Indiana Harvest Sausage Lentil Soup

Frontier Soups

This sausage lentil soup mix is easy to prepare in just over an hour for great nutrition and taste. Add tomatoes, sausage, zucchini and red wine. Try pairing this sausage lentil soup with Venus 8 Grain Hearty Original Crackers available from our Pantry.

Serves: 10
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 1.25 hours

Sausage Lentil Soup Mix Ingredients:
Green and red lentils, rice, onions, carrots, celery, leeks, paprika and herbs. No added salt, preservatives or MSG.

Allergen Information: Gluten-Free

Recipe Additions:
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 pound mild Italian sausage
12 cups beef broth
2 to 3 medium zucchini, diced
1 28-ounce can chopped tomatoes
1 cup red wine

Sausage Lentil Soup Recipe Directions:
•Crumble and brown sausage in oil in a 6 or 8 quart pot.
•Rinse, drain and pick over lentils.
•Add lentils, vegetable packet and broth to pot.
•Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 1 hour, stirring occasionally, add zucchini after 30 minutes.
•Add tomatoes and wine to soup.
•Simmer, uncovered, for 15-30 minutes.
Vegetarian Soup Recipe Variation:
Start the soup with sautéing the vegetables that go into ratatouille: a red and green pepper, large onion, 2 medium zucchini, a small eggplant--cut up into 1-inch chunks. Add the soup mix and 8 cups broth. Simmer 45 minutes, add the tomatoes and simmer 10 minutes. Serve with grated parmesan cheese!

Inventive Soup Recipe Variations:
For variation, a box of frozen, chopped spinach may be substituted for the zucchini! This is a beautiful country supper!

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Crock Pot/Slow Cooker Recipe Directions:
•In large skillet crumble and brown sausage in oil, stir in contents of seasoning packet.
•Transfer to bowl of slow cooker and add broth. (May start soup night before and cover and refrigerate overnight.)
•Rinse, drain and pick over lentils, place into slow cooker and stir well.
•Cover and cook on LOW 8 hours.•Add tomatoes, zucchini and wine and continue on HI 1 hour.
*This soup takes less than 2 hours to make on the stove, so the crock pot may not offer much convenience.