Chadian Lentil Soup

Ingredients

• Lentils
  1 cup
• extra virgin olive oil
  2 teaspoons
• onions

  chopped
  2 medium
• garlic

  cloves. minced
  2 unit
• crushed saffron threads
  1/2 teaspoon
• carrots

  sliced
  2 medium
• celery rib

  thinly sliced
  1 unit
• turnip

  peeled and diced
  1 small
• diced tomatoes with juice
  1 cup
• fat-free vegetable broth (beef broth optional)
  8 cups
• chopped fresh parsley
  1 tablespoon
• salt and pepper
  1 unit
• fresh lemon juice
  1 tablespoon