Lentil and vegetable soup

Author Notes

I take care of soups. They are healthy (in overall), hearty and pleasant. Especially in cooler weather. I moreover fancy them as lunches to perceive to work as a healthy different to cafe meals or takeaways. Lentils are a pulse that scheme from the seed of the annual plant lens culinaris. They’ve been feeble in the human diet for the explanation that stone age and low in fats, excessive in protein and excessive in fiber. Health shiny lentils dangle a provide of cholesterol reducing fiber, back protect watch over blood sugar and are judicious one of many absolute top vegetable sources of iron. Their iron content is in particular main for vegetarians or anyone plagued by iron deficiency, much like myself. —Jennifer (Delicieux)

Substances

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  1
  

  onion, diced
  
  

• 
  1
  

  leek, sliced
  
  

• 
  4
  

  cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped
  
  

• 
  2 teaspoons
  
  dried thyme
  
  
• 
  2
  

  carrots, peeled and diced
  
  

• 
  6
  

  mushrooms, diced or sliced
  
  

• 
  2
  

  stalks of celery, diced
  
  

• 
  1
  

  400g tin of chopped Italian tomatoes
  
  

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  1 cup
  
  French green lentils
  
  
• 
  60g
  

  rocket leaves
  
  

• 
  ¹/₄ cup
  
  dill, chopped
  
  
• 
  1.5
  

  litres of vegetable or meat inventory
  
  

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  1 tablespoon
  
  olive oil