A hearty, healthy soup that all the family will love – and you can keep it for up to three months frozen, too. Just reheat it when you need a quick supper!
- 1 large onion chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
- 3 sticks of celery, chopped quite small
- 1 pack of smoked bacon, chopped
- 3 courgettes, chopped
- 2 tins of tomatoes
- 1 small tin tomato puree
- 100g red lentils/split peas
- celery salt and white pepper
Sweat the onion in olive oil until beginning to brown, add the bacon until cooked well, add the garlic, celery and courgettes, allow to cook down for 5 minutes and then add the tomatoes and the tomato puree, lentils and seasonings, adjust the consistency with water but remember it will thicken when cooked. Leave to cook for about 20 minutes on a very slow simmer, but stir from time to time to prevent the lentils catching. Blend until nearly smooth but a weeny bit grainy.
