Cheese Trap: How Breaking a Surprising Addiction Will Help You Lose Weight, Gain Energy, and Get Healthyby Neil Bernard, MD

How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease
How Not To Die by Michael Greger, MD

I have also read many books that suggest a plant based diet. Personally, I am a vegetarian but eat many plant based recipes. Today I am sharing a vegan and gluten free delicious French Lentil Soup Recipe. 

I used a handful of Haricot style green beans that I bought at Costco 

Author: Judee Algazi @ Gluten Free A-Z Blog ( www.realfoodblogger)
Prep Time: 5-10 minutes
Cook Time: 16 minutes
Serves : 8-10 bowls

Ingredients:

1 and 1/2 cups of green french lentils , washed and cleaned

1/2 large tomato diced

1/2 red onion diced

4 cloves garlic diced

8 haricot green beans, sliced 

8 cups of good tasting vegetable broth ( I used Whole Foods 365 organic vegetable broth)

2 Tablespoons olive oil

Directions:

Saute veggies in the instant pot for 4 minutes , turn off the saute feature and then turn to cook 16 minutes - allow to slow release for 5 minutes and then release manually according to directions on your Instant Pot

Another Lentil Instant Pot Soup
If you prefer a lentil vegetable soup in the Instant Pot , try my other easy recipe with lots of chopped veggies.

No Instant Pot? 
Try my easy lentil leek and potato soup that cooks on the stove top!!

My Notes: 

1. 16 minutes cooking time does not take into consideration the heat up time and the release time.
2. I find soup nourishing, delicious, and comforting. Soup is a big part of our diet. 

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