High Fibre Tomato Soup with Chilli – Bio&Me

Ingredients

• 500g (500g ripe tomatoes halved if slow roasting at home)
• 50g red lentils, rinsed
• a tin (400g) cannellini beans, drained & rinsed
• 1 medium onion, quartered
• 3 garlic cloves, unpeeled
• 1 small red chilli, halved (adjust to taste)
• 1 medium carrot, roughly chopped
• 1 stalk celery, roughly chopped
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 350ml vegetable or chicken stock
• 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
• 1/2 tsp dried oregano
• 1/2 tbsp balsamic vinegar (optional)
• salt & black pepper, to taste
• 2 slices wholemeal bread, to serve
• sprinkle of mixed seeds (optional)
• swirl of plain kefir (to serve optional)