Brown diced onion and minced garlic in coconut oil in frying pan over medium heat.
Mix all remaining ingredients, including sauteed onion and garlic, in crock pot. Cook on low until lentils are soft with a little bite, or about 6 hours.
Pressure Cooker instructions:
Brown onion and garlic in oil on any setting that heats the pot. Once browned, add remaining ingredients, cover, set to lentil button on second highest setting, then do slow release.
Stovetop instructions:
Brown garlic and onion, add remaining ingredients, cover with lid and heat on medium/medium-low about 45 minutes, or until lentils are cooked al-dente.
Garnish with cilantro and freshly-cracked black pepper.
Notes
This is a great meal to freeze half of and save for another day. For faster serving time, you could skip the crock pot and simply use a regular pot on the stove. Cook soup until lentils are soft with a little bite, about 45 minutes.