Basic Lentil Soup

Description

A warming soup for a cool winter day

Summary

Yield	Servings
Prep time	1 1⁄2 hours
Meal Category	Soup
Nutritional Category

Ingredients

2		onion (chopped)
1		turnip (chopped)
375	g	red lentils
1		Carrot (chopped)
2		celery stalk (chopped)
700	ml	vegetable stock (salt reduced)
300	ml	water

Instructions

Chop all vegetables and place in pot with lentils, water and stock.
Bring to the boil and simmer for 1 hr, stirring occasionally.
Serve when lentils are soft and thick.

Nutritional information (per serve)

Energy: 936kJ
Total sugars: 5g
Protein: 17g
Sodium: 394mg
Calcium: 73mg
Total fat: 1g
Saturated fat: 0.2g
Iron: 5mg
Carbohydrate: 32g
Fibre: 11g

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Comments

Submitted by Anonymous on Saturday 14-8-2010.

This recipe is short and easy!!!

But there should be more variety

Submitted by Jessica Kempler on Sunday 30-1-2011.

This is a very basic lentil recipe, and we encourage you to add as little or as many vegetables as you like. You can use this recipe to reduce household waste by adding vegetables from your pantry that may be nearing their shelf-life rather than throwing them away.