Hearty lentil and butternut squash soup
Hearty lentil and butternut squash soup

Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, hearty lentil and butternut squash soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Butternut Squash + Red Lentil Soup is a healthy and delicious fall vegan soup made with whole food plant based ingredients! After a long day when you need something soothing, nourishing and delicious to replenish you, this Hearty Lentil Soup with Roasted Butternut Squash, Kale and Bacon is the answer to what's for dinner. The Basics of Lentils First, let's talk a little bit about lentils. A member of the legume family, lentils are tiny nutritional powerhouses.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook hearty lentil and butternut squash soup using 14 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Hearty lentil and butternut squash soup:
  1. Get 1 onion roughly chopped
  2. Take 1 carrot roughly chopped
  3. Take 3-4 cabbage leaves roughly chopped
  4. Take 1 pepper roughly chopped (I used a few different leftover ones)
  5. Make ready 1 garlic clove crushed
  6. Get 300 g (roughly) meat/veg stock of your choice (I did beef)
  7. Make ready 1 cup water (roughly)
  8. Make ready 1 Bay leaf
  9. Make ready 1 teaspoon paprika
  10. Make ready 1/3 grated nutmeg
  11. Take 1/2 butternut squash chopped into bite size pieces
  12. Get 1 teaspoon olive oil/oil alternative
  13. Make ready 1 teaspoon savory
  14. Get 400 g tin of green lentils (could soak your own)

This butternut squash lentil soup tastes like a bowl of sunshine. So here it is: a creamy, nutritious, curry-flavored soup with butternut squash, lentils, turmeric, coconut milk, ginger and garlic. To give it an extra umami flavor, I added in peanut butter and stirred in spinach for a little nutritional boost (kale would also work well). Lentil Soup with Butternut and Kale is comforting and nutrient-dense, thanks to the butternut squash, lentils, kale, and leeks.

Instructions to make Hearty lentil and butternut squash soup:
  1. Pre-heat oven to 180°c/350°f
  2. Put the onions In a pan and cook until lightly brown (can use a bit of oil or water as well to help)
  3. Put the onions in a pressure cooker or soup pot (just a big metal pot that goes on the hob), add the cabbage, pepper, carrot, garlic clove, bay leaf, paprika and nutmeg. Mix it all together. If using the hop, feel free to do it with the heat on for possible extra browning on other veg.
  4. Add the stock and water and mix. Let it cook until all the vegetables are soft, remove bay leaf, and then blend.
  5. Add in the lentils and cook for a further 20 minutes/until lentils are cooked.
  6. When you put the water and stock with the veg, set out a baking tray and line it with tin foil or baking paper. Spread the butternut squash on the baking tray and add the Savory and Olive oil. Mix together and put in oven, cook for 25 minutes.
  7. Add the roasted butternut squash to the soup and serve.
  8. Can garnish with chopped parsely of anything of your choice (like chilli flakes or extra nutmeg) and/or serve with sliced and buttered bread.

To give it an extra umami flavor, I added in peanut butter and stirred in spinach for a little nutritional boost (kale would also work well). Lentil Soup with Butternut and Kale is comforting and nutrient-dense, thanks to the butternut squash, lentils, kale, and leeks. Lentil Soup with Butternut and Kale This vegetarian butternut squash lentil soup is like a bowl of comfort - the perfect way to warm up on a cold night. Add in the butternut squash, cumin, smoked paprika, coriander, turmeric, kosher salt and black pepper. Stir everything together and sauté for another minute.

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