Jack'S Chardonnay And Red Lentil Soup

• 1/2 cup diced onion
• 1/4 cup diced celery
• 1 1/2 cups red lentils (or any color you choose)
• 3 (14 ounce) cans chicken broth (or an equal amount of water)
• 1 sprig fresh rosemary
• 1 sprig fresh dill
• 1 lemon (juice and zest)
• 1 cup Chardonnay wine or 1 cup dry champagne
• salt and pepper
• 1/4 cup diced carrot
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

1. Saute onions, carrots, and celery in olive oil.
2. Place sauteed vegetables, dry red lentils, and broth into large soup pot.
3. Cover and simmer 1 hour.
4. Add rosemary, dill, salt, pepper and the juice and zest from 1 lemon.
5. Simmer approximately another 1/2 hour.
6. (The zest of the lemon is the yellow layer of the peel. Remove using a zester or a fine grater.).
7. Add Chardonnay and serve.

onion, celery, red lentils, chicken broth, rosemary, dill, lemon, chardonnay wine, salt, carrot, olive oil

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/jacks-chardonnay-and-red-lentil-soup-288350 (may not work)