Instructions: Spray large nonstick saucepan with nonstick cooking spray. Add onions, carrot, celery, turnip and jalapeno. Cook over medium heat 10 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender.

Add broth, tomatoes, water, lentils, chili powder and oregano. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 20 to 30 minutes or until lentils are tender.

Add pasta and cook 10 minutes or until tender.

Ladle soup into bowls; sprinkle with cilantro.

TIP - 2 ounces of dried long pasta such as spaghetti, is about the same size as the diameter of a quarter.

Cuisine: "Vegetarian"

Cooking: Pasta"

Yield: "8 cups"

NOTES : Lentils, a popular meat substitute, have a fair amount of calcium and vitamins A and B and are a good source of iron and phosphorus.

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