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Ingredientes
- ¼ cup olive oil (plus more for drizzling)
- 4 clove garlic (peeled and lightly smashed)
- 3 carrots (sliced)
- 1 onion (diced)
- 1 fennel bulb (trimmed and diced)
- 1 stalk celey (diced)
- 8 ounce Tuscan Kale (chopped)
- 1 medium Yukon gold potato (or similar, peeled and diced)
- 1 turnip (peeled and diced)
- 3 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 4 cup vegetable stock
- 4 cup water
- 2 cup brown lentils
- homemade croutons (optional)
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