Mediterranean
Lentil Vegetable Soup
Lentil Vegetable Soup is Mediterranean home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre, the protein alongside, and the soup. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups brown lentils
- 3 carrots
- 3 celery stalks
- 1 onion
- 3 garlic cloves
- 14 oz diced tomatoes
- 6 cups vegetable broth
- 2 cups baby spinach
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
How to cook it
- Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat and soften the onion, carrots, celery, and garlic, about 7 minutes.
- Stir in the cumin and cook until fragrant, 1 minute.
- Add the rinsed lentils, diced tomatoes, broth, and bay leaf, and bring to a boil.
- Reduce to a simmer and cook until the lentils are tender, about 30 minutes.
- Discard the bay leaf, stir in the spinach until wilted, and season with the salt and pepper.
- Ladle into bowls and serve.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Lentil Vegetable Soup carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- Medium
- Protein quality
- Partial
- Food groups it covers
- Pulses and Vegetables
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Lentil Vegetable Soup takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in the fall and winter, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on lentil, carrot, celery, and tomato.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
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