Greek · Lunch
Lentil Soup With Garlic (Low-Calorie)
Fakes is a Greek brothy lentil soup of brown lentils simmered with garlic, onion, carrot, celery, and tomato until tender. Finished with red wine vinegar and olive oil, it offers a garlicky, tangy broth served with crusty bread and a lemon wedge.
$2
10 minsPrep
35 minsCook
45 minsTotal
EasyLevel
Nutrition per serving
268Calories
19.5gProtein
2.6gFat
42.8gCarbs
7.1gSugar
13.6gFiber
332mgSodium
0mgChol
0.4gSat Fat
736mgPotassium
70mgCalcium
9.1mgIron
0mcgVitamin B12
19mgVitamin C
vegetarian
vegan
gluten-free
low-calorie
high-fiber
low-calorie
Instructions
1
Prep
Rinse the brown lentils under cold water in a sieve, picking out any debris, and dice the onion, carrot, celery, garlic, and tomato.
2
Sweat
Warm the olive oil in a small saucepan over medium heat and sweat the onion, carrot, celery, and garlic for 4 minutes until translucent.
3
Simmer
Add the lentils, tomato, tomato paste, bay leaf, and oregano. Pour in stock and water, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low and simmer uncovered for 30 minutes until lentils are tender.
4
Finish and plate
Remove from heat, stir in red wine vinegar, season with salt and black pepper, ladle into a bowl, and serve with the lemon wedge alongside.
Serves
2 portions ·
2 adults, 0 over 10, 0 under 10
Ingredients
- 14 oz389g dry brown lentils
- 4 cloves4 cloves garlic
- 11 onion
- 22 small carrot
- 22 stalk celery
- 11 tomato (or 3.5 oz/100g canned crushed tomato)
- 2 tsp2 tsp tomato paste
- 2 tsp2 tsp olive oil
- 2 tsp2 tsp red wine vinegar
- 22 bay leaf
- 1/2 tsp1/2 tsp dried oregano
- 2 cup480ml vegetable stock (low sodium)
- 2 cup480ml water
- salt, to taste
- black pepper, to taste
- 22 small lemon wedge, to serve
