Reviewed: Apr. 4, 2012

Really enjoyable, healthy and easy. I make my own turkey sausage with ground turkey and spices using the "Homemade Italian Turkey Sausage" recipe from this site. Also like many other reviewers, I used 6 cups broth, 2 cups water, brown rice and added the rice uncooked to the soup with the lentils. Also I used kale instead of spinach, because that's all I had on hand.

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Denver Dish

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: San Juan Capistrano, California, USA

Living In: Denver, Colorado, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 28, 2012

I didn't really like this. I used 8 cups of chicken stock and 2 cups of water because I used a little extra rice, lentils and spinach. It was more like a stew than a soup, but that wasn't my problem. Just tasted too much like spinach and that's after adding a ton of different spices and salt and pepper. Won't make again.

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ChildofGod

Reviewed: Jan. 5, 2012

This soup is great!!! :) I did half chicken stock, half water, and instead of spinach I added Kale (chopped to small pieces). So nice in the winter!

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M&CBCOOKIN'

Reviewed: Dec. 26, 2011

This soup is soooo good! I followed some suggestions, using garlic, brown rice, added uncooked at the last 30 minutes, and a whole package of keilbasa and spinach. Also, I didn't have chicken broth on hand so I used beef and it worked just fine. I didn't have crushed red pepper either so I used some cyanne. I loved this soup and will make it often!

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GranNana04

Reviewed: Dec. 20, 2011

This was pretty good. No changes made.

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Peach822

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 30, 2011

We added cumin and garlic per other reviewers suggestions. Also added whatever leftover fresh veggies we had in the fridge: celery, zucchini, bell peppers. Turned out great.

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Yosemitegal

Home Town: Mariposa, California, USA

Living In: Longmont, Colorado, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 19, 2011

So good!! After reading the reviews, I made a few changes. First, I add the 2/3 cup of water and uncooked rice to the pot along with the lentils and the rest of the liquids. Second, I switch the quantities of broth and water, using 2 cups of water and 6 cups of broth. Third, I throw in 2-3 chopped cloves of garlic and a couple extra ounces of kielbasa. I know the thought of lentils and spinach would make a lot of people gag, but this is not an earthy, healthy tasting soup. It's packed with flavor and absolutely delicious!

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BETHANYWEATHERSBY

Reviewed: May 30, 2011

Yummy, hearty, healthy, easy, and inexpensive! This is a new staple meal at our home.

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JONBELLA

Reviewed: Mar. 17, 2011

Added a few things...I used chicken broth instead of water, added green pepper, garlic,cumin,basil, parsly, a bay leaf and used polish lite kielbasa X3 so I added a cup of rice bec I put more Kielbasa. Also Dont forget to put parmesam cheese on top it really brings it together!

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SlowCookerHooker

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Buffalo, New York, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 27, 2011

This was absolutely wonderful. I did make one small change instead of water I used chicken brooth to give it a little more flavor. I will definitely make this again. Thanks for the recipe.

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