How many calories in lentil soup
A bowl of lentil soup has about 250 kcal, with 14 g of protein from the lentils.
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To burn it off
Lentil soup is red or green lentils simmered with onion, carrot, stock and spices. Some add bacon, some add cumin and lemon, all of it costs pennies.
A bowl is about 250 kcal, with 14 g of protein, 38 g of carbs and just 4 g of fat. The lentils give you the protein and the fibre.
It's the soup that actually keeps you going until dinner. Make a big pot on Sunday and lunch is sorted for the week.
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Where it comes from
Lentils are one of the oldest farmed foods in the world, probably first domesticated in the Near East. A lentil stew is already in the Bible, where Esau sells his birthright to his brother Jacob for a bowl of red pottage. From there lentils spread around the Mediterranean and north into Europe, and remains have turned up in Bronze Age lake villages in Switzerland.
Where does our food come from? · Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Lentil
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Questions
Is lentil soup high in protein?
It's decent for a soup, about 14 g in a bowl.
How many calories in two bowls of lentil soup?
About 500 kcal.
Is lentil soup filling?
Very, thanks to the fibre in the lentils.
Do red and green lentils have different calories?
Barely, dry red and green lentils are both around 350 kcal per 100 g. Red ones break down and make the soup thicker, green ones keep their shape.
Is lentil soup gluten free?
Lentils are, so a homemade soup usually is too. Check the stock cube and any flour used to thicken it, and with tinned soup read the label.
