Lentil and Sausage Soup with Cabbage

Ingredients

• 6 cups water
• 10 cups homemade chicken stock chicken broth, or water with chicken soup base
• liquid a lot of the, will cook off
• 3 1/2 links precooked sausage, cut into small pieces, about 2 cups diced sausage
• 2 cups brown lentils
• 1 cup diced onion finely
• 1 cup celery finely diced
• 1 cup carrots finely diced
• 3 cups cabbage coarsely chopped
• 2 1/2 bay leaves
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic or less, but I love garlic
• dried thyme 2 tsp.
• ground cumin 1 tsp.
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste I used the type from a tube

Nutrition

• Calories : 280 calories
• Carbohydrate : 42 grams
• Cholesterol : 10 milligrams
• Fat : 3 grams
• Fiber : 15 grams
• Protein : 20 grams
• Sodium : 450 milligrams
• Sugar : 8 grams