By
eHow Holidays & Celebrations Editor
Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Things You’ll Need:
- 5 onions
- 4 carrots
- 12 leeks
- 2 cups cabbage
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 bay leaf
- Pinch of fresh sage
- Quarter pound dried lentils
- 6 carrots
- 6 medium potatoes
- 1 onion
- 1 cup vegetable broth
- 1 teaspoon each, rosemary, sage and garlic
Soup A
Step1
Gather ingredients for Soup A.
Step2
Slice up the vegetables, chop them up finely and place them into a pot with the oil, bay leaf, sage and lentils.
Step3
Add three quarts boiling water to the pot, add salt if desired and simmer for an hour. Strain the mixture and use as a basic Lenten soup.
Soup B
Step1
Pull together ingredients for "Soup B" version, which offers a bit more taste..
Step2
Stir enough butter into a pan to brown the carrots and potatoes, then cover the vegetables with vegetable broth before adding in the herbs and spices.
Step3
Boil mixture and simmer until the vegetables are cooked. You can tell if the carrots and potatoes are done by piercing them with a fork. If they fall apart easily, they are ready.