chunky vegetable-lentil soup

Ingredients For chunky vegetable-lentil soup

• 1 Tbsp

  olive oil
• 1 md

  onion, cut into thin rings
• 1 clove

  garlic, minced
• 1 c

  dry green (french) lentils, rinsed and drained
• 1 lb

  whole small mushrooms (halve or quarter any larger mushrooms)
• 4 md

  carrots, thinly sliced (2 cups)
• 2 stalk

  celery, chopped
• 4 c

  water
• 1 can

  14 ounces, vegetable broth
• 1/4 tsp

  salt - optional
• 1/4 tsp

  ground black pepper
• 1/4

  of a head napa or red cabbage, sliced into strips (2 cups)