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#WFD – Quick Tomato and Lentil Soup

Blend with a stick blender until smooth and serve with thick, crusty bread.

POLOKWANE – A hearty bowl of soup is the perfect comfort food for a chilly night.

What’s for Diner suggests warming up chilly winter nights with this filling and wholesome tomato and lentil soup, perfect with a chunk of crusty bread for dipping.

Ingredients

– 15ml Robertsons Mixed Herbs
– 7.5ml balsamic vinegar
– 100ml cream
– 5ml sugar
– 1 tin lentils, drained
– 500ml water
– 1 onion, chopped
– 3 tomatoes, chopped
– 2 cloves garlic, crushed
– 15ml olive oil
– 2 tins tomatoes, whole and peeled
– 1 x KNORR Roasted Vegetables Veggie Bake

Method

– Heat olive oil in a deep pot and gently fry the garlic and onion until soft.
– Add the fresh chopped tomatoes, balsamic vinegar and Robertsons Mixed Herbs and fry for a further 5 minutes stirring occasionally.
– Add the tinned tomatoes, water and lentils, stir well, bring to the boil then turn down the heat and allow to simmer for 30 minutes stirring occasionally.
– Add the sachet of KNORR Roasted Vegetable Bake, stir then add the cream and sugar and allow to simmer for a further 5 minutes.
– Blend with a stick blender until smooth and serve with thick, crusty bread.

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon. – Tom Stoppard

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