Sausage Lentil and Vegetable Soup

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So full of goodness, this sausage lentil and vegetable soup is just the thing to ward off the cold. Delicious, easy and economical too!

Two bowls of sausage lentil and vegetable soup

I've been struggling with cold after cold this winter. I feel I'm just about to get better when another one strikes! I'm supposed to be training for a half-marathon in March but at the moment I'm seriously wondering whether I'll have to pull out!

There is just one thing for it: Soup! Yes, tasty, easy, veggie and nutrient rich soup is the only way to go. Or at least, it's my current tactic.

bowls of sausage lentil vegetable soup with carrots and courgettes in the background

Soup is a great way to use up vegetables

I can't claim that this soup will definitely get rid of your cold, but I can promise that it'll make you feel better. There's nothing fancy to it. It's just full of all those super healthy seasonal vegetables that are available right now, plus some lentils, stock and of course sausages. Oh, and a little fresh parsley. Feel free to vary the vegetables depending on what you have at home. This is a great soup to make to use up some of the slightly less than perfect specimens that lurk at the bottom of the fridge.

As well as being part of my cold fighting strategy, this sausage lentil and vegetable soup is also my Recipe Redux contribution this month. The theme was Budget Eats and I believe this soup is as good for your wallet as it is for the rest of you. Eating seasonal vegetables is always more economical and store cupboard items like lentils can be picked up really cheaply.

sausage and letili soup bowls from above

Use quality sausages!

The only thing I don't advocate is using cheap sausages. Just. Don't. The sausages flavour the rest of the soup and so choose good ones with a high meat content and seasoned the way you like them.

How to cook the sausages for this sausage soup!

I like to chop the sausages up and cook them in pieces. This makes it so much easier when eating the soup. I just use a pair of scissors and cut them as I put them in the saucepan. It also means there is more surface area and so more deliciously caramelised bits of sausage.

Even good sausages contain fat and after the sausages have been cooked the saucepan will have a lot of liquid fat in the bottom. I drain this off, give the saucepan a quick wipe and then add the vegetables before the next step. After all, it is January and I don't want lots of solidified globules of fat floating on the top of my soup when I take the leftovers out of the fridge the next day.

warming vegetable sausage and lentil soup bowls

What can you do with leftover sausage and lentil soup?

Did I say leftovers? Yes, the leftovers of this sausage lentil and vegetable soup are just as good the next day. Like many soups it's a perfect recipe to make in a big batch and eat up over the next couple of days. That's exactly what I did with this.

My husband was out and I ate it for lunch, for dinner and the next day. And so did Master Spice. It's always a success when at least one of my children loves a recipe and so much the better when it's a healthy recipe like this one.

Recipe

Lentil, Vegetable and Sausage Soup

Corina Blum

This sausage lentil and vegetable soup is full of goodness and just the thing to ward off the cold. Delicious, easy and economical too!

5 from 2 votes

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 35

Total Time 45

Course Main Meal, Soup

Cuisine British

Servings

Calories 514 kcal

Ingredients

400 g Sausages (6 sausages)
1 onion finely diced
1 stick of celery diced
2 carrots sliced
300 g butternut squash cubed
1 courgette cubed
150 g green lentils
800 ml stock I used chicken
2 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
⅛ teaspoon black pepper

Instructions

Cut the sausages into bite-sized pieces and cook in a large saucepan until cooked through and browned on all sides.
Remove the sauce pieces from the pan and set aside.
There will probably be quite a bit of fat in the pan so wipe it clean then add all the vegetables and lentils. Cover with the stock and bring to the boil. Lower to a simmer and continue to cook for about 20 minutes until the lentils and vegetables are almost ready. Add the sausage back to the pan and cook for another 5 minutes.
Stir in some freshly chopped parsley at the end and season with black pepper.

Notes

Nutritional information is approximate and a guideline only.

Nutrition

Calories: 514kcalCarbohydrates: 41gProtein: 26gFat: 27gSaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 72mgSodium: 1476mgPotassium: 1172mgFiber: 14gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 13885IUVitamin C: 33.6mgCalcium: 97mgIron: 4.9mg

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About Corina Blum

Corina Blum loves easy healthy recipes that taste great and often involve spices. She's a big fan of air frying and loves developping recipes inspired by global flavours. As well as a food content creator shes also a busy mum of two children.

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