Lentil Soup!!

I've been cooking for my family the past few days since they are busier than me recently, and today I tried this lentil soup recipe: https://www.recipetineats.com/lentil-soup/#recipe

I omitted the carrots and celery(had no celery and don't like cooked carrots), and added thyme. I made enough for 8 servings but used less onion and lemon(my mom doesn't like sour things so much) than the recipe. I added some to my own plate. I also used tomato puree instead of crushed tomato since I don't really like cooked tomato chunks in my food.

311 calories for 421 grams !! And super high in protein AND fiber, something I've been trying to get my family to eat more of. Flavour profile was similar to our Arab meals which was an extra bonus. I honestly didn't track too closely how much I ate, because I was still really far under my calorie limit, and 421 grams for a stew is a weird serving(I'm assuming it is around 14 oz?), but I probably ate around 2 or 2.5 servings. Super tasty. I feel like it qualifies as a volume food since the calorie count feels low for how much, and lentils are super filling. We served it with rice as well and I ate some but honestly preferred it without(we usually cook basmati/jasmine but only had Egyptian rice today.)

Sorry for the bad photo, we ate it so quickly there wasn't a chance to grab a good photo..