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Red lentil soup with yogurt

A silky red lentil soup with vegetables, spices and a spoonful of yogurt.

Bowl of red lentil soup topped with yogurt, parsley and seeds, served with whole-grain bread.
360 kcal per servingPrep time: 30 minServings: 1LunchComforting30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 70 g red lentils
  • 1 carrot
  • ½ onion
  • 150 g crushed tomatoes
  • 500 ml vegetable stock
  • 1 tbsp plain yogurt
  • 1 slice whole-grain bread

Method

  1. Cook onion and carrot in a saucepan for 5 minutes.
  2. Add lentils, tomatoes and stock; simmer for 20 minutes until tender.
  3. Blend if desired, then serve with yogurt, seeds and bread.

Calories in context

At 360 kcal per serving, this dish is about 18% of a 2000 kcal daily reference intake — the standard reference amount used on nutrition labels, not a personal target.

Eaten as the midday meal in a three-meal day, it is one part of a day whose real total depends on your own body, activity level and goals, not on any single recipe. For a calorie range that reflects those, rather than a generic reference figure, the tools below can help.

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