Simple Lentil Soup | Center for Science in the Public Interest

Ingredients

• ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 large onion, diced
• 2 carrots, diced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 Tbs. tomato paste
• 2 bay leaves
• ½ lb. (1¼ cups) black, green, brown, or red lentils, or yellow split peas, rinsed and picked over
• 1 15 oz. can no-salt-added diced tomatoes
• 1½ tsp. kosher salt
• freshly ground black pepper, to taste