Organic carrot and ginger soup

This is a warming Organic carrot and ginger winter soup to feast on when it’s cold outside.  You can add more ginger or chilli if you like it hot! You can also double the ingredients to make extra to freeze so you have a healthy option to grab and go.  We’ve used organic ingredients but if you can’t find everything organic, then using some organic is better than none.

Serves 4

Ingredients

1 tbsp olive oil

1 large onion – chopped

1 tsp of turmeric powder

½ tsp of cumin powder

4 cm piece of fresh ginger – thinly sliced (or more if you love it like us)

1 x red chilli, deseeded and chopped (Tip: to peel your ginger, use the back of a teaspoon to scrape the skin off)

4 carrots – roughly chopped into 2 cm chunks

1 pepper – chopped (red, yellow or green, they’re all great)

100g red lentils

900ml low salt vegetable stock

Pinch black pepper (Tip: it helps to boost the absorption of turmeric)

Optional

200g of squash – butternut, crown prince, whatever ones you can find.

Tip: when in season, roast squash and pumpkins with garlic and olive oil, then divide into containers and freeze. Ready to pull out and add to dishes like this.

How to cook

1. Heat the olive oil in a pot (where possible, avoid using non-stick cookware).
2. Gently fry the onions for around 2 minutes. Add turmeric, cumin, ginger and chilli, gently fry for a further 2 minutes.
3. Add the remaining ingredients and bring to a gentle simmer – cook for 20 minutes or until the lentils have fully cooked. Remove from heat.
4. Using a hand blender, blitz into a soup.
5. Serve with toasted wholemeal pitta bread.

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