Lentil soup

basil92

I have a load of green lentils and veg that need using up so thought about making Lentil Soup:D

However, I've just looked at my box of veg stock cubes...and they are a year out of date :o:o (shows how often I use stock cubes)

My question is...do you think the stock cubes will be ok:o

TIA

foxgloves

Dug out some old cookbooks yesterday & made Rose Elliott's Golden Lentil Soup from the Cheap & Easy vegetarian Cookbook. Was struck by how cheap, filling & nice it was. For anyone who'd like to try it, the only ingredients are:
1 onion, chopped
1 litre of vegetable stock (I use 4tspns Marigold powder to make mine....a drum of that lasts for ages)
8 oz red split lentils
Half oz butter or tblspn oil
salt & pepper
(Rose Elliot puts lemon juice in hers but I didn't bother as needed my 1 lemon for something else)
Heat oil & cook chopped onion until softened but not browning. Add the lentils & stir for a monute or two. Add the stock, bring to the boil & simmer gently for 20 mins till lentils are soft. Remove from heat & liquidise. Add salt & pepper to taste. For so few ingredients, I was surprised how nice it was. Had forgotten how good that book is for cheap & filling recipes. Don't know if it's still in print, but always worth looking at the cookery books in charity shops, I've picked up some good thrifty ones there x

elf06

Excellent - i have been looking to make lentil soup again as I always feel like its a real winter soup. I am always amazed at how cheap it is to make. could you tell me if this is a thick soup please as I like to stand my spoon up in lentil soup and will just adjust the amount of lentils if needed.

hitatotatus

Try adding a teaspoon of cumin - great for taste and supposed to help stop the bloating you can get with lentils!!:eek:

Kate78

^ Yes, totally agree with the above. I like to add the cumin at the same time as the onion.

jinny

i tried a recipe the same as that once but added a couple of tinned tomatoes and some grated carrot. Then blended when cooked and it was delicious a bit like heinz tomato

Pink.

Hi foxgloves,

I've added your thread to the main thread on making lentil soup as it will help others to find your recipe more easily.

Pink

foxgloves

Hi Elf, yes it is pretty thick, but put a bit less water in and then if it's too thick for you then you can always dilute it back to the strength in the original recipe. I've had a big jug of it in the fridge & we've heated it up as & when we've needed it and I'd say it's got a tendency to get thicker if it sits. Hope you like it anyway.

moozie_2

foxgloves wrote: »

1 onion, chopped
1 litre of vegetable stock (I use 4tspns Marigold powder to make mine....a drum of that lasts for ages)
8 oz red split lentils
Half oz butter or tblspn oil
salt & pepper

Thanks foxgloves MAde a version of the above earlier. Had 11 oz of red lentils so used them up and added some more stock to balance it. I also added half a teaspoon of cumin and I had two rashers of bacon that needed to go so I dridled them and then chopped them into the pan.

I blended the entire soup after cooking it for about 45 mins and both of us loved it. A very thick, filling and tasty lunch :T

Pitlanepiglet

foxgloves wrote: »

For anyone who'd like to try it, the only ingredients are:
1 onion, chopped
1 litre of vegetable stock (I use 4tspns Marigold powder to make mine....a drum of that lasts for ages)
8 oz red split lentils
Half oz butter or tblspn oil
salt & pepper.....

forgotten how good that book is for cheap & filling recipes. Don't know if it's still in print, but always worth looking at the cookery books in charity shops, I've picked up some good thrifty ones there x

Thanks Foxgloves, I've just made a version of this, I used dried onion (no fresh), added a shake of chilli flakes and some bacon, used chicken stock (cube) and more like 1.5 litres of water.

Blitzed it all down and it's a lovely soup that isn't too thick (not a fan to soups that are gloopy!)

It's lovely thanks for the recipe.

I've got a Rose Elliot book somewhere that came from a charity shop, must try and dig it out.