Crockpot Lentil Soup? Any recipes?

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Re: Crockpot Lentil Soup? Any recipes?

Probably not what you're looking for BUT this was in my book so here it is.....

Serves 4

3 tbs. olive oil
1 onion chopped
2 celery sticks chopped
1 carrot sliced
2 garlic cloves peeled & chopped
1 potato peeled & diced
9 oz. generous 1 cup red lentils
1 1/4 pints/3 cups near-boiling vegetable stock
2 bay leaves
1 small lemon
1/2 tsp. ground cumin
cayenne pepper or Tabasco sauce, to taste salt & ground black pepper
lemon slices & chopped fresh flat leaf parsley, to serve

Heat oil in frying pan. Add onion & cook, stirring frequently, for 5 minutes, or until beginning to soften. Stir in celery, carrot, garlic & potato. Cook for a further 3-4 minutes.

Tip the fried veggies into crockpot on HIGH. Add lentils, vegetable stock, bay leaves & a pared strip of lemon rind & stir briefly to combine.

Cover crockpot & cook on HIGH for 1 hour.

Switch to low & cook for a further 5 hours or until vegetables & lentils are soft & tender.

Remove & discard bay leaves & lemon rind. Process the soup on a food processor or blender until smooth. Tip the soup back into the cleaned crockpot, stir in the cumin & cayenne pepper or Tabasco & season.

Cook the soup on high for a further 45 minutes or until piping hot. Squeeze in lemon juice to taste & check the seasoning. Ladle into warmed bowls & top each portion w/lemon slices & a sprinkling of chopped fresh parsley.

Energy 300Kcal/1265kJ; Protein 15.8g; Carbs 40.1g, of which sugars 3.6g; Fat 9.6g, of which saturates 1.3g; Cholesterol 0mg; Calcium 47mg; Fiber 3.9g; Sodium 456mg