Ingredients:

Chicken breast, cut up or chicken from your roasted one that you made your stock from 🙂

1 c red lentils, rinsed

4 c homemade chicken broth or water

2 tbsp olive oil

1 onion, chopped

3 garlic cloves, chopped

2 carrots, chopped

2 celery, chopped

Sea salt & fresh ground pepper

1 tbsp oregano

1 tbsp turmeric

Bay leaf

Parsley

 Directions:

Sauté onion for about 3 min in the oil, add salt and pepper, add garlic for another minute or so

Add carrots, celery, sauté till soft about 5 min or so

Add chicken, oregano and turmeric

Add  broth or water, bay leaf, bring to a boil, add lentils, then simmer for about 20 min until the lentils are soft

Adjust seasonings

Top with parsley

This is a basic chicken soup, you can use noodles or yams or rice in place of lentils, add some greens at end of cooking for added vitamins.