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Low-fat bacon and lentil soup
18 ingredients
30 min + 30 min
Serves 4
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Lentils are great; filling, warming and also full of iron. By blitzing half of the soup it will be thick and creamy, but still have texture from the remaining lentils.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
421
Calories
16g
Protein
18g
Fat
54g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Lentil | 1/2 cup cooked (99g) | 115 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Bacon | 1 slice cooked (8g) | 43 |
| Plum | 1 medium (66g) | 30 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Celery | 1 stalk (40g) | 6 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Thyme | 1 tsp dried (1.4g) | 4 |
| Bay Leaf | 1 leaf (0.6g) | 2 |
| Parsley | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) | 1 |
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
- 4 carrots
- 1 onion
- 3 sticks celery
- 1 garlic
- 2 sprigs thyme
- 1-2 bay leaves
- 5-6 parsley
- pinch saltblack pepper
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 medium onions
- and sea saltblack pepper
- 2 garlic
- 1 red chilli
- 4 rashers smoked back bacon
- 200g/7oz red lentils
- 1 x 400g/14oz tin plum tomatoes
- 1 litre homemade vegetable stock
- leaves (from above), finely chopped parsley
Directions
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By bbcfood ·
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