Coat a large soup pot with cooking spray. Over medium-high heat sauté sausage until lightly brown.
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Add celery, onions, carrots and red bell pepper to pot and sauté over medium-high heat for approximately 4 minutes or until onions begin to turn clear.
Add the water, broth, lentils, salt, pepper and bay leaf. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and low simmer for 1 hour.
Remove bay leaf, add parsley and serve.
