20 Reviews of Lentil Soup (truly good and easy - eat your lentils!)

From: windy_moon

On Feb 3, 2007

This is a recipe I need more than 5 stars for. OUTSTANDING! It was resonably easy and very satisfying to make, filling up the kitchen with wonderful smells for the afternoon. Now, here's the thing...I'm a giant lentil soup fan and I promise this is the best Lentil soup I've ever had...BUT, my husband who heretofore consider lentils poison, he loved the soup too! I have a lentil convert, thank you so much for this! (oh, and my teenage boys loved it too!)

From: AmbyDawn

On Mar 5, 2004

I have had this recipe in my cookbook FOREVER and finally decided to make it. I'm very pleased I did. I didn't have any cooking spirits on hand so I had to omit that. I also used red curry paste instead of powder, gave it an extra kick! Very good, looking forward to leftovers.

From: Dina Korkovelos

On Mar 31, 2004

Delicious and very easy to make! Upon serving, I did put hot sauce in it to give it more of a kick.

From: Paka

On Aug 25, 2006

Can't believe that I didn't rate and review this sooner. I have made it several times, adding meat seperately as my husband can't eat a meal without meat! I have also given some frozen to my friends and heard raves and requests for the recipe. Thank you for a great winter soup.

From: pinklepurr

On Jan 11, 2008

Evelyn - I have made a few of your recipes and all of them are great! This is now my favorite lentil soup. I also use local red wine, (whatever is on hand) and red lentils. I use veg broth and don't usually have celery on hand, (hard to find in Turkey), but this recipe stands up well to improvisation. I probably make this soup once a week, year round, served up with crusty bread. Thanks for another great recipe!

From: love4culinary

On Oct 24, 2003

This soup is absolute comfort food! Tonight I made my potato and zucchini curry with flatbreads, and I served this soup right before the meal. It was very appetizing and very tasty! It was great for tonight, because it is getting REALLY cold outside! At first the sherry seemed like it was going to be overwhelming, but after the long cook, it went away and just made for a wonderful flavor addition! I used vegetable broth instead of chicken broth so as to keep it a vegetarian meal. I didnt have any canned tomatoes on hand, so I just used some fresh organic tomatoes... and the soup was wonderful!!! I cant wait to have leftovers! Thanks evelyn!!!!!

From: michEgan

On Dec 9, 2003

I found this soup to be very hearty and good. I did not have dry sherry, but I used dry red wine. The flavor was excellent. I am trying to cook more healthy foods, this one will be added to my make again list. Thank you very much for sharing it.

From: spatchcock

On Oct 25, 2003

This was just fantastic. I used two cans of chicken broth, and one of vegetable broth. Added even MORE sherry than was called for. I also added about 4 extra cloves of garlic. A local Indian restaurant makes a similar soup, and this recipe was far, far better. I couldn't have been more pleased with this soup. It will be a staple at our house. THANKS!

From: woodland hues

On Mar 13, 2008

This makes a huge amount of soup so off into the freezer with a couple of batches. I've found over the years lentils are relatively quick cooking and I started serving up after 40 minutes of simmering. I added a can of chick peas and 1 package of frozen chopped spinach, thawed, to the ingredients. Added a bit more curry than called for, and chose red wine over sherry (didn't have any). First class. Thanks for posting.

From: Valheru

On Jan 28, 2004

Very good lentil soup. A sweeter brighter taste than most lentil soup recipes. I used some of the local red wine instead of sherry. I made mine vegetarian. I doubt 99% of folks could tell the difference because the flavors added blend very well.