Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, hearty lentil and butternut squash soup. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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. In a large dutch oven or heavy bottomed pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook hearty lentil and butternut squash soup using 14 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Hearty lentil and butternut squash soup:
- Make ready 1 onion roughly chopped
- Get 1 carrot roughly chopped
- Take 3-4 cabbage leaves roughly chopped
- Prepare 1 pepper roughly chopped (I used a few different leftover ones)
- Prepare 1 garlic clove crushed
- Prepare 300 g (roughly) meat/veg stock of your choice (I did beef)
- Get 1 cup water (roughly)
- Take 1 Bay leaf
- Make ready 1 teaspoon paprika
- Get 1/3 grated nutmeg
- Get 1/2 butternut squash chopped into bite size pieces
- Take 1 teaspoon olive oil/oil alternative
- Prepare 1 teaspoon savory
- Make ready 400 g tin of green lentils (could soak your own)
This butternut squash lentil soup tastes like a bowl of sunshine. 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. So here it is: a creamy, nutritious, curry-flavored soup with butternut squash, lentils, turmeric, coconut milk, ginger and garlic.
Instructions to make Hearty lentil and butternut squash soup:
- Pre-heat oven to 180°c/350°f
- Put the onions In a pan and cook until lightly brown (can use a bit of oil or water as well to help)
- 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.
- Add the stock and water and mix. Let it cook until all the vegetables are soft, remove bay leaf, and then blend.
- Add in the lentils and cook for a further 20 minutes/until lentils are cooked.
- 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.
- Add the roasted butternut squash to the soup and serve.
- Can garnish with chopped parsely of anything of your choice (like chilli flakes or extra nutmeg) and/or serve with sliced and buttered bread.
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