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Bright lights and chard soup
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Bright lights and chard soup

12 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr Serves 4 openrecipes

Nigel Slater’s warming lentil soup is perfect for winter and for using up any of your favourite leftover vegetables.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

700
Calories
59g
Protein
35g
Fat
40g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Lentil 1/2 cup cooked (99g) 115
Cheese 1 oz (28g) cheddar 113
Parmesan Cheese 1 oz (28g) 110
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Chard not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2 medium-sized onions
  • a clove of garlic
  • a little olive oil
  • a small bunch of flatleaf parsley
  • 4 sprigs of thyme
  • 250g/9oz lentils de Puy or other small green or brown lentils
  • 1 litre/1¾pints of good chicken stock
  • a strip of parmesan
  • salt and black pepper
  • a little lemon juice
  • 4 handfuls of chard
  • 4-8 small slices of goats’ cheese

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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