{"id":3655,"date":"2026-02-15T18:44:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipe4thecook.com\/\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:44:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:44:41","slug":"lentil-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/crockpot\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/lentil-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Lentil Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Ingredients<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>2 pounds beef bones to 3 pounds<br \/>\n3 potatoes diced<br \/>\n1 large onion chopped<br \/>\n1 can tomatoes large can<br \/>\n5 beef bouillon cubes<br \/>\n1\/2 C. chopped fresh basil<br \/>\nOr 2 tsp. dried basil<br \/>\n1 tsp. salt<br \/>\n2 medium zucchini chopped<br \/>\n3 carrots chopped<br \/>\n2 turnips diced<br \/>\n3 celery stalks<br \/>\n5 C. water<br \/>\n1\/2 pound lentils<br \/>\n1\/4 tsp. freshly ground black pepper<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Cooking Instructions<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Put everything except the zucchini in a crock pot. Set it on low and let it simmer for 8 to 9 hours. Remove the beef and cut the meat off the bones, returning the chunks of meat to the soup. Turn the cooker to high and add the zucchini. Cook on high another hour, until zucchini is tender.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&quot;Go then, eat your bread in happiness and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works.&quot; (Ecclesiastes 9:7)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crockpot<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/crockpot\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/lentil-soup\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crockpot"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/crockpot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/crockpot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/crockpot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/crockpot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/crockpot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/crockpot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/crockpot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/crockpot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/crockpot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}