🍲 Lentil and chickpea soup 💲

Hey Soup Enthusiast,

Happy Friday! Exciting news, I’m introducing the first edition of Savings on Soup! Whenever you spot 💲 in the email title, it means I am bringing you a budget-friendly soup recipe. Perfect for those days when you're pinching pennies. Let's dive into today's affordable delight:

Lets take a look at todays affordable, tasty soup.

🍲 Today's soup: Lentil and chickpea soup

This lentil and chickpea soup is a tasty and slightly sweet vegan soup that is great for making large amount of delightfully tasty soup cheaply and easily.

Here is how I would cook it in the future. 

Make sure to check out the video!

🟡 Ingredient of the week: Chickpeas

Chick peas are a great way to add texture to your soups, so I have chosen them as the ingredient of the week. I challenge you use chickpeas in your cooking this week. If you make a soup, sauce or soup-based meal, with the ingredient of the week, you could have the chance of featuring in our next Community Showcase! 

Food Fact - India produces the most chickpeas worldwide but they are grown in more than 50 countries. Chickpeas can also be black, green, red and brown.

👩‍🍳 Today's community showcase 

1. Hit reply and add a picture of your soup, sauce or soup-based meal.

2. Add your insight such as a recipe or tip for the community.

3. Send us your email!

Want a shoutout? Type "Use my name [Your Name]".

🌍 Beyond the ladle: Soup news highlights

Launching Savings on soup

I am happy to announce this is the first edition of savings on soup! When you see 💲 in the title you will know the recipe is part of the savings on soup category and the recipe is cheap to make.

New recipe cards!

Notice the new recipe section design? You can now download recipe cards and add them to your recipe books with ease!

General improvements

You may not see much difference yet but we need to add the ingredients before stirring the pot. If you have any suggestions, I would be delighted to hear them. 👍

Soups to consider

If you want to take a look at alternatives there are lots of soups to consider, take a look at some of these suggestions. Make sure to send in your pictures, tips and recopies!

• 🧈 Roasted Butternut Squash Soup

• 🟡 Yellow split pea soup

• 🥕 Curried parsnip soup

• 🌰 Creamy Roasted Chestnut Soup

• 🍄 Mushroom and Thyme Soup

• 🍅 Tomato, Basil and Parmesan Soup

• 🐟 Smoked Salmon Chowder

• 🌿 Veggie Root Soup

🚀 Your turn to stir the pot 

What's Your favorite lentil based soup? Hit reply and let's stir the pot together! Your insights might just spark the next big flavor in our community. 

 Your soup journey awaits,
Sean
Soup & Sauce

🍜 P.S. Soup hack alert! 

Dry frying spices allows the natural oils within them to be released and intensifies their flavors but, if they are fried too much the spices will start to taste bitter. Additionally the oils released contain the aromatic compounds that contribute to the overall aroma. 😉