Heat oil over medium-high heat in a medium pot. Cook carrots and onion until just softened, about 5 minutes. Add lentils, broth, water, bay leaf, salt and pepper to taste. Heat to a simmer; cook, ...

In a medium heavy soup pot, combine the lentils with the chicken stock. Cover and bring to a boil. In a food processor, pulse the carrot, celery, quartered onion and the garlic until finely chopped.

The combination of meat and beans is hearty, rib-sticking food. Americans have pork and beans, Mexicans have Frijoles con Puerco and numerous European countries, including France, Germany and Belgium ...

Washington Post Food editor Joe Yonan wrote about a case of mistaken lentil identity in his most recent vegetarian column, where red lentils were originally called for but clearly were not the answer.