Garlic Lentil Soup

Ingredients:

1 1/3 cups lentils

2 onions, diced

4 garlic cloves, minced

2 carrots, diced

2 Tbsp olive oil

3 bay leaves

large pinch of oregano

3 1/2 cups vegetable stock

salt and pepper

chopped cilantro, to garnish

Instructions:

1. Put all of the ingredients except for salt, pepper, and cilantro in large saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat.

2. Lower the heat and simmer for 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally to prevent lentils from sticking to the bottom of the pan.

3. Remove the bay leaves.

4. Salt and pepper to taste, garnish with cilantro to serve.

This was an incredibly easy recipe. I would recommend having some extra stock handy though, because I feel like this ended up not being very soup-like. I think more stock should be added periodically throughout the cooking process perhaps. But overall, it had a very nice flavor, so I recommend this recipe to all of you people out there who claim to not know how to cook. This recipe will convince you that making good food is actually pretty easy.