{"id":229,"date":"2026-02-22T19:30:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T19:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/greek-lentil-soup-2"},"modified":"2026-02-22T19:30:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T19:30:25","slug":"greek-lentil-soup-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/soup\/blog\/2026\/02\/22\/greek-lentil-soup-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Greek Lentil Soup 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Ingredients<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>1 1\/2 C. dried lentils presoaked, drained<br \/>\n1 medium onion chopped<br \/>\n1 carrot peeled, grated<br \/>\n1 celery stalk chopped<br \/>\n3 Tbsp. olive Oil<br \/>\n1 bay leaf<br \/>\n2 garlic cloves minced<br \/>\nSalt to taste<br \/>\nFreshly ground black pepper to taste<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. oregano<br \/>\n1 beef bouillon cube or vegetable cube<br \/>\n1\/2 C. tomato sauce<br \/>\n3 Tbsp. red wine vinegar<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Cooking Instructions<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Simmer lentils in 4 1\/2 C. water 1 hour, or until almost tender. Transfer to crockery pot. In a large frying pan,  saute onion, carrot and celery in oil until limp and glazed. Turn into crockery pot. Add bay leaf, garlic, salt, pepper, oregano, and bouillon cube. Cover. Cook on low speed of crock pot for 6 to 8 hours. Add tomato sauce and vinegar. Stir well. Cover. Cook on high 30 minutes, or until flavors are well blended.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&quot;I have heard the grumblings of the sons of Israel; speak to them, saying, &#039;At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God.&#039;&quot; (Exodus 16:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soup<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/soup\/blog\/2026\/02\/22\/greek-lentil-soup-2\/\"><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-229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-soup"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/soup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/soup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/soup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/soup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/soup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/soup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/soup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/soup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/soup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}