ingredients

1 red onion diced

2 large carrots , sliced

1 parsnip , diced

1-2 garlic cloves crushed

225gr dried red split lentils

1/2 litres of homade vegetable stock

2 tsp paprika

fresh ground black pepper

some fresh chives to garish

6 tablespoon low fat natural fomage frais (this is opitional but does not thicken the soup and adds lots of delicious taniness to the soup).

Method

Measure out and prepare all ingredients for soup

Place lentils, onion, vegetables, garlic, homade vegetable stock and paprika into a large saucepan . Bring to the boil and keep ingredients on boil and keep ingredients on boil for 10 minutes . then reduce , heat , cover and simmer for a further 20minutes . it is important that vegetables and lentils at this point . if not , continue to simmer .

once mixture is soft , until mixture is smooth . once pureed , heat soup and serve with a tablespoon of fromage frais and sprinkle and chives to garish . soup is delicious with some crusty bread .

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