🥪 Cheese and Onion Toastie with Carrot and Lentil Soup

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A toasted cheddar and red onion sandwich with a creamy carrot and red lentil soup. A winter lunch in 25 minutes.

⏱️ 25 min🍽️ 2 servings👩‍🍳 Easy🔥 656 kcal per serving💪 29 g protein per serving

Ingredients

  • 4 slices white sliced bread
  • 100 g mature cheddar
  • 1/2 onion red onion
  • 3 carrots (300 g) carrots
  • 80 g red lentils
  • 1/2 onion onion
  • 700 ml vegetable stock
  • 15 g butter
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp olive oil

Method, step by step

  1. Chop the onion and carrots. Soften them in a pan with the oil for 4 minutes.
  2. Add the washed red lentils, cumin and stock. Simmer for 12-14 minutes until everything is soft, then blend until smooth.
  3. Meanwhile, build the sandwiches with sliced cheddar and very thin red onion between the slices of bread.
  4. Butter the outside and fry in a pan over a medium heat for 3 minutes on each side, pressing down.
  5. Serve the hot soup with the toasties cut into triangles.

Nutritional information (per serving)

656
kcal
29 g
protein
72 g
carbs
28 g
fat

Values are approximate.

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