Make room for legumes

Watties Smoky Spanish Style Tomato Soup with Lentils. Image / Supplied.

Packed with delicious ingredients, take your tastebuds on a Mediterranean journey with this vegetarian-friendly smoky Spanish-style tomato soup with the added oomph of kidney beans and lentils.

To have an utterly delicious plant protein-rich meal, ready in minutes from a source we know and love is something to celebrate. Watties® Plant Proteinz™ soups and meals are just that. With 15 grams of plant protein per serve, these vegetarian-friendly soups and meals also have no artificial flavours, colours or preservatives. Here we take a look at the ingredients that transport us to the Mediterranean in this Smoky Spanish Style Tomato Soup with Lentils.

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STAR INGREDIENTS

Tomato: Sweet, tart, tangy tomatoes are an absolute essential ingredient in Mediterranean cooking.

Red kidney beans: Kidney beans lend a slight sweetness to dish and have a dense texture.

Red lentils: Lentils are a wonderfully versatile ingredient that have a creamy texture and slightly nutty flavour.
Red capsicum: These red beauties add a distinctive sweet juiciness to a dish.

Smoked paprika: This colourful spice derived from ground peppers adds an immediate flavour boost and is a staple in the Spanish repertoire.

Garlic Paste: An essential flavour in pretty much every cuisine, garlic has been used in cooking for centuries - tiny but mighty.

Onion: What we would do without the aromatic wonder of onion?

Eggplant: These purple veges have a unique texture and flavour, widely used in Asian and Mediterranean fare for good reason.

To see the whole Plant Proteinz range visit www.watties.co.nz

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