Rice and Lentils with Veggies

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I like to add veggies where ever i can.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup little green / black lentils
• 1/2 cup brown rice
• 2 cups of rich stock (veggie, beef or chicken are all fine)
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 large onion
• 2 sticks of celery
• 2 zucchini
• 2 carrots
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• 1 tsp dried tarragon
• 1 tsp dried marjoram or oregano
• 1 tsp dried parsley
• Fresh parsley to taste (i tend to put about half a cup of chopped fresh parsley in the dish plus a few sprigs for the garnish).
• Juice of 1/2 lemon
• 3 tbsp of olive oil

Steps:

1. Finely chop the veggies
2. In a frying pan sautee the veggies with the dried herbs and the olive oil
3. Put the sauteed veggies, rice, lentils and salt in a large pot with the stock and cook for 45 mins
4. Fold in the lemon juice and chopped parsley
5. Serve and garnish with a sprig of parsley
6. In this image i was doubling the recipe.