Scrap your old pumpkin soup recipes. This is the only one you need to know 🎃⠀
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INGREDIENTS⠀
✔️ 2 tbsp olive oil ⠀
✔️ 2 onions, finely chopped⠀
✔️ 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped⠀
✔️ 750g pumpkin, skin removed and chopped in 3cm chunks ⠀
✔️ 100g split red lentils, washed thoroughly⠀
✔️ 1 tsp freshly ground cumin seeds⠀
✔️ 1 litre hot chicken or vegetable stock⠀
✔️ 100ml milk (optional)⠀
✔️ Salt and pepper to taste⠀
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METHOD ⠀
1️⃣ In a large saucepan, sauté the onions in olive oil over low heat for ten minutes until soft and golden, adding in the garlic in the last couple of minutes. ⠀
2️⃣ Stir in the pumpkin, lentils, and cumin seeds until combined. Cover with the hot stock, adding more water if needed to cover and bring to the boil. ⠀
3️⃣ Cover and simmer until the pumpkin and lentils are soft (around 20 minutes). ⠀
4️⃣ Take off the heat and whiz with a stick blender until smooth (or any blender you have). At this point you can add the milk if desired, salt and pepper to taste, then serve with crusty sourdough and butter 🥖⠀
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Banana, oat and date bars are a simple way to use up overripe bananas 🍌⠀
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What you do:⠀⠀⠀
✅ Preheat the oven to 190℃ and line a 22cm x 32cm slice tin with baking paper. ⠀⠀⠀
✅ Combine 1 1/2 cups self-raising flour, a pinch of salt, 1 cup oat bran, 1/3 cup brown sugar and 200g chopped dates in a large bowl.⠀⠀
✅ Add 100g melted butter, 1 1/4 cups milk, 2 lightly beaten eggs and 3 mashed bananas then stir to combine. ⠀⠀⠀
✅ Pour the mixture into the tray and bake for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown on top before allowing to cool then cut into 24 bars. ⠀
➡ Get more dietitian-approved recipes that use everyday ingredients by clicking on the link in the bio.⠀⠀⠀
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