Remember that one time I preached about not letting kale rule your life and then posted a recipe with kale two days later? The irony is killing me.

Lentil soup fixes everything. It's totes a cure all. Smashed veggie tacos at 3am? Eat lentil soup. Devoured obscene amounts of chocolate when it was or wasn't that time of the month? Eat lentil soup. Broke your toe? Eat lentil soup.

Lentils are just lovely.

This soup is total detox in a bowl. Like it's impossible to get sick if you're eating it. Chock full of veggies, fiberful lentils and chunks of taters, this truly is one hearty bowl of heaven. I took it for lunch today in my new fave thermos that's meant for small children not full-grown hummusapiens. I heated it up at 730am till it was piping hot and then popped it in my pink thermos. It wasn't as hot by noon, but it was still plenty warm and enjoyable. Thermos = my new BFFL.

This recipe is super easy to make and pretty darn customizable as well. Feel free to swap in sweet potatoes and leave the potatoes out all together. Use spinach instead of kale if you so fancy. I used half a bag of frozen kale from Trader Joe's that I thawed in the micro and it worked just fine. The only thing you really can't change is the type of lentil. Red lentils cook much faster and will turn this soup into mush, so make sure to use brown lentils unless you want to eat goop soup. You can grab a whole bag of lentils for less than a couple bucks.

I'm just not digging green smoothies at the moment.  I mean I just haven't been in the mood. I want to eat all my veggies in a bowl of warm and fuzzies that's obnoxiously slurpable.

Done and done.

Hearty Lentil, Kale & Potato Soup

Hearty Lentil, Kale & Potato Soup

★★★★★ 4.7 from 19 reviews

• Author: Alexis
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 40 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Yield: 4

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Ingredients

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• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 2 stalks of celery, diced
• 2 large carrots, diced
• 1 cup dry lentils (not red), rinsed and picked over
• 4 cups vegetables broth + ½ cup water
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ tsp garlic powder
• ¼ tsp cumin
• ¼ tsp coriander
• 1 large potato, dixed (about 1 ½ cups)
• ½ bunch kale, ribs removed and chopped finely (or half a bag of thawed from frozen kale)
• 2 tsp red wine vinegar
• Salt and pepper, to taste

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Instructions

1. Heat olive oil in a heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat. Add onion, celery and carrots and sauté until softened, about ten minutes.
2. Add lentils, broth, water, salt, garlic, cumin and coriander. Stir together and bring to a boil. Once soup has reached a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer, covered for 20 minutes.
3. Add chopped potatoes and simmer, covered for 15 more minutes or until potatoes are fork tender.
4. Add kale and simmer, covered for 5 more minutes, or until kale is wilted.
5. Remove from heat and stir in red wine vinegar. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

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