Lentil and Vegetable Soup

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after!

This makes a truly delicious lentil soup. Packed with vegetables, it's a meal in a bowl. We all really really liked it.

ingredients:

2 tbsp extra virgin coconut oil

1 1/2 cup onion finely chopped

3 cups frozen green peas

2 cups dried lentils

2 cups diced carrots

3 cups sliced celery

4 tsp sea salt

1 tsp cumin

1 tsp chili powder

1 tsp turmeric

1 tbsp marjoram

8 cups boiling water

1/4 cup dried mushrooms finely crushed

1/2 cup water

3 cups broccoli florets, finely chopped

directions:

1. turn your crockpot on to your preferred setting. Perhaps mine runs hot, but I find the high setting reduces lentils to mush within a couple of hours. So, I shall use  LOW for 4 hours.

2. add the ingredients in the order listed, save the broccoli

3. when the cooking is done, add your broccoli, turn off the heat, and let the residual heat cook the broccoli. Unless you like well cooked broccoli.