learn to make a good lentil soup

Use a very big pot. Finely chop an onion. Chop a couple of carrots and a medium potato into bite size pieces. Saute this in 3 T olive oil for 5 minutes. Add 1 clove pressed garlic. Add 1 c lentils. Add lots of water (start with 5 cups). Chop up a roma tomato. Put that in. Put in a teaspoon of salt and half a teaspoon of pepper. Put in a teaspoon of thyme. Heat to boil, then reduce to simmer. Simmer about 45 minutes. keep an eye on it and add more water, a little at a time, as needed. Serve with cornbread and apple cider on an October afternoon.

I’m not looking for a gourmet recipe or anything, just a really simple one, perhaps using stock cubes… and a bit of onion and carrot. I’d like lentil soup to be a main meal at least once a week. I know little about cooking them at all so far… and am only making the soup for one.

Also I hear that home made lentil soup is easy to freeze for later… although I’m not sure how much that effects it’s nutritional value.

The recipe I find doesn’t need to be strictly vegetarian. If anyone has any advice it would really be appreciated.