Recipe - Ham And Lentil Soup

4 sl Bacon; chopped
1 Onion; cut or sliced up
2 Tomatoes; chopped
One fourth cup Chopped parsley
6 cup Chicken broth
One half cup Tomato paste
One half teaspoon Thyme
1 cup Lentils
2 cup Diced smoked ham
Salt and pepper

Fry the bacon until it is crisp. Add the onion and saute for 5 minutes.
Then add the remaining ingredients and simmer, covered. until the lentils
are tender (about 20 minutes). Add salt and pepper.

From a book of my mother's (Judy Hosey) titled Senator Richard Matsuura's
Favorite Recipes, mostly Japanese and Hawaiian. Downloaded from Glen's MM
Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.