Moroccan Lentil Soup Warms the Soul and the Tummy | tombirkenmeyer.com

Ingredients

• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup chopped or sliced carrots
• 1 cup chopped or sliced celery stalks with the greens left on
• 2-4 bulbs of garlic minced, pressed, or finely chopped or sliced
• 2-3 tsp of turmeric
• 1-3 tsp of black pepper
• 3-4 tsp of ginger
• 2 tsp of cumin
• 2-4 tsp of smoked paprika
• 1-2 tsp of cinnamon
• 2 cups red lentils
• -optional 1 cup plant based milk or 1 can of coconut milk with whole fat
• -optional 2 chopped medium tomato or quarter cup tomato paste
• Juice of one small lemon or half of a large lemon
• -optional a couple fist fulls of spinach