Chickpea Soup with Green Lentils & Tomato. A healthy and delicious vegetarian soup featuring chickpeas, green lentils, tomato, carrots and onions in a light, herb flavoured broth.
Now that our daughter Olivia is home from university in Toronto for the summer, the vegetarian cooking around here is on the upward swing and this Chickpea Soup is the latest new dish out of our kitchen. It is so quick and easy to prepare and a few simple ingredients is all that’s required.
Spouse is now making more vegetarian soups than ever before, and although I don’t think she will ever join Olivia in the vegetarian ranks, there’s certainly a lot to be said for the occasional vegetarian meal. This soup fits the bill as a light lunch tor as the starter course for a larger meal.
Soup is something that is made 2 or three times a week in this house and generally always in relatively small batches. A batch of soup for us these days is certainly nowhere near the size of the enormous stock pots full of bubbling broth, meat and vegetables that many Newfoundlanders knew growing up.
These days small batches and plenty of delicious variety in or soups is what keeps the family interested in this lunchtime staple. There certainly are plenty of recipes on this blog to prove that, including our most popular Pea Soup with Dough Boys, a perennial Newfoundland favourite.
As always at our house, any leftovers get frozen in small individual serving size containers for a quick lunch any day of the week. This makes it ideal for pulling as many from the freezer as you need at a single time and virtually eliminates any wastage.
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Chickpea Soup with Green Lentils & Tomato
Chickpea Soup with Green Lentils & Tomato - a healthy and delicious vegetarian soup featuring chickpeas, green lentils, tomato, carrots and onions in a light, herb flavoured broth.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 medium onion, , finely diced
- 3 cloves garlic, , chopped
- 3 large carrots, , diced
- 2 1/2 cups diced canned tomatoes
- 6 cups low sodium vegetable stock
- 1 cup green lentils, , rinsed
- 2 1/2 cups canned chickpeas, , rinsed
- 4 bay leaves
- 1 tbsp dried oregano, (or 2 tbsp fresh oregano)
- 1 tsp dry thyme, (or 2 tsp fresh thyme)
- salt and pepper to season
Instructions
- Heat the oil in the bottom of a large dutch oven over medium heat. Add the onions, garlic and carrots.
- Saute for just a few minutes until the onions soften but do not brown.
- Add all of the remaining ingredients and simmer slowly for 20 minutes or so until the lentils are tender and fully cooked.
The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.
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Nutrition Information
Yield
8Serving Size
gAmount Per Serving Calories 150Sodium 830mgCarbohydrates 23gFiber 8gSugar 5gProtein 6g
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Danielle Durand
Saturday 5th of January 2019
Rreally delicious and nutritive, I will make it again for sure! I added one more cup of orange lentils, we love it when there are a lot! Thank you Barry!
Joyce
Friday 4th of January 2019
What would the sodium count be if I used my unseasoned frozen tomatoes, Campbell's no added salt vegetable broth and unseasoned chickpeas cooked from dried. I have just had heart surgery and am limited to less than 2000 MG sodium total per day.
Barry C. Parsons
Sunday 6th of January 2019
I do not provide that sort of information. You will . have to calculate it yourself from the specific ingredients you use.
Andrea
Friday 4th of January 2019
I have this beautiful soup simmering in my Ninja Foodi for supper tonight. Exactly what our bodies need after holidays!
DJ
Monday 14th of August 2017
Took this recipe to Morocco by omitting the herbs and adding ginger, harissa, and ras el hanout at the end of the saute cycle, Finished with a squeeze of lemon and chopped parsley. Was delicious! Thanks for the inspiration!
JJ
Monday 14th of August 2017
HI this looks really great! Would you have nutritional information - serving size, calories per serving and fat percentage per serving? My husband is on a low-fat diet and I'm looking into diet options for him. Thank you.
Barry C. Parsons
Tuesday 29th of August 2017
Our new recipe structure software has just allowed me to add this feature. I have updated the recipe!