pasta and lentil soup

By neeise7

Ingredients

• 5 tbs evoo
• 1/2 chopped onion
• 4 garlic cloves chopped
• 2 tbs tomatoe paste
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1/2 cup gtated parm cheese plus piece of rind
• 8 oz small pasta
• 2 14 oz cans lentils 1 drained and rinsed and 1 undrained
• 1/3 c roughly chopped parsley

Details

Preparation time 10mins

Preparation

Step 1

heat oil in pot cook onion and garlic.Remove 1 tbs of flavoered oil and set aside.
Add tomato paste ans cook 2 min.Add chicken broth,cheese rind and 4 cups of water.Bring to boil then add pasta and cook for 5 min. add lentils along with liquid from 1 can.
reduce heat and cook10 more min.
Meanwhile whisk 1 tbs of parsley and 1 tbs water into flavored oil. Stir 1/4 c of grated parm and rest of parsley into soup. remove rind.serve in bowls and drizzle flavored evoo on top