Lentil Soup Stew

Author: Del

Recipe type: Soup

Ingredients

1 onion, chopped small
4 carrots, chopped, not too small
1 red capsicum, diced large
3 zucchini, diced large
good size piece of pumpkin (I used a soup bowl full), diced large
olive oil
spinach chopped (fresh or frozen) (I used 1 bag of baby spinach, Del used 1 bunch of English spinach)
400 g can diced tomatoes
2 chorizo sausages, sliced & chopped in half
250 g green or brown lentils (washed & cleaned) (I used a 400g can)
2 bay leaves
1 stock cube
salt & pepper to taste

Instructions

Sauté the chorizo, remove to paper towels and remove fat from pan. Add a splash of olive oil to pan, and sauté lentils and onion. Add chopped vegetables (leaving spinach till later) & chorizo and toss through. Cover with hot water, add can tomatoes, bay leaves & stock. Boil, simmer for 30 minutes then add spinach and salt & pepper to taste, and simmer for another 25 to 30 minutes.