All Shuk Up® Vegan Lentil Soup – Meet My Kneads

Ingredients

• ¼ cup olive oil
• 1 large onion
• 6 large fresh carrots (if your carrots are skinny then use more), peeled and chopped
• 5 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 Tablespoon All Shuk Up® Meet My Kneads® spice blend (a bright Yemenite mix of turmeric, cumin and spices)
• 1 Tablespoon Thyme
• 28 oz. canned diced tomatoes, no need to drain them
• 5 cups vegetable stock (if you are not going for a vegan meal, you can substitute chicken stock)
• 1 cup dried red lentils, rinsed and sorted
• 14 oz. canned chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt (you can always add more salt to taste in the end)
• 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• ⅛ - ¼ teaspoon Aleppo pepper or cayenne (or more if you like things spicy)
• 2 handfuls fresh greens such as kale or fresh spinach
• 1 fresh lemon for the juice