Red Lentil Ginger Soup

This plant-based Red Lentil Ginger soup is delicious, hearty, and perfect for the cold weather! I have been making lentil soup for years now, but this combination of ingredients is definitely my favorite.

In total, this took me about 20 minutes to prep everything, and I left it cooking for about 2-3 hours until serving.

Ingredients: 

1/2 bag of red split lentils 

1 container of vegetable broth 

1 cup of water

1 yellow onion 

2 rainbow carrots

3 gloves of garlic (minced) 

1 teaspoon of cumin

1 teaspoon of red pepper chili flakes

2 tablespoons of tomato paste 

2 tablespoons of fresh ginger 

1/4 cup of olive oil 

Salt and Pepper

Fresh cilantro  

Prep: 

1. Heat up olive oil in a pot, then throw in onion and minced garlic. Sauté for 5ish minutes on medium heat. Then, stir in cumin, tomato paste, salt and pepper, chopped carrots, red pepper chili flakes, and ginger. Cook for 5  minutes on low. 

2. Throw in red lentils, vegetable broth, water. Bring everything in the pot to a boil, then turn the heat to low, cover with a lid, and let everything cook together.

3. I tasted it after 30 minutes and tasted done! But I kept it on low heat for a couple of hours. House smelled unreal!! I served mine topped with fresh cilantro.