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Pumpkin Soup with Lentils

Pumpkin Soup with Lentils

Serves: 4

Ingredients
  • 1 small sweet onion, cut into wedges
  • 1 yellow sweet pepper, seeded and sliced
  • ½ cup lentils, rinsed and well drained
  • 1 Tbsp. olive oil
  • 1 tsp. grated fresh ginger
  • 1 tsp. curry powder
  • 1 tsp. ground cumin
  • 1 26-oz. box chicken stock
  • 1 15-oz.pumpkin puree

Instructions
  1. In a 4-5 quart Dutch oven cook onion, sweet pepper, and lentils in hot oil over medium-high heat for 2 minutes. Whisk in ginger, curry powder, cumin, stock, and pumpkin puree. Bring to boiling; reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer, covered, for 25 minutes or until lentils are tender. Season to taste with salt and pepper before serving.