Lentil and Tomato Soup

Quick, cheap and healthy soup! Suitable for vegans, freezing and feeding to your friends. Why not toast and slice some pitta bread for dipping?

Time: Start to finish takes 15-20 minutes.

Ingredients:

• Lentils
• Tin of tomatoes
• Garlic
• Half an onion
• Herbs or chilli to flavour
• Vegetable oil
• Optional – mushrooms, aubergine, carrot or other vegetable to add more flavour

Method:

1. Chop the onion and garlic and fry in olive/sunflower oil.
2. Add the lentils and then pour on twice as much hot water as lentils. Cook for 5 minutes with the water boiling.
3. Add the tin of tomatoes after about 5 minutes.
4. Add flavours – salt and pepper, and curry powder or chilli, or herbs.
5. Pop it in a pretty bowl and eat!