Yesterday I was watching "Alive and Cooking" and James Reeson made Potato and Red Lentil Soup with Cheese and Onion Croutons. I thought I would give it a go, the 3 main reasons I thought I would try it was :
1. knowing that I should be increasing my protein with this stage of pregnancy and James kept going on an on about how high protein it was.
2. Having thrown up nearly every form of protein in the last 18 weeks I was getting desperate for food that did not carry bad memories.
3. It looked nice.
The soup was easy and quick to make, James made it on water and I though it would be a bit bland so I used vegetable stock.
The soup was very bland in taste I can see why the croutons were such a vital part of the dish. If I was to make it again I would use chicken or veg stock and maybe add some herbs or chili. It does need something extra. The croutons were very yummy and I added the left over sliced green onion to the soup when I served it which helped a lot. The recipe said it made enough for 6 people, it makes heaps more I now have 3 liters of left over soup in my freezer.
Changers I made
I recipe said to use 4 liters of water I used 3 of stock as that seemed enough and that is how much James used in the demonstration.
I used stock instead of water.
Click on the photo to take you to the recipe.
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