Easy French Lentil Soup (Done in 30 Min!)

Today I'm going to teach you how to make one of my favorite French soups, French lentil soup. So let's get started. Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat until it's shimmering. Then add chopped carrots and chopped onions. You're going to saute these for about eight to ten minutes, stirring occasionally. You want them to begin to soften but not to get really brown. Once they're almost done, you're going to add in some chopped garlic. Saute for another minute and then you'll add some cumin and tomato paste and saute for another 90 seconds. You want to stir that constantly. You want the tomato paste to stir into the carrots and onions and even begin to brown a little bit. You should hear it sizzling. Now we're going to add our lentils. Next comes the vegetable broth. And then we're going to follow that with some water and some salt and pepper. Now you just want to simmer the soup for about 25 to 30 minutes until the lentils are tender. You can skim off some of the foam on the top of the soup as it's cooking if you want to. Otherwise just leave it. And if you prefer a smoother texture for your soup and a little thicker, you can use an immersion blender to blend up some of the soup. Next you're going to add spinach and you're going to just stir this until the leaves start to melt. You're also going to add in just about a tablespoon of lemon juice. And once you taste it, you can decide whether you want to add even more lemon juice and additional salt and pepper after that. And that's it. Now you are ready to serve this. So grab your bowl and get started. And we're done. I hope you enjoyed this one as much as I do. Bon appetit.