Hearty Chicken and Vegetable Soup | The Dizzy Dieter

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 large white onion, diced
• 1 leek, halved and sliced thinly
• 4 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
• A few sage leaves, chopped
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 carrots, diced (unpeeled)
• 3 sticks of celery, diced
• 100 g frozen peas
• 1 tin chopped tomatoes (around 400g)
• 170 g split red lentils
• 1.5 litres of vegetable stock (3-4 stock cubes dissolved in 1.5L of boiling water)
• 1 teaspoon vegetable bouillon powder
• Salt and pepper
• 2 large chicken breasts, cooked separately and roughly shredded