Slow cooker Lentil Soup

I have lentil soup  recipe but I found this slow cooker recipe from Allrecipes and wanted to try it. I like to put all the ingredients slow cooker and forget it.The recipe used ham but I made it vegetarian and didn't use ham.

Ingredients:

1 cup dried lentils 1 cup chopped celery 1 cup chopped carrots 1 cup chopped onion 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 teaspoon dried basil

1/4 teaspoon dried thyme 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano 1 bay leaf 1/4 teaspoon black pepper 32 ounces chicken broth 1 cup water 8 teaspoons tomato sauce

Directions:

1.	In a 3 1/2 quart or larger slow cooker combine the lentils, celery, carrots, onion, garlic. Season with basil, thyme, oregano, the bay leaf and pepper. Stir in the chicken broth, water and tomato sauce. Cover and cook on Low for 11 hours. Discard the bay leaf before serving.