Backpacking Food Recipe – Greek Lentil Soup

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When backpacking and traveling around Europe on a budget, having the ability to cook cheap but tasty meals with as few ingredients as possible is a great way to save money and stay on the road longer.

The recipe we are going to share today is one of our best and most enjoyable and is something we like to make often while traveling – it’s a simplified travel version of Greek Faki (Lentil) Soup.

Greek Lentil Soup

Makes enough for 2 people.

What You Need:

• 1 Cup of Green Lentils (red works fine too, but gives a different flavor)
• 2 Garlic cloves (crushed)
• 1 Small onion
• Salt
• 2 cans of crushed tomatoes
• Water (depending on how thick you like it)

Directions:

1. Cover the lentils with water and bring to the boil – then pour out the water.
2. Add chopped onion, garlic, crushed tomatoes and a pinch of salt (and any other spice you have) into the pot.
3. Cover everything with fresh water, then re-heat and bring it to the boil again.
4. Let it boil until the lentils are soft and slightly over cooked so the soup gets thicker.
5. Serve into bowls, let it cool down sightly, and then enjoy your meal!

Serve with a few slices of bread. If you happen to have a bit of stale bread left over from the day before, use it for dipping in soup instead of just throwing it away!

Enjoy, and if you have any fav. recipes send us an email, we would love to hear what kind of food you cook while traveling!