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Spicy Winter Vegetable Soup is for Dinner.

Spicy Winter Vegetable Soup takes 30 minutes to prepare.

Spicy Winter Vegetable Soup takes 45 minutes to cook.

Spicy Winter Vegetable Soup makes 6 servings.

The ingredients for Spicy Winter Vegetable Soup are:

1 white onion, finely chopped
2/3 carrots, cubed
1 medium sized butternut squash, cubed
1 large sweet potato, cubed
2 medium parsnips, cubed
100g red lentils
Dash of olive oil
Chicken stock (about 3 pints)
Black pepper
Paprika
Cinnamon
Chili powder

Here is how you make Spicy Winter Vegetable Soup:

Put the lentils in cold water to soak.Peel and finely chop the onion.Heat the olive oil in a large pan. Add the onions and two or three tablespoons of stock. On a moderate heat allow to sweat until completely soft. Peel and cube the vegetables into 1cm cubes. Add 1/2 the vegetables and 1/2 the remaining stock. Simmer for 5 minutes, until the vegetables begin to soften.Add the remaining vegetables and stock. Simmer for 15/20 minutes, until vegetables are cooked through.Decant 1/2 the soup into a separate bowl and liquidise. Return to the original pan (gives a nice variation of textures).Drain and add the lentils and cook gently for a further 10 minutes.Makes around 6 servings of about 2.5cups each.Number of Servings: 6Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user FELIS_DORMEUS.

The nutritional information for Spicy Winter Vegetable Soup is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 161.8

• Total Fat: 2.9 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 423.3 mg
• Total Carbs: 32.7 g
• Dietary Fiber: 5.5 g
• Protein: 4.0 g