Reviewed: Mar. 14, 2012

I added carrots and a few dashes of Frank's Hot Sauce. Very good!

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Reviewed: Feb. 12, 2012

This turned out really well. I have a few things I changed. When adding onions to soups I find my kids complain about the texture of them so I GRATE them into the oil first! You get all the flavor but without texture issues with picky people. Also added a bit of garlic. After that turns into a sizzling yummy paste I add chopped celery (3+ stalks) and 1 tomato. I used 2 5.5oz cans of V8 in place of paste, didn't have any on hand. Doubled the cumin. Added fresh cilantro. Added 1 cup dehydrated spinach (I add that to almost EVERYTHING! LoL). Added water as it cooked down. Next time I would add carrots, I didn't have any on hand this time. I would also cut back on cumin to about 1 1/2 T and add some chipotle tabasco sauce. Perfect amount of salt even with none added. Served with sprinkled grated parmesan cheese. Next time will also sprinkle fresh ground pepper.

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JLLEBOW

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Medford, Oregon, USA

Living In: Pearl City, Hawaii, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 14, 2012

This was delicious! I made it with vegetable broth to keep it vegetarian, it was very flavorful and hearty. I probably used about 1/2 cup of paste.

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LJM

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Jan. 11, 2012

Tasty, I had to substitute tomato sauce for the paste because it was all I had on hand. I threw in some fresh chopped spinach. I'm sure the soup will be even better tomorrow.

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Tinacooks

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Leon, Iowa, USA

Living In: Temecula, California, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 2, 2012

Very tasty. I added carrots, onion, and frozen chopped spinach, and it came out great! I did need to add quite a bit of extra liquid though, which meant I had a huge amount of soup. It freezes and reheats just fine.

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mmt9

Reviewed: Dec. 29, 2011

Easy and good! I halved the recipe and used garlic salt and onion powder, tomato sauce, water and bullion. So tasty!

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SPARKLE33

Home Town: Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 28, 2011

soup is ok. i added an extra 1/4 c of tomato paste and some basil and parsley. also carrots for a little extra texture. it's filling and i feel satisfied that it's very healthy. just a little blah...

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ashleyms8

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Dec. 18, 2011

I really liked the simplicity of this soup...I made a batch early this morning and have been nibbling small bowls of it ever since. I've been under the weather for more than a week, and this is great comfort food. I gave it four stars rather than five because it lacks 'wow factor', but it will definitely be part of my regular soup rotation. Like other reviewers, I doubled the garlic, used a whole can of tomato paste, and sprinkled in a bit of curry powder and coriander, although I can't really taste the last two.

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TanyaH

Reviewed: Dec. 18, 2011

I added a couple of Tablespoons of my favorite barbecue sauce. My husband loved the flavor. It was over powering a hint of sweetness and smoky flavor.

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Linda C.

Reviewed: Dec. 18, 2011

for those that say lentil soup is BLAND: I think you have to grow up eating this soup as a child. CARROTS & CELERY (make sure to include the LEAVES) are a HUGE help along with bay leaves. I add sausage or keilbasa or ham for my meat loving husband.

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