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An angled photograph of two bowls of a vegan lentil, kale, and winter squash soup, which are served with toast points.
4.22 from 37 votes

Hearty Butternut Squash Kale & Lentil Soup

Author - Gena Hamshaw
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Yields: 6 servings

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 3 carrots, peeled and diced
  • 2 stalks celery, diced
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 small butternut squash, peeled, seeded, and diced (1 lb/455g after preparation)
  • 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
  • 2 teaspoons dried thyme
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 cup dry brown, green, French, or pardina lentils (200g)
  • 6 cups vegetable broth
  • 1 small bunch kale, stemmed and chopped (8 oz/225g after preparation)
  • 2 tablespoons cashew parmesan cheese (substitute 2 tablespoons/10g nutritional yeast)
  • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

Prepare your ingredients

  • Peel and chop your vegetables and assemble the other soup ingredients.
    Pyrex bowls rest on a marble finish, holding chopped vegetables.
  • Heat the oil in a large pot over medium high heat. When the oil is shimmering, add the onion, carrots, and celery. Sauté for 5 minutes, or until the onion is soft and clear. Add the garlic and continue to cook, stirring constantly, for another minute.
    Onion, carrot, and celery is being sautéed in a large pot.
  • Add the squash, rosemary, thyme, bay leaves, lentils, and vegetable broth powder and water (or vegetable broth) to the pot. Raise the heat to high and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover the pot, and simmer for 30 minutes.
    Butternut squash, vegetable broth, and herbs are simmering in a gray colored soup pot.
  • Add the kale to the pot, re-cover, and simmer for another 10-15 minutes. Stir in the nutritional yeast and season the soup to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Feel free to add a splash of water if the soup is thicker than you like. Enjoy.
    A gray soup pot is filled with a butternut kale & lentil soup.