SPICED LENTIL & CARROT SOUP

SPICED LENTIL & CARROT SOUP
I’m back with another £1 recipe. The last one caused quite the fuss and so I thought I would include the costing breakdown here in the caption this time.

I grew up on a version of this soup, it’s deeply warming, hearty and healthy, packed full of fibre, protein and flavour. I think it’s the perfect example of a recipe that is cheap to make, relies on mostly shelf stable pantry ingredients but also delivers big time on flavour and nutrients.
I’d like to make the argument for soda bread being the best bread you can make as a beginner, there is very little kneading, no proofing or rising, and if you’re snappy about it you can have it in the oven in 10 minutes. It’s way cheaper to make your own loaf than to buy it in the supermarket, and once you’ve bought the flour, you could make a dozen loaves before you had to buy anymore.
It’s best eaten the day it’s baked and after that I slice the remaining bread and freeze it, ready to become an oaty toasty butter slathered vessel for my fudgy eggs in the morning.
I hope you enjoy both recipes, they’ll be live on my Substack, The Late Plate, tomorrow morning.
The link is in my bio x

– 1 tbsp Olive oil 0.2
– 1 onion 0.31
– 1 clove garlic 0.06
– 1 tsp fine sea salt 0.04
– 300g carrots 0.22
– 300g red lentils 0.68
– 1 x 400g tin plum tomatoes 0.47
– 300ml Stock 0.11
– 0.5 tsp ground cumin 0.06
– Yoghurt 250g 0.54
Toal soup cost = £2.69

Soda bread:
* 200g plain flour 0.09
* 200g wholemeal flour 0.17
* 70g rolled oats, plus more for sprinkling 0.06
* 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda 0.03
* 1 tsp fine sea salt 0.04
* 400ml live yoghurt 0.86
Total bread cost = 1.25

Whole recipe = £3.94
Per serving = £0.98

Let’s make another one pound meal. But before we do, I want to clear a few things up because it got a little heated in the comments on my last video. I’m on a mission to share recipes that are delicious, nutritious, and affordable because food prices and everything else have shot through the roof. This recipe costs 98p per portion and £3.94 for the whole recipe. And I’ve costed this based on the amount of ingredients used. So, yes, you will need to buy, find, or already have the ingredients to make this recipe. And yes, you may have some carrots left over once you’ve made the soup, but you’ll also have four portions of a healthy meal, a whole loaf of bread, and leftover ingredients to use again another time. I would love to be able to write a recipe for £1 that included all the ingredients you would need, but for the very reason I’m making this video, that is impossible. Now we’ve got that out of the way, let me introduce you to my favorite soup. My mom used to make this for us every winter. It’s a spiced red lentil and carrot soup served with a dollop of yogurt and homemade soda bread. You can get both recipes on my Substack tomorrow