French Lentil Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 large onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
3 tomatoes, chopped
2 carrots, chopped
2 cups lentils
1 tablespoon herbes de provence

Preparation

In a large pot, saute the onion and garlic.
Add tomatoes and carrots.
Add lentils and herbs. (Thyme works great alone too). Make sure you have small green lentils: sometimes the other types can get mealy.
Add vegetable broth about 1 inch above lentils.
Bring to a boil, then let simmer, stirring once in a while.
When the lentils are soft and soup thick, you are done.
Add salt/pepper or more herbs to taste.
A splash of vinegar in your bowl on top of the soup is delicious! (French recipe suggested it, and it was great).