Healthy Lentil Vegetable Soup Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 1 carrot, diced
- 1 potato, diced
- 1 parsnips, peeled and diced
- 1 stick celery, diced
- 125 g dried red lentils
- 6 cups chicken stock or water
- 1 tbs no-added-salt tomato paste
- 3 sprigs parsley, chopped
Method
- Saute onion and garlic in a large pot with a little water until onion is translucent.
- Add carrot, potato, parsnip and celery and cook for a further 5 minutes.
- Stir in lentils, stock and tomato paste. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 30-35 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- When lentils and vegetables are just cooked, add parsley.
Hint
One teaspoon of dried herbs may be substituted for fresh herbs.
Recipe from Healthy Food Fast © State of Western Australia, 2012. Reproduced with permission.
Healthy tip!
Try mustard instead of mayonnaise to add extra flavour to your salads and sandwiches.
Nutrition Information
| per serving | per 100g | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 620 kJ | 108 kJ |
| 148 Cal | 26 Cal | |
| Protein | 9.1 g | 1.6 g |
| Fat, total | 2 g | 0.4 g |
| — saturated | 0.5 g | 0.1 g |
| Carbohydrate | 20.5 g | 3.6 g |
| — sugars | 5.7 g | 1 g |
| Sodium | 1567 mg | 273.5 mg |
| Fibre | 6.3 g | 1.1 g |
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Comments (2)
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Loved this soup I didn't find thick but great flavour.
Annette Mathews
Posted on: 06 Aug 20 -
One of the nicest soups I have made. Rich, thick and tasty. Really filling and I will definitely make again.
Anonymous
Posted on: 06 May 15
