Winter Vegetable & Lentil Soup

Why not try this easy to make soup. It includes four of your 5-a-day too. 
Ingredients

• 85g red lentils
• 1 onion
• 2 carrots diced
• 3 sticks celery sliced
• 2 leeks sliced
• 2 tbsp tomato purée
• 1 tbsp thyme leaves
• 1 garlic cloves chopped
• 1 heaped tsp ground coriander

Method
STEP 1 : Empty all of the ingredients into a large pan. Pour over 1½ litres boiling water, then stir well.
STEP 2 : Cover and leave to simmer for 30 mins until the vegetables and lentils are tender.
STEP 3 :Serve into bowls and eat straightaway, or if you like a really thick texture, blitz a third of the soup with a hand blender or in a food processor.