Roasted Vegetable and Lentil Soup – Vital Assurance

Ingredients

• 1 leek white part only, sliced
• 300 g butternut pumpkin, peeled and roughly diced
• 1 parsnip, peeled and roughly diced
• 2 red capsicum, membrane and seeds removed, roughly diced
• 2 zucchini, roughly diced
• ½ cauliflower, cut into florets
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 6 cups vegetable stock
• ½ cup red lentils, soaked for 1 hour
• handful fresh parsley, roughly chopped
• Salt and pepper, as required.