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Lentil And Lamb Soup

Ingredients

• 1 pound lean boneless lamb, fat trimmed
• Nonstick cooking spray
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 4 cups water
• 1 14.5-ounce can tomatoes, undrained and cut up
• 1 cup coarsely chopped carrot
• 1 cup sliced celery
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 bay leaf
• 3/4 cup lentils, rinsed and drained

Directions

1. Cut lamb into 1-inch pieces.
2. Spray a Dutch oven with nonstick spray and preheat over medium heat.
3. Add half of the lamb and cook until brown.
4. Remove lamb from Dutch oven.
5. Repeat with remaining lamb and onion.
6. Return all lamb to Dutch oven.
7. Add the remaining ingredients except lentils and simmer, covered, for 30 minutes.
8. Add lentils and simmer, covered, for 30 minutes.
9. Remove bay leaf.

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