Apple and Lentil Soup

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 4 apples – peeled, cored, and diced
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
• 10 cups chicken stock
• 1 (15 ounce) can lentils, drained and rinsed
• 1 teaspoon celery seed (optional)

Directions

Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat until hot; stir in onion and apples and cook and stir for 4 minutes. Stir flour into apple mixture; cook and stir for 2 minutes.

Whisk chicken stock into apple mixture; bring soup to a boil. Stir lentils and celery seed into soup; return mixture to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until apples are tender, about 45 minutes.