Thick lentil soup with bread to dunk
- Age: 10–12 months (Self-feeding)
- Texture: Finger food
- Prep: 5 min
- Cook: 25 min
- Makes: 3 portions
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp red lentils
- 1 carrot, diced
- 1/2 onion, chopped
- 300 ml unsalted stock
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1 slice wholemeal bread, in fingers
Contains: Wheat
Method
- Soften the onion and carrot in the oil; add the lentils and stock and simmer 20 minutes until thick.
- Blend smooth or leave lumpy.
- Serve lukewarm with bread fingers for dunking.
Safety: Serve lukewarm; soup holds heat.
Storage: Fridge 3 days, freezer 1 month.
Tip: Dunking is a skill babies love and the way to get soup into one who will not take a spoon.
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