Reviewed: Feb. 9, 2007

Kind of bland. Needs salt. I added a little cumin and a little curry powder and it tasted great after that. Also, I added kernel corn and cut green beans. Very filling.

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brianne

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Reviewed: Feb. 6, 2007

Everyone enjoyed this soup, I did add chicken to it. will make again.

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KHAJEK

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 6, 2007

I love homemade soup and this one is a keeper! It's full of good for you ingrediants, low fat, high fiber and high flavor. My son's girlfriend and I love lentils, but no one else will eat them. So with Nikki was coming over, I made this just for the two of us. I left off the onions (allergy) the leek (didn't have any) and used Italian diced tomatoes and Bragg's Amino Acids instead of the woy and worchestshire sauce. Then like the other reviewer, I used my immersion blender for half of the soup before serving so that it was a more blended consistency. Thanks for sharing!

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dwieberg

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Elmira Heights, New York, USA

Living In: Ellijay, Georgia, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 10, 2006

This was absolutely delicous! It was comfot food and I felt so good about eating it, knowing how healthy it was! I substituted corn oil, 1 large onion, 2 real tomatoes diced, chicken stock, cooking wine, 1/4 bunch of cilantro. I also omitted the parsnip because they dont have them at the supermarket. Other than that I followed the recipe to the letter and it came out so great. I served half as a soup (using most of the liquid). And the next day I served it with brown rice like rice-and-beans. Any vegetarian will be like "yumskers!"

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ALLEYCAT27

Reviewed: Oct. 5, 2006

My wife said she wanted a hearty soup tonight, giving me short notice. Finding this recipe on the site made the evening for us. Since 'hearty' for me means meat, I cooked some sweet Italian turkey sausage on the side and dumped it in for about the last 10 min. There are myriad ways of successfully altering this recipe, and always coming out on top, I would suspect. Thanks.

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MartyP

Reviewed: May 28, 2006

Excellent! I used olive oil instead of veggie oil. I also used red lentils since that is what I had on hand, and it was perfect. My husband loved it, too. Thanks!

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SCRAPULOUS

Reviewed: Dec. 28, 2005

ok recipe. sort of bland. i probably won't make this again.

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COURTWOLF

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Living In: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 22, 2005

I used what veggies I had on hand, which differed a bit from the recipe. I pureed about 1/2 of it and left 1/2 chunky. Very good. Perfect for a cold day. I will make this again.

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LECKMAN

Reviewed: Nov. 27, 2005

This was only okay until we added lots of black pepper to our bowls. DEFINITELY add a lot of black pepper to this. I also think it would be better with Italian-style stewed tomatoes and not regular ones, and that would give it a lot of flavor. As would topping it with Parmesan.

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