VEGAN LENTIL STEW
This is a rich and hearty medley of vegetables, lentils, and herbs makes this freezer-friendly stew the perfect cold-weather comfort food. It is a perfect way to get your veggies in. Meat eaters will love this too.
Prep Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1:30 hr Total Time: 1:45 hr
Servings: 1.5 cups each
INGREDIENTS
2 Tbsp olive oil or refined coconut oil
1 yellow onion
4 cloves garlic
4 carrots (about 1/2 lb.)
4 stalks celery
2 lbs potatoes
1 cup brown lentils
1 tsp dried poultry seasoning
2 Tbsp Dijon mustard
1.5 Tbsp soy sauce or liquid aminos (aminos will make this stew gluten free)
1 Tbsp brown sugar
5 cups Vegetarian Better Than Bouillon® No Chicken Base or vegetable broth
1 cup frozen peas
INSTRUCTIONS
Dice the onion and mince the garlic. Add the oil, onion, and garlic to a large soup pot and begin to sauté over medium heat.
While the onion and garlic are sautéing, dice the celery, then add it to the pot and continue to sauté. As the celery, onion, and garlic are sautéing, peel and chop the carrots into half rounds. Add the carrots to the pot and continue to sauté.
As the onion, garlic, celery, and carrots are sautéing, peel and cube the potatoes into 3/4 to 1-inch pieces. Add the cubed potatoes to the pot along with the lentils, poultry seasoning, Dijon, soy sauce (or aminos), brown sugar, and broth.
Briefly stir the ingredients to combine, then place a lid on the pot, turn the heat up to high, and bring the stew up to a boil. Once it reaches a boil, turn the heat down to low and let it simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Toward the end of the simmer time, when the potatoes are very soft, begin to mash the potatoes a bit as you stir. This will help thicken the stew.
Finally, after 30 minutes, stir in the frozen peas and allow them to heat through. Taste the stew and add salt if needed (this will depend on the salt content of your broth, I did not add any extra). Serve hot with some homemade baked Artisan No Knead Bread. Enjoy!
Reposted from BudgetBytes with some minor changes.
