Crushed Lentil Soup

Ingredients

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  ⅓ tbsp or 4g

• Onions

  Raw

  ½ large or 75g

• Garlic

  Raw

  4 cloves, minced or 12g

• Lentils

  Raw

  1 ½ cup or 288g

• Turmeric

  Spices, ground

  1 tsp or 2g

• Cumin

  Spices, cumin seed

  1 ½ tsp, ground or 5g

• Lemon juice

  Raw

  ½ lemon yields or 24g

• Parsley

  Raw

  4 tbsp or 15g

• Organic Vegetable Broth

  Pacific

  8 cup or 800g

Directions

1. Heat oil in a pan and gently fry the chopped onions for 5 minutes.
2. Add the chopped garlic, turmeric and cumin and continue cooking for a few minutes more.
3. Stir in the lentils, add the stock and cook for 35 minutes. Stir several times during cooking, especially towards the end, to prevent lentils from sticking to base of pan.
4. Toss in parsley, stir in lemon juice and leave to cook for 2-3 minutes more.