Carrot and lentil soup from Bubbles2009

dairy free egg free nut free kids can help can make in advance ok to freeze vegetarian low fat
Category
Budget recipes
Vegetarian recipes
Soup recipes
Serves6 child portions
Prep time 10 mins
Cook time40 mins

Mumsnetter ratings

based on (5) reviews
Ease of finding ingredients 9.857
Ease of cooking10
Success with kids8.8
Success with adults9.857
Overall Mark 9

Ingredients

200g of red lentils
2 sliced carrots
4 sliced potatoes
1 litre of vegetable stock
1 chopped clove of garlic
1 chopped onion

Handy Hint

I don't blend mine as it's yummy with chunky carrots and potatoes but my DD prefers hers blended.

Method

1. Sweat the carrots, potatoes, onion and garlic in a pan for about 5 minutes.
2. Wash the lentils thoroughly and soak for 10 minutes.
3. Add the lentils and veg stock and bring to the boil.
4. Lower the heat, cover and simmer for about 35 minutes. Blend or serve as is.

Mumsnetter Reviews

From: instantfamily on Tue 03-Jul-12 10:15:13 Overall rating: 9.2
I made this several times in the winter. I also think it needs something to give it some zing - I added lots of lemon and chopped italian parsley at the end, and/or added some chopped chorizo or similar to the frying stage at the beginning.
From: EarthMotherImNot on Tue 21-Feb-12 14:37:08 Overall rating: 10.0
This has quickly become our favourite quick, cheap and easy supper or lunch dish. It's very warming and filling with crusty bread. I do prefer it blended and I sometimes add a couple of sticks of celery to it as well.
From: crazygracieuk on Thu 26-Jan-12 20:23:23 Overall rating: 10.0
I took EquestrianStatue's advice and added chopped ginger, crushed chilli flakes and a squeeze of lemon. I also upped stock to 1.5 litres. Clean bowls all round.
From: EquestrianStatue on Wed 25-Jan-12 19:52:40 Overall rating: 9.2
I also add some chopped ginger and red chilli, and a squeeze of lemon juice just before serving.
From: TheSecondComing on Tue 24-Jan-12 12:47:51 Overall rating: 10.0
just made this as part of my austerity measures/ healthy eating.I adde chilli powder and a bit of cumin to the pan as I was sweating the veggies. it's delish, healthy, filling and dead cheap too! dead simple.will add this to my list I whizzed mine down and it was quite thick,I think I'd tweak amount of stock (maybe do a litre and a half of stock)



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