Granny Fraser's Lentil Soup

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 250 g red lentils, rinsed
• 2 -3 stock, cubes depending on taste (use gluten free stock cubes if you want the gluten free soup)
• 1 leek, rinsed and sliced
• 2 -3 potatoes, peeled and diced
• 2 carrots, peeled and sliced
• 1 -2 pint water

Recipe

• 1 boil the water, add the stock cubes.
• 2 once they have dissolved, add the lentils and simmer.
• 3 whilst the lentils are simmering, chop the potatoes first and add to the lentils, then the carrots and lastly the leek.
• 4 cook until the vegetables are soft, usually 20-30 mins depending on the size of the veg.
• 5 variations-
• 6 *add ham/bacon.
• 7 *fry the leeks in butter before adding to the soup.
• 8 *keep it chunky or whiz with a hand-held blender.
• 9 once pureed this soup freezes. to defrost simply cover the bottom of a pot with water, put the frozen soup in it and gently heat until the soup is warmed through.
• 10 i always make double to freeze and it rarely sees the freezer.