Slow Cooker Easy Lentil Soup

If you're looking to add more fiber to your diet, this Slow Cooker Easy Lentil Soup is for you. With plenty of vegetables and beans, this filling and healthy soup is packed full of fiber. Set it and forget it. This soup can be tossed in the crock pot before work and will be ready for dinner when you get home! 

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 8 hours 
Total Time: 8 hours and 10 minutes 

Ingredients:
4 c. low sodium vegetable broth
1 (14-oz.) can tomatoes
1 onion, diced
1 carrot, diced
1 celery stalk, diced
1 c. lentils
2 cloves garlic
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. tomato paste
1 bay leaf
½ tsp. cumin
¼ tsp. paprika
2 tsp. wine vinegar

Directions:

1. Combine all of the ingredients in a slow cooker, except for the wine vinegar.
2. Cook on low for 8 hours.
3. Remove bay leaf and add wine vinegar.

About
This recipe was provided by the Columbus Community Hospital Diabetes and Health Education Department, which provides a variety of programs to help educate and support community members with diabetes, or those who are at risk of developing diabetes.

Their services include group classes and individual appointments for inpatient and outpatient diabetes education. For more information on our Diabetes and Health Education Department, click here.