Healthy Recipe For Lentil Sweet Potato Soup In The Slow Cooker | Best Vegetarian Soup

vegetable broth

🥗Healthier: homemade vegetable stock

💰Cheaper: water + bouillon

Homemade stock can reduce sodium and enhance flavor.

sweet potatoes

🥗Healthier: butternut squash

💰Cheaper: regular potatoes

Butternut squash offers similar sweetness and texture.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Canola oil is often less expensive and has a neutral flavor.

parsley

🥗Healthier: cilantro

💰Cheaper: green onions

Green onions provide a fresh flavor at a lower cost.

Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat until shimmering.

Add chopped onion, carrots, and celery; sauté until softened, about 5-7 minutes.

Stir in minced garlic, cumin, coriander, and paprika; cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.

Add diced sweet potatoes and rinsed lentils to the pot; stir to combine.

Pour in vegetable broth and add bay leaves; bring to a boil.

Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer until lentils and sweet potatoes are tender, about 25-30 minutes.

Remove bay leaves; blend soup with an immersion blender until desired consistency is reached.

Stir in lemon juice, salt, and black pepper to taste.

Serve hot, garnished with chopped parsley.

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