Spicy Carrot and Lentil Soup

seamatt
seamatt Posts: 199 Member
in Recipes
Just made a cracking soup that was amazing. The recipe came from the British Heart Foundation healthy eating app. It was so tasty and is mega low cal.

It serves six and took less than 30 minutes to prepare/make.


Ingredients

2 teaspoons vegetable oil

1 onion, finely chopped

2 sticks celery, finely chopped

2 carrots, coarsely grated

55g (2oz) split red lentils

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1 teaspoon ground coriander

850ml (1.5 pints) vegetable stock

Freshly ground black pepper, to taste


Instructions

Heat oil in a saucepan. Add onion and celery and cook until soft, stirring.

Add carrots, lentils, cumin, coriander, stock and black pepper. Stir to mix.

Cover, bring to the boil, then simmer gently for 15-20 minutes or until carrots and lentils are soft, stirring occasionally.

Blend with a hand blender

Serve

Enjoy!
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  • chicco57
    chicco57 Posts: 298
    I can do that! sounds yummy will try it later thanks!
  • seamatt
    seamatt Posts: 199 Member
    I added it in as a recipe and it came out at 58 calories a serving
  • Corjogo
    Corjogo Posts: 201 Member
    Definitely soup weather here, today - thank you; sounds like a keeper.
  • SomeoneSomeplace
    SomeoneSomeplace Posts: 1,094 Member
    OMG BUMP this sound SOO GOOD! Do you thin you could blend it in like a regular blender? I dont have the other kind
  • Isabella_De_Santis
    Isabella_De_Santis Posts: 16
    Sounds yummy! Thank you for sharing! Will try it in the week even though it is summer here... :wink:
  • VictoriousMommy
    VictoriousMommy Posts: 24 Member
    yummy! bumping for later!! thank you for sharin
  • seamatt
    seamatt Posts: 199 Member
    OMG BUMP this sound SOO GOOD! Do you thin you could blend it in like a regular blender? I dont have the other kind

    Yeah would probably work with a potato masher if you didn't have any blender. We used the hand blender as you can just bung it in the pan.
  • snacker127
    snacker127 Posts: 75 Member
    bump, thanks, I love soup.
  • MollDoll81
    MollDoll81 Posts: 43
    Bump! I'm trying to incorporate more meatless soups into my brown-bag lunch routine! Thanks!
  • cmz311
    cmz311 Posts: 15
    :smile: thanks
  • chicco57
    chicco57 Posts: 298
    OMG BUMP this sound SOO GOOD! Do you thin you could blend it in like a regular blender? I dont have the other kind


    I made this soup tonight! it was so yummy! and yes you can use a normal blender I just did! thanks for the recipe seamatt its definately worth Keeping!
  • Nefetete
    Nefetete Posts: 343 Member
    Bump, sounds easy and delicious. Will definitely try
  • seamatt
    seamatt Posts: 199 Member
    Just wanted to add, it's one of those soups that tastes even better the next day. Had some for lunch today and it was so good I had a double portion......I can live with the calories LOL
  • begreenbe
    begreenbe Posts: 102 Member
    Bump
  • wimeezer
    wimeezer Posts: 404 Member
    sounds yummy - thanks for sharing!
  • Happygirl50
    Happygirl50 Posts: 48 Member
    Bump Thank you!!!
  • Calantorntain
    Calantorntain Posts: 172 Member
    Just bought a hand blender, I look forward to trying this!
  • seamatt
    seamatt Posts: 199 Member
    Just a little time saver for people, I made it again today and didn't bother grating the carrots, I just chopped them up small and it worked fine, and saved some grater time.
  • seamatt
    seamatt Posts: 199 Member
    Just a quick bump as I am planning on making some more of this soup this week......good thing about cold weather...warm soup :)
  • donnam40
    donnam40 Posts: 246 Member
    Bump so I can try it out!
  • LyndaMRou
    LyndaMRou Posts: 54 Member
    Oooh, looks good! Can you post the link so we can get the nutritional info?

    Oops, nevermind, I see it above in the tread!
  • suzmedder
    suzmedder Posts: 49 Member
    Bumping for later! Thanx for sharing, sounds fab!
  • irenehb
    irenehb Posts: 236 Member
    Thanks for the recipe, going to make it tomorrow for lunch.:smile:
  • Vex3521
    Vex3521 Posts: 385 Member
    Sounds great! Have got to try this one
  • seamatt
    seamatt Posts: 199 Member
    It should be on the MFP database but here is a screen shot of all the nutrition if you need it

    nutrisoup.jpg
  • russellbrand69
    russellbrand69 Posts: 132 Member
    Hi - Just pointing out that the lentil quantity in your recipe looks like 55g cooked weight of lentils, not 55g dry weight (which is what you used in your recipe).
    There is Tesco Red Split Lentils (Uncooked) from Tesco in the database, you should use 55g of that instead.
  • MysteriousMerlin
    MysteriousMerlin Posts: 2,270 Member
    tagging for laters. I've been wanting to try lentils
  • irenehb
    irenehb Posts: 236 Member
    Just made this for lunch and it was yummy. My servings came out to 75 calories each. I used only 1 teaspoon of oil and 55 grams of dry red lentils totalled 157 calories plus the addition of a left over half of a sweet potato. Thanks again.
  • 1ZenGirl
    1ZenGirl Posts: 432 Member
    Thank you for this. I have it all in my pantry for tomorrow!
  • Mini_horse_lover
    Mini_horse_lover Posts: 178 Member
    Bumping to save for later.

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