🥪 Cheese and Onion Toastie with Carrot and Lentil Soup

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